Tom Hendrickson

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Tom Hendrickson
Birth nameThomas Craig Gilbert Hendrickson
Date of birth (1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Nelson, New Zealand
Height1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre
Current team Kintetsu Liners
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2013–2023 Exeter Chiefs 62 (35)
2013–2014 → Redruth 1 (0)
2013–2017 → Cornish Pirates 63 (45)
2017–2018 → Plymouth Albion 6 (15)
2023– Kintetsu Liners 6 (15)
Correct as of 17 July 2019

Tom Hendrickson (born 1 September 1994) is an English professional rugby union player for Japan Rugby League One team Kintetsu Liners. He plays as a centre.

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Career

Hendrickson made his debut for the Chiefs in November 2013, featuring in a LV= Cup win over Harlequins FC at Sandy Park and started for the first time with Exeter against Ospreys a week later in the LV= Cup. [1]

Hendrickson played on 30 March 2018 as Exeter Chiefs beat Bath Rugby in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup. [2] The previous season he had been a replacement in the Anglo-Welsh cup final but Exeter lost to Leicester Tigers on that occasion. [3]

After 10 years with Exeter, he announced in December 2023 that he was leaving the club to take up a playing opportunity in Japan. [4]

Personal life

Born in Nelson, New Zealand to a Kiwi father and Cornish mother he was five when they came to Cornwall and at age seven began playing for the Cornish Pirates minis. [5]

Honours

Anglo-Welsh Cup

Winners 2017-18

Runner-Up 2016-17

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References

  1. ↑ "Young Gun: Tom Hendrickson – Exeter centre - The Rugby Paper". www.therugbypaper.co.uk.
  2. ↑ "Anglo-Welsh Cup final: Bath 11-28 Exeter Chiefs". 29 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  3. ↑ "Anglo-Welsh Cup final: Exeter Chiefs 12-16 Leicester Tigers". 19 March 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ↑ ""Different opportunity" – Exeter Chiefs centre departs with immediate effect". Ruck. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Exeter Chiefs Player List". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk.
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