Tom Spring (rugby union)

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Tom Spring
Born (2002-09-26) 26 September 2002 (age 23)
Saint-Palais, France
Height186 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight87 kg (192 lb; 13 st 10 lb)
Notable relative Max Spring (brother)
Rugby union career
Position Wing / Fullback
Current team Bayonne
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2022– Bayonne 62 (87)
Correct as of 14 December 2025
International career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2025– France 1 (0)
Correct as of 14 December 2025

Tom Spring (born 26 September 2002) is a French rugby union player, who plays for Bayonne. His preferred position is wing or fullback. [1]

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Early career

Spring is from Saint-Palais and is the son of a New Zealand rugby union player who settled in France, and a Basque mother. [2] He is one of three rugby playing brothers, with his brother Max playing for Racing 92 and France. He originally began playing rugby for Nafarroa aged eight. He joined the Bayonne academy in 2020. [3]

Professional career

Spring made his professional debut for Bayonne in the 2022–23 Top 14 season against Toulon. [4] He made his first start the following April against La Rochelle. [5] Spring had a break out season in 2024/25 as Bayonne qualified for the playoffs for the first time in 33 years. [6]

Spring was called into the France for the 2025 mid-year rugby union tests. [7] He made his debut for the side against New Zealand in the opening test of the 2025 France rugby union tour of New Zealand. [8]

References

  1. "Tom Spring". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  2. "Top 14 - Tom Spring (Aviron bayonnais) monte en puissance". Rugbyrama (in French). 31 May 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  3. "Tom Spring". Bayonne (in French). Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  4. "RC Toulon V Bayonne". Ultimate Rugby. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  5. "RUGBY. TOP 14. Et si Bayonne avait trouvé sa relève à l'arrière avec le frère d'un Tricolore ?". Le Rugby Nistere (in French). 14 April 2023. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  6. "Aviron Bayonnais : Tom Spring fleurit au printemps". Sud Ouest (in French). 18 May 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  7. "Fickou to captain youthful France squad for tour of New Zealand". Rugby.com.au. 25 June 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.
  8. "France push All Blacks to 80th minute in narrow Dunedin defeat". Rugby Pass. 5 July 2025. Retrieved 14 December 2025.