 Williams in 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Birth name | Thomas Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 12 October 1983 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brighton, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Williams (born 12 October 1983) is an English former rugby union player who played for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership. He normally played at either full-back or on the wing.
Williams was born in Brighton and attended Windlesham House School. [2] [3] He represented Wales at U16 and U19 level, then switched to England for the 2002 IRB U19 World Cup. [4]
Williams represented England in the 2003-04 World Sevens Series, [5] winning the Hong Kong leg. [6] He also competed in the 2006-07 IRB Sevens World Series. [7]
Williams started and scored a try for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers. [8] He is a member of the “200 Club” having represented Harlequins for over 200 games.
He retired in 2015. [2]
During the 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarter final against Leinster, Williams was told to fake a blood injury by Dean Richards to allow a tactical substitution to reintroduce Nick Evans leading to the bloodgate scandal. This resulted in a 12-month ban for Williams, (reduced to four months on appeal), a three-year ban for former director of rugby Dean Richards as well as a two-year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan from the ERC with a £260,000 fine for the club. [9]
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