| Birth name | Fraser Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 18 May 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 89 kg (14 st 0 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Fraser Thomson (born 18 May 1989) is a former Scotland Club XV international rugby union player, previously with Glasgow Warriors, Southern Knights and Sale Sharks. He now coaches Gala.[1][2]
Rugby Union career
Amateur career
Thomson began playing rugby union for his home club Gala. He played for Gala for 3 seasons.[3]
Thomson then played for Melrose. He spent 11 seasons at Melrose making 234 appearances and scoring 106 tries.[3] With the club he won the Scottish Premiership 4 times, the Scottish Cup 2 times and also won the 2011 Melrose Sevens with the club.[3]
Professional career
In 2011 he played for Sale Sharks but did not make the first team, instead scoring tries for their reserve side.[4]
He secured an Elite Development place with Glasgow Warriors in 2012.[4]
He played twice for the club in season 2012-13, scoring a try.[5] He is Warrior Number 210.[6]
He was vice-captain of the Super 6 side Southern Knights in season 2019-20; playing 9 times and scoring 1 try.[3]
International career
He has been capped by Scotland Club XV and is currently the most capped player to date with 15 appearances.[7] He captained the side in 2018.[7]
Coaching career
On 30 July 2020 Thomson resigned from the Southern Knights to take up the position as Head Coach of Gala.[8] Uncertainty in the timetabling of competitive rugby in the covid-19 pandemic is said to have influenced his decision to stop his playing career.[9]
Personal life
Thomson is married to A·Hume Country Clothing Managing Director Rachel Thomson, who won the Draper's Independent Rising Star Award in 2021. His Brother in law is a Professional footballer currently playing in Scotland. [10]
References
- ↑ "Fraser Thomson". www.ultimaterugby.com.
- ↑ "Fraser Thomson". ESPN scrum.
- 1 2 3 4 "Fraser Thomson - announcement". 30 July 2020.
- 1 2 "Fraser Thomson earns Warriors deal". www.scotsman.com. 19 May 2012.
- ↑ "Glasgow Warriors | Fraser Thomson". www.glasgowwarriors.com.
- ↑ https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/glasgow-files/files/Player_Numbers.pdf
- 1 2 Harper, Gavin (9 September 2017). "The Saturday interview: 100 try man Fraser Thomson".
- ↑ Rugby, Gala (30 July 2020). "Fraser Thomson Commits Full Time to Head Coach role". Gala Rugby.
- ↑ "Thanks and good Knight ahead of Gala display". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk.
- ↑ "Two awards for Kelso outfitters". www.thesouthernreporter.co.uk. 24 September 2021. Retrieved 30 December 2021.