Tom Guest

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Tom Guest
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Birth nameThomas Guest
Date of birth (1984-07-05) 5 July 1984 (age 37)
Place of birth Taplow, Buckinghamshire
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight105 kg (16 st 7 lb) [1]
School Sir William Borlase's Grammar School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8, Flanker
Current team London Irish
Youth career
Maidenhead RFC
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2005–2014
2014–2016		 Harlequins
London Irish 		171
30		 (115)
(15)
Correct as of 11 May 2016
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2008 England Saxons
Correct as of 21 June 2009
National sevens team(s)
YearsTeamComps
2007 England Dubai

Tom Guest (born 5 July 1984 in Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England) is a former rugby union player, he played primarily as a Number 8. Guest could also operate as a Flanker.

A graduate of the Harlequins' Academy, he made his Quins debut in the friendly against the Sharks at the Twickenham Stoop on 10 February 2005 and he was also a regular in the team that competed in the Zurich A League over the 2004/05 season. [2] He played junior rugby at Maidenhead Rugby Football Club, and was part of the U17 National Cup winning Colts side.

Guest was named Guinness Premiership man of the match against Sale Sharks on 25 January 2008. [3] He was a member of the England Sevens team at the 2007 Dubai Sevens. [4]

Guest was once tipped to be a future England number 8.

Guest was ruled out of the 2011 world cup with a urine infection. [4]

He has been called into the England Saxons squad to face Italy A in Ragusa, Sicily on 9 February 2008. [5] [6]

Guest represented England Saxons at the 2008 Churchill Cup [7] and 2009 Churchill Cup. [8]

He was a replacement for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. [9]

On 13 February 2014, Guest left Harlequins to join London Irish on a two-year contract from the 2014-15 season. [10]

Guest was considered one of the fastest forwards in the world of rugby.

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References

  1. ↑ "Harlequins 1st XV". web page. Harlequins. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  2. ↑ "Tom Guest". Harlequins official site. 21 June 2008. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  3. ↑ "Man of the Match, Mr Tom Guest". Harlequins official site. 28 January 2008. Archived from the original on 23 December 2012. Retrieved 16 July 2008.
  4. 1 2 "England ready for Sevens". BBC. 16 November 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2008.
  5. ↑ "England Saxons training squad for Italy A". RFU. 4 February 2008. Archived from the original on 8 April 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.
  6. ↑ "Guest, Care and Jarvis join Skinner and Brown in England Saxons squad". Quins. 4 February 2008. Retrieved 5 February 2008.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. ↑ "Ireland A 12–34 England Saxons". BBC. 14 June 2008. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  8. ↑ "USA 17–56 England Saxons". BBC. 14 June 2009. Retrieved 18 August 2009.
  9. ↑ "Harlequins 30-23 Leicester". BBC Sport. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  10. ↑ "London Irish sign Harlequins back-row forward Tom Guest". BBC Sport. 13 February 2014.


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