Tom Dodd | |
Birth Name: | Thomas Jack James Dodd |
Birth Date: | 28 October 1997 |
Birth Place: | Warwick, England |
Height: | 1.910NaN0 |
Weight: | 109kg (240lb) |
Ru Position: | Flanker/Number 8 |
Ru Nationalteam: | England Counties U18s Scotland U20s |
Ru Nationalyears: | 2016 2016–2017 |
Ru Nationalcaps: | 2 10 |
Ru Nationalpoints: | (0) (20) |
Ru Ntupdate: | 11 November 2020 |
Ru Clubyears: | 2017–2022 2016–2017 2017–2018 2017–2018 2018–2019 2022–2023 2023– |
Ru Clubcaps: | 28 ? ? ? 7 ? 9 |
Ru Clubpoints: | (5) (?) (?) (?) (0) (?) (0) |
Ru Clubupdate: | 29 May 2024 |
Ru Currentclub: | Edinburgh Rugby |
School: | Warwick School |
Tom Dodd (born 28 October 1997) is an English-born Scottish rugby union player who currently plays for Edinburgh Rugby in the United Rugby Championship.
Dodd joined the Worcester Warriors academy ahead of the 2016-17 season. He made his first-team debut in an Anglo-Welsh Cup clash against Sale Sharks at Sixways Stadium in November 2017.[1] He went on to play three times in the 2017-18 season while he thoroughly impressed for Worcester Cavaliers in their Premiership Rugby Shield campaign, scoring three tries in all ten of the side's fixtures as they finished third in the Northern Conference.
Dodd also spent time with Luctonians during the 2016-17 season on a dual registered basis, before playing for Birmingham Moseley and Stourbridge in 2017-18 season. Dodd also helped Hartpury University to win 2016-17 National League 1 title, thus promoted to the RFU Championship from the 2017-18 season.[2]
Dodd returned to action, following a knee surgery, in the European Rugby Challenge Cup victory over Enisei-STM in Russia in November 2019.[3] His Premiership debut followed as a blood replacement for Sam Lewis against Northampton Saints at Sixways in March 2020.[4]
On 21 January 2020, Dodd signed his first professional contract, which is a two-year deal until the end of summer of 2022, thus promoted to the senior squad from the 2020-21 season.[5]
On 5 October 2022 all Worcester players had their contacts terminated due to the liquidation of the company to which they were contracted.[6]
On 13 October 2022, Dodd signed for Coventry in the RFU Championship for the rest of the 2022-23 season.[7]
He represented England Counties U18s against both France U18s and Ireland U18s at Ashbourne RFC near Ashbourne, County Meath in Ireland.[8]
Dodd represented Scotland U20s through the 2017 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[9] He also helped them to a best-ever finish in the 2017 World Rugby Under 20 Championship, as they defeated Australia U20s to book a fifth-place finish in the tournament.[10] [11]