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| Date of birth | 19 March 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Bristol, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 114 kg (251 lb; 17 st 13 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Marlwood School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University | University of Bristol, University of Oxford | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Wayne Thompson (born 19 March 1984) is an English rugby union player who played as a prop for Bristol and is a product of Bristol's Academy. He worked at Hartpury College between 2013-2024 as Junior Rugby Academy Manager and is now Head of Academy at Gloucester Rugby Club. [1]
Thompson was a Captain of Marlwood School in South Gloucestershire and later attended Bristol University and then Oxford University, gaining a rugby blue in 2008. [2]
In March 2008, he signed a new two-year contract with Bristol [3] before extending this in January 2010. The club did not reveal the length of the contract extension. [4]
Whilst at Hartpury, Thompson oversaw the development of 32 age-grade internationals, [5] [6] including the likes of Louis Rees Zammit [7] [8] [9] Dafydd Jenkins [10] Stephen Varney [11] [12] Alex Craig [13] Josh Hathaway [14] and Harry Randall. [15]