Full name | Thomas William Freeman | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 5 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Oxford, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 102 kg (225 lb; 16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Culford School Moulton College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas William Freeman (born 5 March 2001) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a wing for a Premiership Rugby club Northampton Saints and the England national team. [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]
In October 2021 Freeman received his first call-up to the senior England squad by coach Eddie Jones for the 2021 Autumn Internationals. [4] 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. [5]
Having not played for England since November 2022 against South Africa, a game where he was substituted at half time, he returned to the squad for the 2024 Six Nations Championship after a call-up by coach Steve Borthwick. He started the first game of the campaign, a win against Italy away and scored his first try in a loss to France. [6]
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