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href="/wiki/England" title="England">England</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">91 kg (14 st 5 lb)<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_School,_Tynemouth" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's School, Tynemouth">The King's School</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">University</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Northumbria_University" title="Northumbria University">Northumbria University</a> Cambridge university</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Notable relative(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gerald_Flood" title="Gerald Flood">Gerald Flood</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #b0c4de;">Rugby union career</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546"><table class="infobox-subbox infobox-3cols-child infobox-table"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Position(s)</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data role" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">Fly-half</a> / <a href="/wiki/Centre_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre (rugby union)">Centre</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Amateur team(s)</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Alnwick_RFC" title="Alnwick RFC">Alnwick</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">–</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Morpeth_RFC" title="Morpeth RFC">Morpeth RFC</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> </td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> ()</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Senior career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2004–2008</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Falcons" title="Newcastle Falcons">Newcastle Falcons</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 76</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (263)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2008–2014</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tigers" title="Leicester Tigers">Leicester Tigers</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 119</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (1,336)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2014–2017</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Stade_Toulousain" title="Stade Toulousain">Toulouse</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 60</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (337)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2017–2021</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Falcons" title="Newcastle Falcons">Newcastle Falcons</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 65</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (348)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>2004–2021</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Total</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>320</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(2,284)</b></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4" class="infobox-full-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <div style="text-align: left;"><span style="white-space: nowrap; font-weight: bold; color: #555; text-align: left;">Correct as of 28 November 2020</span></div></td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">International career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>Apps</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(Points)</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2006–2014</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 60</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (301)</td></tr><tr><th colspan="4" class="infobox-header" style="background-color: #e0ffff;">Coaching career</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>Years</b></th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <b>Team</b></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2021–</th><td colspan="3" class="infobox-data" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Falcons" title="Newcastle Falcons">Newcastle Falcons</a> <i>(Kicking and Skills Coach)</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Tobias Gerald Albert Cecil Lieven Flood</b> (born 8 August 1985)<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> is an English <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> coach and former player. He is currently kicking and skills coach at <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Falcons" title="Newcastle Falcons">Newcastle Falcons</a> in <a href="/wiki/Premiership_Rugby" title="Premiership Rugby">Premiership Rugby</a>. During his playing career his position was <a href="/wiki/Fly-half_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Fly-half (rugby union)">fly half</a> or <a href="/wiki/Centre_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre (rugby union)">inside centre</a>. He played over 300 games in his club career across his three professional clubs, <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Falcons" title="Newcastle Falcons">Newcastle Falcons</a>, <a href="/wiki/Stade_Toulousain" title="Stade Toulousain">Toulouse</a> and <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tigers" title="Leicester Tigers">Leicester Tigers</a>. He played 60 international matches for <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a> between 2006 and 2014. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Toby Flood was born on 8 August 1985 at <a href="/wiki/Frimley_Park_Hospital" title="Frimley Park Hospital">Frimley Park Hospital</a> in <a href="/wiki/Frimley" title="Frimley">Frimley</a>, Surrey.