Tomos Williams

Tomos Williams (born 1 January 1995) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays for the Cardiff Blues as a scrum half. He is a Wales international, and played for the Wales sevens team during the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series.[2]

Tomos Williams
Full nameTomos Geraint Williams [1]
Date of birth (1995-01-01) 1 January 1995
Place of birthTreorchy, Wales
Height178 cm (5 ft 10 in)
Weight77 kg (12 st 2 lb; 170 lb)
SchoolTreorchy Comprehensive School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half
Current team Cardiff Blues
Senior career
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013- Cardiff Blues 103 (90)
National team(s)
Years Team Apps (Points)
2013 Wales U20
2014 Wales 7's
2018- Wales 28 (45)
Correct as of 9 May 2021

Club career

Cardiff Blues academy graduate, Tomos Williams, made his senior debut as a replacement against Munster in 2013.He was called up to Wales’ senior squad for the 2017 summer tour although he had to wait until the following summer to make his international debut, scoring in which he scored against South Africa. Williams would also appear in all four of Wales’ matches as they claimed their first ever autumn series clean sweep during the following November.[3]

Williams scored a crucial try for Cardiff Blues in the Challenge Cup final victory over Gloucester, which was voted the Try of the Season for the 2017/18 campaign.

International career

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 he was named in the Wales senior squad for the first time for the tests against Tonga and Samoa in June 2017.[4] 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.

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.

International tries
TryOpponentLocationVenueTestsDateResult
1 South AfricaWashington DC, USARFK Stadium2018 Summer Tour2 June 2018Win
2 TongaCardiff, WalesMillennium Stadium 2018 Autumn Internationals17 November 2018Win
3 FranceParis, FranceStade de France2019 Six Nations1 February 2019Win
4 GeorgiaToyota, JapanToyota Stadium2019 Rugby World Cup23 September 2019Win
5 UruguayKumamoto, JapanEgao Kenko Stadium2019 Rugby World Cup13 October 2019Win
6 IrelandDublin, IrelandLansdowne Road2020 Six Nations8 February 2020Loss
7  Canada Cardiff, Wales Millennium Stadium 2021 Summer Internationals 3 July 2021 Win
8
9 ArgentinaCardiff, WalesMillennium Stadium2021 Summer Internationals10 July 2021Draw

References
  1. "Tomos Geraint Williams".
  2. Tomos Williams WRU biog
  3. www.uprisevsi.co.uk, upriseVSI. "Tomos Williams". upriseVSI. Retrieved 2019-12-11.
  4. Wales squad June 2017
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