Tom Youngs
Tom Youngs was born in Norwich, England, United Kingdom on January 28th, 1987 and is the Rugby Player. At the age of 37, Tom Youngs biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Thomas Nicholas Youngs (born 28 January 1987, in Norwich, England) is a rugby union player who plays for Leicester Tigers in Premiership Rugby, winning 28 caps for England, including selection for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and selecting the 2013 British and Irish Lions tour to Australia, where he appeared in all three test matches.
Club career
On Boxing Day 2006, Youngs broke his leg and came off after thirteen minutes, making his Tigers debut against London Irish.
When he was asked to change to hooker by new head Coach Richard Cockerill in the Leicester "A" team as a hooker in the 2008/09 season.
In the 2010-2011 season, he was loaned to Nottingham R.F.C., a Leicester feeder club. where he was the first choice hooker.
Leicester defeated Northampton Saints in the 2013 Premiership final, with Youngs and his brother Ben.
He was named as the Tigers' club captain at the start of the 2016-17 season, replacing lock Ed Slater after being hospitalized for nearly half of the previous season.
Youngs reported his retirement on April 27, 2022, after taking indefinite leave during the 2021/22 season to care for his wife during sickness.
International career
Youngs was a member of the England squad at Rugby sevens from 2007-08.
Youngs was selected as part of England's summer tour to South Africa in 2012 as part of the main touring team for adventure. He competed in the midweek games, and his success earned him to be regarded as the England starting hooker.
Youngs was given the number two shirt for England's first 2012 Autumn International match against Fiji due to an injury to first-choice Hooker Dylan Hartley and the earlier retirement of second-choice Lee Mears. After Sir William Milton and his sons Jumbo and Cecil, the Youngs brothers became the second family to have a father and two sons play for England. An outstanding result meant he kept the shirt for the second test.
Youngs was selected as part of the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia, where he was regarded as part of the Victorious Lions squad.
Youngs was selected in Stuart Lancaster's 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and went on to start all four games as hooker. He was controversially omitted from the Six Nations by new coach Eddie Jones, but he was later hospitalized for the Summer tour of Australia. He was overlooked again for the 2016 Autumn Internationals because he was not selected for Jones' 45 EPS Squad for the Six Nations, with skipper Dylan Hartley as first-choice, Jamie George as second choice, and Tommy Taylor as third choice.