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Both of his grandfathers were actors. His paternal grandfather, <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Flood" title="Gerald Flood">Gerald Flood</a>, voiced the robot <a href="/wiki/Companion_(Doctor_Who)" title="Companion (Doctor Who)">companion</a> <a href="/wiki/Kamelion" class="mw-redirect" title="Kamelion">Kamelion</a> in <i><a href="/wiki/Doctor_Who" title="Doctor Who">Doctor Who</a></i>. His maternal grandfather was German actor <a href="/wiki/Albert_Lieven" title="Albert Lieven">Albert Lieven</a>, who appeared in <i><a href="/wiki/The_Guns_of_Navarone_(film)" title="The Guns of Navarone (film)">The Guns of Navarone</a></i>,<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and his maternal grandmother was English actress <a href="/wiki/Susan_Shaw" title="Susan Shaw">Susan Shaw</a>.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template Template-Fact" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed" title="Wikipedia:Citation needed"><span title="This claim needs references to reliable sources. (August 2020)">citation needed</span></a></i>]</sup> Flood's father (Tim) was Theatre Manager of the National Theatre, London, General Manager at the Redgrave Theatre, Farnham and (2013)<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the Programme and Marketing manager of the Customs House Theatre, <a href="/wiki/South_Shields" title="South Shields">South Shields</a>. </p><p>Flood was brought up in <a href="/wiki/Morpeth,_Northumberland" title="Morpeth, Northumberland">Morpeth, Northumberland</a> where he attended Chantry School. He also went to the <a href="/wiki/The_King%27s_School,_Tynemouth" class="mw-redirect" title="The King's School, Tynemouth">Kings School</a> in <a href="/wiki/Tynemouth" title="Tynemouth">Tynemouth</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flood graduated from <a href="/wiki/Northumbria_University" title="Northumbria University">Northumbria University</a> in 2007 with a degree in business management,<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and has also undertaken a Graduate Diploma in Law, in preparation for his planned post-rugby career as a lawyer.<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Club_career">Club career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Club career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Newcastle_Falcons">Newcastle Falcons</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Newcastle Falcons"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>A product of the Falcons academy, his third year at the university was completed on a part-time basis due to his rugby commitments. <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a> trained the Kings School first team while Flood was a student there. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Leicester_Tigers">Leicester Tigers</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Leicester Tigers"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 3 May 2008, it was announced that Flood was set to leave Newcastle Falcons for <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tigers" title="Leicester Tigers">Leicester Tigers</a>. He was officially confirmed as a Leicester player on 11 June 2008.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As a Tigers player, he settled at fly-half, having been switched between centre and fly-half in his career up until then. He was the first to top their points scoring list in a debut season since <a href="/wiki/Dusty_Hare" title="Dusty Hare">Dusty Hare</a> in 1976–77. His debut game was in the first game of the season, against Gloucester, in which he managed to score a try. The shine came off his season, however, when he injured his Achilles tendon in the <a href="/wiki/2008%E2%80%9309_Heineken_Cup" title="2008–09 Heineken Cup">2008–09 Heineken Cup</a> semi-final game against Cardiff Blues – right before professional rugby's first ever sudden-death kicking competition.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was unable to take part in either of the Tigers' finals that year.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The injury ruled Flood out of the first two months of the 2009–10 season as well, and he returned in November, in a <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_LV%3D_Cup" class="mw-redirect" title="2009–10 LV= Cup">2009–10 LV= Cup</a> win against <a href="/wiki/Dragons_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Dragons (rugby union)">Newport Gwent Dragons</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He stayed relatively injury-free for the rest of the season, however, and his good form helped the Tigers to top the table. They went on to win the <a href="/wiki/2009%E2%80%9310_Guinness_Premiership" class="mw-redirect" title="2009–10 Guinness Premiership">2009–10 Guinness Premiership</a> final 33–27 against <a href="/wiki/Saracens_F.C." title="Saracens F.C.">Saracens</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Flood captained the Tigers to victory over fierce rivals Northampton Saints in the <a href="/w/index.php?title=2013_Premiership_Rugby_final&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="2013 Premiership Rugby final (page does not exist)">2013 Premiership Rugby final</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> On 21 December 2013, it was announced that Flood would leave the Tigers.