Tom Dodd (rugby union)

Last updated

Tom Dodd
Birth nameThomas Jack James Dodd
Date of birth (1997-10-28) 28 October 1997 (age 27)
Place of birth Warwick, England
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight109 kg (17 st 2 lb)
School Warwick School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker/Number 8
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2017–2022 Worcester Warriors 28 (5)
2016–2017 → Luctonians ()
2017–2018 → Birmingham Moseley ()
2017–2018 → Stourbridge ()
2018–2019 → Hartpury University 7 (0)
2022–2023 Coventry ()
2023– Edinburgh Rugby 9 (0)
Correct as of 29 May 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 England Counties U18s 2 (0)
2016–2017 Scotland U20s 10 (20)
2024 Scotland A 1 (5)
Correct as of 24 November 2024

Tom Dodd (born 28 October 1997) is an English-born Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship.

Contents

Club career

Dodd joined the Worcester Warriors academy ahead of the 2016-17 season. He made his first-team debut in an Anglo-Welsh Cup clash against Sale Sharks at Sixways Stadium in November 2017. [1] He went on to play three times in the 2017-18 season while he thoroughly impressed for Worcester Cavaliers in their Premiership Rugby Shield campaign, scoring three tries in all ten of the side's fixtures as they finished third in the Northern Conference.

Dodd also spent time with Luctonians during the 2016-17 season on a dual registered basis, before playing for Birmingham Moseley and Stourbridge in 2017-18 season. Dodd also helped Hartpury University to win 2016-17 National League 1 title, thus promoted to the RFU Championship from the 2017-18 season. [2]

Dodd returned to action, following a knee surgery, in the European Rugby Challenge Cup victory over Enisei-STM in Russia in November 2019. [3] His Premiership debut followed as a blood replacement for Sam Lewis against Northampton Saints at Sixways in March 2020. [4]

On 21 January 2020, Dodd signed his first professional contract, which is a two-year deal until the end of summer of 2022, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2020-21 season. [5]

On 5 October 2022 all Worcester players had their contacts terminated due to the liquidation of the company to which they were contracted. [6]

On 13 October 2022, Dodd signed for Coventry in the RFU Championship for the rest of the 2022-23 season. [7]

International career

He represented England Counties U18s against both France U18s and Ireland U18s at Ashbourne RFC near Ashbourne, County Meath in Ireland. [8]

Dodd represented Scotland U20s through the 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [9] He also helped them to a best-ever finish in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, as they defeated Australia U20s to book a fifth-place finish in the tournament. [10] [11]

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Worcester Warriors</span> Former English rugby union club

Worcester Warriors Rugby Football Club was a professional rugby union club founded in 1871 that played in the top division of the sport in England, Premiership Rugby.

Ryan Thomas Eyre Bower is an English professional rugby union player for Dallas Jackals in the US competition Major League Rugby. He has played for Leicester Tigers, Worcester Warriors and London Irish in Premiership Rugby, and for Nottingham in the RFU Championship. Bower's principal position is loosehead prop.

Mike Daniels is an English rugby union player who plays for Newcastle Falcons in the RFU Championship.

Dean Hammond is a South African rugby union player who plays for English club Ealing Trailfinders in the RFU Championship.

Tom Griffiths is an English rugby union player who represents Welsh side Dragons, in the Pro14.

Jack Singleton is an English professional rugby union player who plays at hooker for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester.

Alex Seville is an English professional rugby union player who plays for Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby. He plays as a loosehead prop.

Richard Palframan is a South African professional rugby union player who completes for Newcastle Falcons in the Premiership Rugby.

Charlie Beckett is an English rugby union player for Doncaster Knights in the RFU Championship.

Oliver Francis Lawrence is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a centre for Premiership Rugby club Bath and the England national team

Josh Gray is an English rugby union player for Hartpury University R.F.C. in the RFU Championship. Gray can play across the back-row.

Gareth Simpson is an English born South African rugby union player.

James Scott is an English rugby union player who plays for Jersey Reds in the RFU Championship. His main position is lock.

Beck Cutting is an English rugby union player. He plays for Ampthill in the RFU Championship.

Kai Owen is an English rugby union player who plays for Doncaster Knights in the RFU Championship. His main position is loosehead prop.

Andrew Kitchener is an English rugby union player.

Justin Clegg is an English rugby union player who recently played for Worcester Warriors in Premiership Rugby. His main position is lock but has played as a Flanker.

Joe Morris is an English rugby union player who plays for Worcester Warriors in the Premiership Rugby.

Will Butler is an English rugby union player who plays for Gloucester in the Gallagher Premiership. His position is Centre.

Jay Tyack (born 7 June 1996) is an English rugby union player who plays for Bristol Bears in the Premiership Rugby.

References

  1. ↑ "REPORT - Warriors 21-24 Sale Sharks". Warriors. 3 November 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  2. ↑ "Champions! Hartpury RFC 57 – Old Albanian 21". Ultimate Rugby. 16 March 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  3. ↑ "Enisei STM 14 - 57 Worcester Warriors". Sky Sports. 15 November 2019. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Worcester 10-16 Northampton". Sky Sports. 6 March 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  5. ↑ "Worcester Warriors: Tom Dodd signs first professional deal". Worcester News. 21 January 2020. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  6. ↑ "Worcester player and staff contracts terminated after high court ruling | Worcester | The Guardian". amp.theguardian.com. Retrieved 5 October 2022.
  7. ↑ "Coventry Rugby sign Tom Dodd". Coventry Rugby. 11 October 2022. Retrieved 16 November 2022.
  8. ↑ "MEET TOM DODD & JOSH GRIMES PICKED FOR ENGLAND COUNTIES U18 SQUAD". Pitchero. 24 April 2016. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  9. ↑ "LINEEN NAMES SCOTLAND U20 SIDE FOR SIX NATIONS OPENER". Scottish Rugby. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  10. ↑ "SCOTLAND U20 SQUAD NAMED FOR WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP". Scottish Rugby. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
  11. ↑ "Scotland U20s 24-21 Australia U20s". Ultimate Rugby. 18 June 2017. Retrieved 11 November 2020.
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.