Tom Lawday

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Tom Lawday
Birth nameTom Lawday
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 31)
Place of birth Dorchester, England
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight109 kg (240 lb; 17 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Flanker, Number 8
Amateur team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016-2017 Exeter University RFC 11 (60)
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016-2019
2017-2018
2019-
Exeter Chiefs
Cornish Pirates
Harlequins
21
23
88
(30)
(35)
(35)
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016 England Students

Tom Lawday (born 11 November 1993) is an English rugby union player for Harlequins. He plays as a backrow. [1] He was formally at Exeter Chiefs and Cornish Pirates as well as winning the BUCS player of the season in 2016/17. [2] [3]

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BUCS career

Lawday was part of the Exeter University squad for the 2016/17 BUCS season where he was the leagues top try scorer, with 13 in 11 games. He won man of the match in 6 games. At the end of the season he was awarded the player of the season award. [4]

Club career

In 2016 Lawday made his debut for Exeter Chiefs in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Harlequins. While at Exeter he spent some time on loan at RFU Championship side Cornish Pirates. [5] In 2019 he signed for Harlequins where he went on to make his debut against his former club. He came off the bench against Exeter in the 2020/21 Premiership Final. [6] [7]

Honours

Team

2016/17 BUCS Runners Up (Exeter University)

2017/18 Anglo-Welsh Cup Champions (Exeter Chiefs)

2018/19 Premiership Runners Up (Exeter Chiefs)

2020/21 Premiership Champions (Harlequins)

Personal

2016/17 BUCS Player of the Season

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References

  1. "Tom Lawday". www.ultimaterugby.com. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  2. "Tom Lawday". www.quins.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. "Tom LAWDAY profile and stats". all.rugby. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  4. "Exeter Chiefs player profile - Tom Lawday". Exeter Chiefs. Archived from the original on 5 May 2018.
  5. "Tom LAWDAY - Player statistics - Year stats - It's rugby". www.itsrugby.co.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  6. "Tom Lawday signs new Harlequins contract". Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  7. "Exeter". www.bucs.org.uk. Retrieved 7 April 2023.