Tom Hooper (rugby union)

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Tom Hooper
Date of birth (2001-01-29) 29 January 2001 (age 24)
Place of birth Australia
Height199 cm (6 ft 6 in)
Weight122 kg (269 lb; 19 st 3 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Lock / Flanker
Current team Brumbies
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2021– Brumbies 38 (0)
Correct as of 14 June 2024
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2023–present Australia 10 (5)
Correct as of 6 November 2024

Tom Hooper (born 29 January 2001) [1] is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the Brumbies in Super Rugby. He plays as either a lock or flanker.

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Career

Club career

Hooper was named in the Brumbies squad for the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman and the following 2021 Super Rugby AU season. [2] He made his debut in round 1 of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman in the match against the Crusaders and played all 5 games, coming off the bench for all games. [3] In 2021 Hooper made 12 appearances including 2 starts in the finals series. [4]

In the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season Hooper started the season injured, making his season debut in Round 11, playing the remaining 7 games of the season including 2 games in the finals.

Hooper will leave the Brumbies at the end of the 2025 season to join the Premiership club Exeter Chiefs in England. [5]

International career

In July 2023 Hooper was selected for the Australian Wallabies, starting at number 6 against South Africa. [6] He earned another 2 caps against New Zealand, scoring a try in the second Bledisloe Cup test and leading the tackle count in both tests. [7]

In August 2023 Hooper was named in the Wallabies squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup. [8]

Personal life

In 2024, Hooper was a guest on Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee .

References

  1. ↑ "Tom Hooper". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Plus500 Brumbies Finalise 2020 Super Rugby Squad" (Press release). Brumbies. 6 January 2021. Retrieved 6 January 2021.
  3. ↑ "Fainga'a, Simone reach 50, as Kata returns for Plus500 Brumbies". Brumbies. 13 May 2021. Retrieved 15 May 2021.
  4. ↑ "Tom HOOPER profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  5. ↑ "Exeter confirm signing of Wallaby Tom Hooper". www.rugbypass.com. 14 January 2025. Retrieved 14 January 2025.
  6. ↑ "Late Super charge clinched Tom Hooper's Wallabies debut". The West Australian. 6 July 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  7. ↑ Coetzee, Dylan (5 August 2023). "Australia player ratings: Tom Hooper shines again in tough Bledisloe II loss". PlanetRugby. Retrieved 17 August 2023.
  8. ↑ "Hooper's determination rewarded with spot in Rugby World Cup squad". Western Advocate. 11 August 2023. Retrieved 17 August 2023.


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