Tom Philip

Thomas Philip
Full name Thomas Kenneth Philip[1]
Date of birth (1983-06-25) 25 June 1983
Place of birth Edinburgh, Scotland
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 95 kg (14 st 13 lb)
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Centre
Professional / senior clubs
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2003-2005 Edinburgh Rugby
correct as of 18 December 2012.
National team(s)
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2004 Scotland 5 (0)
correct as of 18 December 2012.

Tom Philip (born 25 June 1983) is a retired Scottish rugby union and rugby league player who formerly coached Haddington rugby club.

Rugby career

Highly rated as an up-and-coming player with Edinburgh Rugby, Philips was called up by Scotland coach Matt Williams ahead of the 2004 Six Nations Championship into the squad and played in all 5 matches of the tournament. He suffered a knee injury on Scotland's summer tour of Australasia but despite over coming this it was persistent chronic back and groin pain that forced him to retire in 2005 at the age of only 22.

He came back later on to pick up playing for Edinburgh Academicals after having part of his spine fused in 2005.

He then latterly returned to professional sport switching codes to league in 2010 when he signed to play for Whitehaven RLFC. He also then played for Edinburgh Eagles and South Wales Scorpions in the Championship One.

In May 2012, he was announced as coach of Haddigton RFC at the age of just 28. Just over a year later he had left this position.[2]

Other Info

He has a brother Colin who was a GB athlete.

References

  1. "Tom Philip". ESPN Scrum. Retrieved 3 June 2014.
  2. "Fresh start for new rugby season". East Lothian Courier. 23 August 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2015.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 10/17/2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.