Tom Wright (rugby, born 1997)
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Full name | Thomas Wright | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Randwick, New South Wales, Australia | 21 July 1997||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 98 kg (15 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Five-eighth, Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Wing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Wright (born 21 July 1997) is an Australian national representative rugby union footballer who play as a winger for the Brumbies in Super Rugby and Australia at international level.
He previously played rugby league as a five-eighth for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL. He made his Australian representative rugby union debut for the Wallabies in the 2020 Bledisloe Cup series.
Background[]
Wright was born in Randwick, New South Wales, Australia. Tom played his junior rugby league for Clovelly Crocodiles and La Perouse Panthers. His junior rugby union was played with the Clovelly Eagles and then at high school while attending St Joseph's College, Hunters Hill.
Rugby league[]
Wright made his NRL debut in Round 10, 2018 for Manly Sea Eagles against the Brisbane Broncos.[2]
Rugby union[]
In September 2018 Wright joined rugby union club, the ACT Brumbies on a two year deal.[3]
References[]
- ^ Rugby League Project
- ^ "Round 10 Sea Eagles vs Broncos". NRL. 12 May 2018.
- ^ "ACT Brumbies sign Tom Wright from Manly to land coup for rugby union". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 September 2018.
External links[]
- 1997 births
- Australian rugby union players
- Australia international rugby union players
- Australian rugby league players
- Manly Warringah Sea Eagles players
- Rugby league five-eighths
- Rugby league players from Sydney
- Living people
- Rugby union centres
- Rugby union wings
- Brumbies players
- Canberra Vikings players