Tom de Glanville | |
Birth Name: | Thomas Michael de Glanville[1] |
Birth Date: | 1999 12, df=yes[2] |
Birth Place: | Bath, England |
Height: | 1.88m (06.17feet) |
Weight: | 840NaN0 |
Relatives: | Phil de Glanville (father) |
Ru Position: | Fly-half, Fullback |
Ru Currentteam: | Bath |
Years1: | 2019– |
Clubs1: | Bath |
Apps1: | 46 |
Points1: | 54 |
Ru Clubupdate: | 12 May 2022 |
Repyears1: | 2017–2018 |
Repteam1: | England U18 |
Repcaps1: | 5 |
Reppoints1: | 22 |
Repyears2: | 2019 |
Repteam2: | England U20 |
Repcaps2: | 9 |
Reppoints2: | 10 |
Ru Ntupdate: | 22 June 2019 |
Thomas Michael de Glanville[1] (born 10 December 1999) is an English professional rugby union player who plays at fly-half or fullback for Bath Rugby in the Gallagher Premiership.
De Glanville is the son of Yolanda and Phil de Glanville, a former rugby player and captain of the England national rugby union team.[3]
He was born in Bath,[4] attended school at Beechen Cliff School in Bath and joined Bath Rugby academy. After attaining 3 As at A-Level,[5] he then moved to the University of Leeds to study Biology and was loaned to National League 2 North side Otley R.U.F.C. on a dual-registration whilst studying there.[6] [7] De Glanville then transferred to the University of Bath in order to keep training with Bath academy.[8]
In 2019, de Glanville captained Bath at the Premiership Sevens. Later in the year, he signed his first senior contract to play for the Bath Rugby senior team.[8] He made his Premiership Rugby debut against Exeter Chiefs in September 2019.[9]
In the summer of 2017 De Glanville was a member of the England under-18 team that toured South Africa and the following year he scored two tries against Wales under-18 at Sardis Road.[10] [11] He scored a try for England under-20 against Scotland in the final round of the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[12] Later that year he was a member of the squad that finished fifth at the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and scored a try during the pool stage against Australia.[7] [13]
In October 2020 he was called up to a senior England training squad by head coach Eddie Jones.[14]
De Glanville has played in several positions in the backs. The Bath coach Todd Blackadder once said that de Glanville would play well at fly-half. However de Glanville often plays as a centre, following in his father's footsteps and having played there through several England age groups. He has also played at full-back for Bath United in the Premiership "A" League,[15] and the Premiership.[16]
De Glanville has expressed hope that his relatively low body weight may increase somewhat with age.[17]
De Glanville was one of 13 players who breached COVID-19 virus safety protocols by leaving their hotel without permission before a Barbarians game in 2020.[17] [18]