Dad got a phonecall from [club stalwart] Robin Charters: 'How big’s this boy of yours, Charlie?’ I was 6ft 5ins so I got asked up to Mansfield Park for a trial. Robin told me to go into the changing-room and introduce myself. Fourteen other guys wondered: 'Who’s this big bugger?’ I was a bit forward, calling myself a replacement for Jim Scott. Plus, Jim Renwick was in full flow with a funny story and I interrupted him. Not an auspicious first day!
He also played for the Barbarians. Tomes remembered:[2]
I remember making a 50-yard break for the Barbarians and the attitude of my English colleagues was: 'Middle-rows just don’t do that.' England have never played a loose game whereas, bulk or no bulk, Scots have always wanted to have a go.
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alan, tomes, this, biography, living, person, relies, much, references, primary, sources, please, help, adding, secondary, tertiary, sources, contentious, material, about, living, persons, that, unsourced, poorly, sourced, must, removed, immediately, especiall. This biography of a living person relies too much on references to primary sources Please help by adding secondary or tertiary sources Contentious material about living persons that is unsourced or poorly sourced must be removed immediately especially if potentially libelous or harmful Find sources Alan Tomes news newspapers books scholar JSTOR February 2009 Learn how and when to remove this message Alan TomesBirth nameAlan James TomesDate of birth 1951 11 06 6 November 1951 age 72 Place of birthHawick ScotlandHeight1 96 m 6 ft 5 in Weight100 kg 220 lb 15 st 10 lb Rugby union careerPosition s LockAmateur team s YearsTeamApps Points Gateshead Fell Hawick Provincial State sidesYearsTeamApps Points South of ScotlandScotland Probables International careerYearsTeamApps Points 1975Scotland B 11976 87Scotland48 12 Alan Tomes born 6 November 1951 is a former Scotland international rugby union player 1 Contents 1 Rugby Union career 1 1 Amateur career 1 2 Provincial career 1 3 International career 2 ReferencesRugby Union career editAmateur career edit Born in Hawick Tomes moved to Gateshead when he was 8 years old He played rugby for Gateshead Fell His grandfather still in Hawick told Robin Charters of his rugby loving grandson in the north east of England Tomes recalls 2 Dad got a phonecall from club stalwart Robin Charters How big s this boy of yours Charlie I was 6ft 5ins so I got asked up to Mansfield Park for a trial Robin told me to go into the changing room and introduce myself Fourteen other guys wondered Who s this big bugger I was a bit forward calling myself a replacement for Jim Scott Plus Jim Renwick was in full flow with a funny story and I interrupted him Not an auspicious first day He then played for Hawick Provincial career edit He was capped by South of Scotland District 3 He played for Scotland Probables on 11 January 1975 4 International career edit He was capped by Scotland B against France B in 1975 He had 48 caps for Scotland 5 He toured South Africa in 1980 with the British and Irish Lions He also played for the Barbarians Tomes remembered 2 I remember making a 50 yard break for the Barbarians and the attitude of my English colleagues was Middle rows just don t do that England have never played a loose game whereas bulk or no bulk Scots have always wanted to have a go References edit Alan James Tomes ESPN scrum a b Interview Alan Tomes on Scotland s first trip to Japan to play their wee guys scotsman com The Glasgow Herald Google News Archive Search news google com https www britishnewspaperarchive co uk viewer bl 0000445 19750111 119 0005 via British Newspaper Archive a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a Missing or empty title help Rugby Union ESPN Scrum Statsguru Player analysis Alan Tomes Test matches ESPN scrum nbsp nbsp nbsp This Scottish rugby union biography article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Alan Tomes amp oldid 1175187845, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