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Toulouse">Toulouse</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Toulouse"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/The_Daily_Telegraph" title="The Daily Telegraph">The Daily Telegraph</a> reported that Flood had signed for <a href="/wiki/Stade_Toulousain" title="Stade Toulousain">Toulouse</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Return_to_Newcastle_Falcons_and_retirement">Return to Newcastle Falcons and retirement</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Return to Newcastle Falcons and retirement"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On 9 May 2017, it was announced that Flood would return to <a href="/wiki/Newcastle_Falcons" title="Newcastle Falcons">Newcastle Falcons</a> for the 2017–18 season,<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> signalling a return to his first top-flight club more than 9 years after he left them for Tigers. On 6 September 2021 Flood announced his retirement from playing and his new role as kicking and skills coach for Newcastle.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="International_career">International career</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toby_Flood.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/09/Toby_Flood.JPG" decoding="async" width="107" height="226" class="mw-file-element" data-file-width="107" data-file-height="226" /></a><figcaption>Flood warming up for England</figcaption></figure> <p>In the autumn of 2006, he came on twice as a fly-half replacement for England, his first cap coming in the defeat to <a href="/wiki/Argentina_national_rugby_union_team" title="Argentina national rugby union team">Argentina</a>. With <a href="/wiki/Brian_Ashton_(rugby_player)" class="mw-redirect" title="Brian Ashton (rugby player)">Brian Ashton</a> installed as the new England head coach, Flood was selected in the Elite squad for England's <a href="/wiki/2007_Six_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="2007 Six Nations">2007 Six Nations</a> campaign. Flood came on as a replacement in the game against <a href="/wiki/Scotland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Scotland national rugby union team">Scotland</a> to win his fourth England cap. He started his first game for England against <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> at Twickenham and went on to score a try, helping England to a 26–18 victory. His personal points tally in the match was 16 points. Flood also started in the defeat to <a href="/wiki/Wales_national_rugby_union_team" title="Wales national rugby union team">Wales</a>. </p><p>Ashton included Flood in the Elite squad for <a href="/wiki/2007_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2007 Rugby World Cup">2007 Rugby World Cup</a> campaign of France, as a replacement for then Newcastle teammate <a href="/wiki/Jamie_Noon" title="Jamie Noon">Jamie Noon</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He came on as a substitute in the quarter-final against <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a>, which England won 12–10. Flood also came off the bench in the semi-final win over <a href="/wiki/France_national_rugby_union_team" title="France national rugby union team">France</a> and in the loss in the World Cup final to <a href="/wiki/South_Africa_national_rugby_union_team" title="South Africa national rugby union team">South Africa</a>. </p><p>He scored England's opening try in the <a href="/wiki/2008_Six_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="2008 Six Nations">2008 Six Nations</a> game against Wales, and managed another the following game against <a href="/wiki/Italy_national_rugby_union_team" title="Italy national rugby union team">Italy</a>. </p><p>After acting as a substitute in the first two games of the <a href="/wiki/2009_Six_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="2009 Six Nations">2009 Six Nations</a>, Flood started the away game against <a href="/wiki/Ireland_national_rugby_union_team" title="Ireland national rugby union team">Ireland</a>, and held onto the fly-half jersey for the remaining two wins against France and Scotland. His achilles injury saw him lose it to former clubmate <a href="/wiki/Jonny_Wilkinson" title="Jonny Wilkinson">Jonny Wilkinson</a> for the 2009 autumn internationals, but he started the first <a href="/wiki/2010_Six_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="2010 Six Nations">2010 Six Nations</a> game against Wales at inside centre, due to an injury to <a href="/wiki/Riki_Flutey" title="Riki Flutey">Riki Flutey</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He finished the Six Nations once more in possession of the England 10 shirt during the game against France, and retained it for the <a href="/wiki/Australia_national_rugby_union_team" title="Australia national rugby union team">Australia</a> summer tour.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although England lost the first game,<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Flood was able to link up with his club colleague <a href="/wiki/Ben_Youngs" title="Ben Youngs">Ben Youngs</a> in a strong half-back pairing in the second. A much improved performance saw England beat Australia 20–21.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Toby_Flood_2011.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Toby_Flood_2011.jpg/150px-Toby_Flood_2011.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="245" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Toby_Flood_2011.jpg/225px-Toby_Flood_2011.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b9/Toby_Flood_2011.jpg/300px-Toby_Flood_2011.jpg 2x" data-file-width="896" data-file-height="1465" /></a><figcaption>Flood during 2011 RWC</figcaption></figure> <p>Flood's link with Youngs developed over the autumn internationals, starting with a good display in a loss to New Zealand. The team peaked in the Test against Australia, in which Flood had an immaculate game with the boot. He scored 25 points, which is the most points recorded by an Englishman against the Wallabies.