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Tomos Williams
Williams representing Wales during the World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Full nameTomos Geraint Williams
Date of birth (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 29)
Place of birthTreorchy, Wales
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
SchoolTreorchy Comprehensive School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Gloucester
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2024 Cardiff 146 (138)
2024- Gloucester 6 (20)
International career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2014–2015 Wales U20 18 (15)
2014–2015 Wales 7s 29 (87)
2018– Wales 60 (70)

Tomos Geraint Williams (born 1 January 1995) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester and the Wales national team.[2][3]

Club career

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Cardiff academy graduate, Tomos Williams, made his senior debut as a replacement against Munster in 2013. Williams would make several more appearances as a replacement before his first Cardiff start in a 23-13 win over Ulster.[4] Williams breakthrough season came in 2016/17, making 30 appearances over the campaign. This include a first Cardiff try against Edinburgh on the opening day of the season,[5] and a first brace in an away defeat to Leinster.[6]

Williams scored a try for Cardiff in the Challenge Cup final victory over Gloucester, which was later voted the Try of the Season.

On 1 June 2021, Williams signed a contract extension with Cardiff.[7]

On 8 January 2024, Williams would leave Cardiff to join English side Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby from the 2024-25 season.[8]

International career

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Williams won Welsh caps at U18 level from Coleg y Cymoedd and then made 18 appearances at U20 level over two seasons. He made his Wales Sevens debut as a 19-year-old in the Japan leg of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series and went on to play in tournaments on the Gold Coast, in South Africa, and Dubai.

In May 2017 Williams was named in the Wales senior squad for the first time for the tests against Tonga and Samoa.[9] He sat on the bench for the game against Samoa in Apia, but his international bow didn’t come until a year later. That was on the summer tour to the USA and Argentina when he scored a vital try in the 22-20 win over South Africa at the RFK Stadium in Washington DC.

He was again on the score sheet when he was selected for his next start in the 2018 autumn triumph over Tonga and he claimed another try on his Six Nations debut as Wales battled back to beat France in Paris on 1 February 2019. He was injured during the match and did not make any further appearances during the tournament.[10]

In September 2019, Williams was selected as part of the Wales squad for the 2019 World Cup. Williams replaced Gareth Davies in the first pool game against Georgia and scored his first World Cup try within 20 minutes of his introduction. Williams appeared in every Wales game from the bench, scoring a further try in the final pool game against Uruguay.

Personal life

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Prior to concentrating on rugby, Williams played basketball, representing Wales in grade-age tournaments. He switched to rugby fully at 18, when he joined the Cardiff academy.[11]

Career statistics

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List of international tries

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No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 2 June 2018 Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States  South Africa 12–3 22–20 2018 Wales rugby union tour to Argentina and the United States
2 17 November 2018 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Tonga 41–24 74–24 2018 end-of-year rugby union internationals
3 1 February 2019 Stade de France, Paris, France  France 5–16 24–19 2019 Six Nations Championship
4 23 September 2019 Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan  Georgia 34–7 43–14 2019 Rugby World Cup
5 13 October 2019 Egao Kenko Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan  Uruguay 26–13 35–13 2019 Rugby World Cup
6 8 February 2020 Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland  Ireland 5–5 14–24 2020 Six Nations Championship
7 3 July 2021 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Canada 5–5 68–12 2021 July rugby union tests
8 52–5
9 10 July 2021 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Argentina 18–20 20–20 2021 July rugby union tests
10 12 November 2022 Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales  Argentina 15–6 20–13 2022 end-of-year rugby union internationals
11 18 March 2023 Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France  France 19–34 28–41 2023 Six Nations Championship
12 12 August 2023 Twickenham Stadium, London, England  England 15–9 17–19 2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
13 14 October 2023 Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France  Argentina 15–12 17–29 2023 Rugby World Cup

as of 24 September 2023

References

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  1. ^ "Tomos Geraint WILLIAMS - Player statistics - international stats - It's rugby".
  2. ^ "Tomos Williams WRU biog". Wru.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Tomos Geraint Williams". ESPN scrum. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Guinness PRO12: Cardiff 23-13 Ulster". Sky Sports. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  5. ^ Southcombe, Matthew (3 September 2016). "Cardiff v Edinburgh LIVE updates". WalesOnline.co.uk. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Leinster vs Cardiff - Summary - United Rugby Championship 2017 - 25 Mar, 2017". ESPN.com. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  7. ^ "Scrum-half Williams signs new Blues deal". BBC Sport. 1 June 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  8. ^ "Tomos Williams: Wales scrum-half to join Gloucester from Cardiff". BBC Sport. 8 January 2024. Retrieved 27 July 2024.
  9. ^ "Roberts to lead Wales on June tour". BBC Sport. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
  10. ^ "Wales vs England: Six Nations talking points ahead of Saturday's Test". Sky Sports. 23 February 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
  11. ^ "Tomos Williams: Ten things you should know about the Wales scrum-half". Rugby World. 4 February 2022. Retrieved 16 April 2023.
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