Tom Wright (rugby, born 1997)

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Tom Wright
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Wright representing the Manly Sea Eagles during the National Youth Competition
Personal information
Born (1997-07-21) 21 July 1997 (age 27)
Randwick, New South Wales, Australia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 96 kg (212 lb; 15 st 2 lb)
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Five-eighth, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2018 Manly Sea Eagles 5 1 0 0 4
Rugby union
Position Wing, Fullback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2019– [[{{{tan}}}|{{{t}}}]] 65 28 0 0 140
2019 Canberra Vikings 8 7 0 0 35
Total 73 35 0 0 175
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2020– Australia 23 4 0 0 20
As of 11 June 2023
Source: [1]

Thomas Wright (born 21 July 1997) is an Australian professional dual-code rugby player who plays as a fullback for Super Rugby club the Brumbies and the Australia national team.

Wright 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.[citation needed]

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]

He'd go on to make his starting debut for the Wallabies against the All Blacks in November 2020, scoring in the 24-22 win at Suncorp Stadium.

Wright re-signed with the Brumbies and Rugby Australia until the end of 2023.

International Tries

As of 16 July 2022[4]

Try Opposing team Location Venue Competition Date Result Score
1  New Zealand Brisbane, Australia Suncorp Stadium 2020 Tri Nations Series 7 November 2020 Win 24 – 22
2  Japan Ōita, Japan Ōita Stadium 2021 end-of-year rugby union internationals 23 October 2021 Win 23 – 32
3  England Sydney, Australia Sydney Cricket Ground 2022 England rugby union tour of Australia 16 July 2022 Loss 17 – 21
4  Italy Florence, Italy Stadio Artemio Franchi 2022 end-of-year rugby union internationals 12 November 2022 Loss 27 – 28

References

  1. ↑ Rugby League Project
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External links

Template:Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles squad - 2017 NYC premiers

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