Tom West (rugby union)

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Tom West
Birth nameThomas Henry West
Date of birth (1996-02-11) 11 February 1996 (age 27)
Place of birth Diss, England
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight117 kg (18 st 6 lb)
School Radley College
Rugby union career
Position(s) Loosehead Prop
Current team Saracens
Senior career
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2016–2022 Wasps 78 (40)
2016–2018Nottingham 32 (25)
2023 Leicester Tigers 11 (0)
2023– Saracens ()
Correct as of 29 May 2023
National team(s)
YearsTeamApps(Points)
2015–2016 England U20 10 (0)
Correct as of 28 December 2020

Tom West (born 11 February 1996) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a loosehead prop, [1] for Saracens in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Leicester Tigers and Wasps, also in Premiership Rugby. [2]

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Club career

West worked his way through Wasps’ Junior Academy while a pupil at Radley College prior to joining the Senior Academy in 2015. [3] [4] He made his club debut in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game at Sale Sharks, and his Premiership debut at home to Saracens in January 2018. [5] [6]

Despite making his league debut for Wasps in the 2017/18 season, West would spend the best part of two seasons on loan at Championship side Nottingham, making only twelve first team appearances across three seasons heading into the 2019/20 campaign. [7] He started in the 2020 Premiership Final as Wasps finished runners up to Exeter Chiefs. [8]

Wasps entered administration on 17 October 2022 and West was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff. [9] On 19 January 2023 he was signed by Leicester Tigers until the end of the 2022-23 season. [2]

International career

West participated in the 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship. [10] [11] He was a member of the England under-20 team that hosted the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and featured as a second-half replacement in the final as the hosts defeated Ireland to become junior world champions. [12]

In January 2021 West received a call-up to the senior England squad prior to the 2021 Six Nations, after prop Joe Marler withdrew from the group for family reasons. [13] [14]

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