Williams was born in Brighton and attended Windlesham House School.[2][3] He represented Wales at U16 and U19 level, then switched to England for the 2002 IRB U19 World Cup.[4]
Williams started and scored a try for Harlequins in their 2011–12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers.[8] He is a member of the “200 Club” having represented Harlequins for over 200 games.
He retired in 2015[2] moving into a coaching and mentoring role at Harlequins for four years before in 2019 leaving professional rugby behind to pursue a career in consultancy.
During the 2008–09 Heineken Cup quarter final against Leinster, Williams was told to fake a blood injury by Dean Richards to allow a tactical substitution to reintroduce Nick Evans leading to the bloodgate scandal. This resulted in a 12-month ban for Williams, (reduced to four months on appeal), a three-year ban for former director of rugby Dean Richards as well as a two-year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan from the ERC with a £260,000 fine for the club.[9]
Referencesedit
^. Harlequins. 2011. Archived from the original on 14 December 2008. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
^ ab"Tom Williams: Harlequins winger to retire in summer". BBC Sport. 12 May 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^"Windlesham House School in Washington". Sussex Life. 27 August 2015. Retrieved 9 January 2019.
^"'Welshman' Williams waits for 'Bloodgate' decision". Wales Online. Media Wales. 17 August 2009. Retrieved 16 December 2009.
^"Williams gets sevens call". Scrum. ESPN. 24 March 2004. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^"Profile - Tom Williams". Scrum. ESPN. 24 September 2009. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^. RFU. 1 April 2007. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 26 December 2009.
^"Harlequins 30-23 Leicester". BBC Sport. 26 May 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
^"Quins escape further action in bloodgate scandal". Agence France-Presse. 24 August 2009. Archived from the original on 3 January 2013. Retrieved 25 August 2009 – via Google News.
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williams, rugby, union, born, 1983, other, people, same, name, williams, williams, born, october, 1983, english, former, rugby, union, player, played, harlequins, aviva, premiership, normally, played, either, full, back, wing, williamswilliams, 2013birth, name. For other people of the same name see Tom Williams Tom Williams born 12 October 1983 is an English former rugby union player who played for Harlequins in the Aviva Premiership He normally played at either full back or on the wing Tom WilliamsWilliams in 2013Birth nameThomas WilliamsDate of birth 1983 10 12 12 October 1983 age 40 Place of birthBrighton EnglandHeight1 80 m 5 ft 11 in Weight91 kg 14 st 5 lb 1 Rugby union careerPosition s Wing Full backSenior careerYearsTeamApps Points 2004 15Harlequins208 304 National sevens team s YearsTeamComps2004 EnglandHong Kong Contents 1 Early life 2 International career 3 Club career 4 Bloodgate 5 References 6 External linksEarly life editWilliams was born in Brighton and attended Windlesham House School 2 3 He represented Wales at U16 and U19 level then switched to England for the 2002 IRB U19 World Cup 4 International career editWilliams represented England in the 2003 04 World Sevens Series 5 winning the Hong Kong leg 6 He also competed in the 2006 07 IRB Sevens World Series 7 Club career editWilliams started and scored a try for Harlequins in their 2011 12 Premiership final victory over Leicester Tigers 8 He is a member of the 200 Club having represented Harlequins for over 200 games He retired in 2015 2 moving into a coaching and mentoring role at Harlequins for four years before in 2019 leaving professional rugby behind to pursue a career in consultancy Bloodgate editMain article Bloodgate During the 2008 09 Heineken Cup quarter final against Leinster Williams was told to fake a blood injury by Dean Richards to allow a tactical substitution to reintroduce Nick Evans leading to the bloodgate scandal This resulted in a 12 month ban for Williams reduced to four months on appeal a three year ban for former director of rugby Dean Richards as well as a two year ban for physiotherapist Steph Brennan from the ERC with a 260 000 fine for the club 9 References edit Harlequins 1st XV Harlequins 2011 Archived from the original on 14 December 2008 Retrieved 13 June 2011 a b Tom Williams Harlequins winger to retire in summer BBC Sport 12 May 2015 Retrieved 9 January 2019 Windlesham House School in Washington Sussex Life 27 August 2015 Retrieved 9 January 2019 Welshman Williams waits for Bloodgate decision Wales Online Media Wales 17 August 2009 Retrieved 16 December 2009 Williams gets sevens call Scrum ESPN 24 March 2004 Retrieved 26 December 2009 Profile Tom Williams Scrum ESPN 24 September 2009 Retrieved 26 December 2009 Disappointment for England as they bow out of Hong Kong RFU 1 April 2007 Archived from the original on 19 September 2012 Retrieved 26 December 2009 Harlequins 30 23 Leicester BBC Sport 26 May 2012 Retrieved 2 March 2016 Quins escape further action in bloodgate scandal Agence France Presse 24 August 2009 Archived from the original on 3 January 2013 Retrieved 25 August 2009 via Google News External links edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Tom Williams rugby union born 1983 Tom Williams profile England Rugby Tom Williams profile Harlequins nbsp nbsp nbsp This English rugby union biography is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tom Williams rugby union born 1983 amp oldid 1173266083, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
