Tom Cox (rugby)

Tom Cox
Full name Tom Cox
Date of birth (1988-10-04) 4 October 1988
Place of birth Sunshine Coast, Australia
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 92 kg (14 st 7 lb)
School Immanuel Lutheran College
University University of Queensland
Rugby union career
Playing career
Position Left-Wing / Right-Wing / Outside-Centre / Fullback
Amateur clubs
Years Club / team
Sunshine Coast Stingrays
University of Queensland
Super Rugby
Years Club / team Caps (points)
2012–13 Brumbies 1 (0)

Tom Cox (born 4 October 1988) is an Australian rugby union player who plays for Yakult Levins in Japan. His playing position is winger, centre or fullback.

He joined the Brumbies Super Rugby squad prior to the 2012 Super Rugby season on a two-year deal.[1] He made one senior appearance for them, against Wales during the 2012 Wales rugby union tour of Australia.[2] Post shoulder surgery he joined the Rebels Wider Training Squad for the 2014 Super Rugby season but was hampered by ankle injury.[3]

After taking 6 months to recover from surgery and complete dual degrees in Economics and Business Management at the University of Queensland,[4] he joined the Timișoara Saracens prior to the 2015 SuperLiga season.[5] Following Romania and after helping the Timișoara Saracens qualify for the European Rugby Challenge Cup,[6] he joined the Yakult Levins ヤクルトレビンズ on a two-year deal.[7]

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References

  1. ↑ "Tom Cox Brumbies profile". Brumbies. Archived from the original on 22 September 2013. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  2. ↑ "Wales hang on in Canberra". Planet Rugby. 12 June 2012. Retrieved 6 January 2014.
  3. ↑ "Timisoara Saracens l-a prezentat oficial pe Tom Cox". viptim.ro (in Romanian). 30 July 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  4. ↑ "Speedster tackling business studies instead of footy". Sunshine Coast Daily. 10 February 2015. Retrieved 2 August 2015.
  5. ↑ "Timișoara Saracens l-a transferat pe Tom Cox din puternica ligă Super Rugby". timișplus.ro (in Romanian). 28 July 2015. Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  6. ↑ "Enisei and Timisoara in 2016/17 Challenge Cup". Planet Rugby. 2 May 2016. Retrieved 15 May 2016.
  7. ↑ "Tom Cox joined Yakult Levins" (in French). Japon Rugby. Retrieved 25 September 2016.
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