Tom Lawday

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Tom Lawday
Birth nameTom Lawday
Date of birth (1993-11-11) 11 November 1993 (age 28)
Place of birthDorchester
Height1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight109 kg (240 lb; 17 st 2 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Number 8
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2019- Harlequins ()

Tom Lawday (born 11 November 1993) is a professional rugby union player for Harlequins. He plays as a back row forward, but predominantly at Number 8.

A former BUCS player of the season, in November 2016, Lawday played his first of 22 senior games for Exeter Chiefs in the Anglo-Welsh Cup against Harlequins at the Stoop and a week later he then scored his first try for the Chiefs against Cardiff Blues at Sandy Park.[1][2]

In August 2017 he joined the Cornish Pirates on loan.[3]

He was a replacement in the Premiership final against Exeter on 26 June 2021 as Harlequins won the game 40-38 in the highest scoring Premiership final ever.[4]

References[]

  1. ^ "Exeter Chiefs Player List". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk.
  2. ^ "Tom Lawday on the benefits of BUCS Super Rugby and why it helped him on his way to Exeter Chiefs".
  3. ^ "Cornish Pirates sign seven Exeter Chiefs players on loan". 21 August 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
  4. ^ "Premiership final: Exeter Chiefs 38-40 Harlequins - Louis Lynagh's late double clinches title". BBC. 26 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.


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