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| Full name | Thomas William Freeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 5 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 103 kg (227 lb; 16 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Culford School Moulton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas William Freeman (born 5 March 2001) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints and England. [1]
Freeman was released by the Leicester Tigers academy at the age of sixteen. [2] In 2018 he joined Northampton Saints and the following year made his club debut in a Premiership Rugby Cup match against Sale Sharks. [3]
Freeman scored a try in the 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup round of sixteen victory over Munster and also started in their semi-final elimination against Leinster. [4] [5] At the end of that season he scored the opening try of the 2023–24 Premiership Rugby final as Northampton defeated Bath to become League champions. [6]
In October 2021 Freeman received his first call-up to the senior England squad by coach Eddie Jones for the 2021 Autumn Internationals. [7] Freeman was also a member of their 2022 tour of Australia and on 9 July 2022 made his debut starting in the second test victory at Lang Park. [8] He retained his place for the last match of the tour as England defeated the Wallabies at Sydney Cricket Ground to win the series. [9]
Having not played for England since November 2022 against South Africa, a game where Freeman was substituted at half time, he returned to the squad for the 2024 Six Nations Championship after a call-up by coach Steve Borthwick. [10] He started in their opening round victory away to Italy and then scored his first try at international level in a loss to France during the last game of the tournament. [10] [11]
In February 2025, he scored his second try in two games for the 2025 Six Nations during a 26–25 victory over France. [12] In the following fixture, he scored a try against Scotland during a 16–15 victory to help England to win the Calcutta Cup for the first time since 2020. The try was controversially awarded by referee Pierre Brousset who believed he had seen a grounding of the ball. Despite the try standing, no camera angles appeared to confirm he had grounded the ball. [13] In March 2025, he scored a try against Wales during a 68–14 victory at the Millennium Stadium. This try meant he became the first English player in the history of the tournament to a score a try in each round of a Six Nations campaign. [14]
| Try | Opposing team | Location | Venue | Competition | Date | Result | |
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| 1 |  France | Lyon, France | Parc Olympique Lyonnais | 2024 Six Nations Championship | 16 March 2024 | Lost [11] | 33 - 31 |
| 2 |  New Zealand | Auckland, New Zealand | Eden Park | 2024 tour of New Zealand | 13 July 2024 | Lost [15] | 24 - 17 |
| 3 |  Ireland | Dublin, Ireland | Aviva Stadium | 2025 Six Nations | 1 February 2025 | Lost | 27 - 22 |
| 4 | France | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2025 Six Nations | 8 February 2025 | Won | 26 - 25 |
| 5 |  Scotland | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2025 Six Nations | 22 February 2025 | Won [16] | 16 - 15 |
| 6 |  Italy | London, England | Twickenham Stadium | 2025 Six Nations | 9 March 2025 | Won | 47 - 24 |
| 7 |  Wales | Cardiff, Wales | Millennium Stadium | 2025 Six Nations | 15 March 2025 | Won | 14 - 68 |
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