<sup id="cite_ref-lewis1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lewis1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He also helped England to a victory over Samoa,<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> but was injured early into the last game with South Africa, and later revealed he couldn't remember anything after the incident.<sup id="cite_ref-lewis1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-lewis1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the <a href="/wiki/2011_Six_Nations" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 Six Nations">2011 Six Nations</a>, Flood and Youngs again combined to great success, Flood gaining man of the match for a strong display against Wales at the Millennium Stadium.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He was also a key component in several of the tries scored against Italy, developing a key relationship with wing <a href="/wiki/Chris_Ashton" title="Chris Ashton">Chris Ashton</a>. </p><p>Despite Flood's good form for England during their championship winning 2011 six nations he had been dropped for Jonny Wilkinson by the start of the Rugby World Cup 2011. He did however start the quarter-final defeat to France at no.12. </p><p>Flood was a hot favourite for the England captaincy when Stuart Lancaster took over from Martin Johnson after the 2011 world cup. However he was not available for much of the 2012 six nations and Owen Farrell seized his chance at fly half. Although Flood did regain the number 10 shirt on the tour to South Africa and in the autumn internationals of that year. A combination of injuries and Lancaster's preference for Owen Farrell's pragmatic approach- as well as Farrell's key role in England's shock win over New Zealand- limited his game time after this. </p><p>Flood's final start for England was against Italy in the 2013 Six Nations tournament. He effectively ended his England career by signing for Top 14 club Toulouse.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In an interview with <i><a href="/wiki/The_Times" title="The Times">The Times</a></i> on 21 August 2017, Flood revealed that he would consider resurrecting his Test career by playing rugby for <a href="/wiki/German_Rugby_Federation" title="German Rugby Federation">Germany</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Changes to the <a href="/wiki/World_Rugby" title="World Rugby">World Rugby</a> eligibility regulations introduced in 2017 allow a player to make a one-time switch of nationality by playing in an Olympic event for the player's new country, provided that said player has not represented his or her first country for three years and holds nationality in the second country. Flood applied for a German passport following the 2016 <a href="/wiki/Brexit" title="Brexit">Brexit</a> vote, and has already satisfied the three-year stand-down period. </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist reflist-columns references-column-width" style="column-width: 35em;"> <ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-1">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.leicestertigers.com/rugby/leicester_tigers_senior_squad.php?player=5089&includeref=dynamic">"Leicester Tigers: The Team"</a>. 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London. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220621/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/news-comment/toby-flood-south-africa-mauled-us-apparently-but-its-all-a-blank-after-bismarck-sank-me-2149632.html">Archived</a> from the original on 21 June 2022.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Independent&rft.atitle=South+Africa+mauled+us+apparently%2C+but+it%27s+all+a+blank+after+Bismarck+sank+me&rft.date=2010-12-03&rft.aulast=Flood&rft.aufirst=Toby&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.independent.co.uk%2Fsport%2Frugby%2Frugby-union%2Fnews-comment%2Ftoby-flood-south-africa-mauled-us-apparently-but-its-all-a-blank-after-bismarck-sank-me-2149632.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AToby+Flood" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-27"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-27">^</a></b></span> <span 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cs1">Orlovac, Mark (12 February 2011). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/9393726.stm">"England 59 – 13 Italy"</a>. <i>BBC Sport</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=BBC+Sport&rft.atitle=England+59+%E2%80%93+13+Italy&rft.date=2011-02-12&rft.aulast=Orlovac&rft.aufirst=Mark&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fnews.bbc.co.uk%2Fsport1%2Fhi%2Frugby_union%2F9393726.stm&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AToby+Flood" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-29"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-29">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFLowe2017" class="citation news cs1">Lowe, Alex (21 August 2017). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/toby-flood-weighs-up-playing-for-germany-kr8s9tm2z">"Toby Flood weighs up playing for Germany"</a>. <i>The Times</i>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=article&rft.jtitle=The+Times&rft.atitle=Toby+Flood+weighs+up+playing+for+Germany&rft.date=2017-08-21&rft.aulast=Lowe&rft.aufirst=Alex&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.thetimes.co.uk%2Farticle%2Ftoby-flood-weighs-up-playing-for-germany-kr8s9tm2z&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AToby+Flood" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> </ol></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="External_links">External links</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Toby_Flood&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: External links"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" 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