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class="mw-body-content"><div class="mw-content-ltr mw-parser-output" lang="en" dir="ltr"><div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">British Lions & England international rugby union player</div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">For other people named Tom Youngs, see <a href="/wiki/Tom_Youngs_(disambiguation)" class="mw-redirect mw-disambig" title="Tom Youngs (disambiguation)">Tom Youngs (disambiguation)</a>.</div> <p class="mw-empty-elt"> </p> <div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none">Rugby player</div><style 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scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Height</th><td class="infobox-data">1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">Weight</th><td class="infobox-data">104 kg (16 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><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></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap;province">School</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Gresham%27s_School" title="Gresham's School">Gresham's</a></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/Nick_Youngs" title="Nick Youngs">Nick Youngs</a> (father)<br /><a href="/wiki/Ben_Youngs" title="Ben Youngs">Ben Youngs</a> (brother)</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/Rugby_union_positions#2._Hooker" title="Rugby union positions">Hooker</a> <br /> <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union_positions#13._Centre" title="Rugby union positions">Centre</a></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;">2006–2021</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"> 215</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (115)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2006–2008</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Bedford_Blues" title="Bedford Blues">Bedford</a> <i>(loan)</i></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 24</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (25)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;">2009–2011</th><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-a" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline"> <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham Rugby">Nottingham</a> <i>(loan)</i></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-b" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> 55</td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> (75)</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="white-space:nowrap; font-weight: normal;"><b>2006–2021</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>294</b></td><td class="infobox-data infobox-data-c" style="white-space: nowrap; vertical-align: baseline; text-align: right"> <b>(215)</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 20 June 2021</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 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</td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p>  </p><p><b>Thomas Nicholas Youngs</b> (born 28 January 1987) is a retired <a href="/wiki/Rugby_union" title="Rugby union">rugby union</a> player who played as a hooker for <a href="/wiki/Leicester_Tigers" title="Leicester Tigers">Leicester Tigers</a> and England. Between 2012–2015 he won 28 caps for <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_union_team" title="England national rugby union team">England</a>, including selection for the <a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2015 Rugby World Cup">2015 Rugby World Cup</a> and was selected for the <a href="/wiki/2013_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_Australia" title="2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia">2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia</a> where he played in all three test matches. He played 215 times for Leicester between 2006 and 2021, winning the <a href="/wiki/Premiership_Rugby" title="Premiership Rugby">Premiership Rugby</a> title in <a href="/wiki/2012-13_Premiership_Rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="2012-13 Premiership Rugby">2013</a>, the same season that he was named as the league's Player of the season. He also won the <a href="/wiki/2011%E2%80%9312_LV_Cup" title="2011–12 LV Cup">2011-12 Anglo-Welsh Cup</a> with Leicester. Between 2009 and 2011 Youngs played 55 matches for <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_Rugby" class="mw-redirect" title="Nottingham Rugby">Nottingham</a> where he converted from <a href="/wiki/Centre_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre (rugby union)">centre</a> to <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooker (rugby union)">hooker</a>.<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> </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Background">Background</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Youngs&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Background"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Youngs is the son of former Leicester and England scrum-half <a href="/wiki/Nick_Youngs" title="Nick Youngs">Nick Youngs</a>, and the elder brother of current Leicester and England scrum-half <a href="/wiki/Ben_Youngs" title="Ben Youngs">Ben Youngs</a>. </p><p>Originally a <a href="/wiki/Centre_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Centre (rugby union)">centre</a>, Youngs changed to play at <a href="/wiki/Hooker_(rugby_union)" class="mw-redirect" title="Hooker (rugby union)">hooker</a> after advice from then Tigers' coach <a href="/wiki/Heyneke_Meyer" title="Heyneke Meyer">Heyneke Meyer</a>. </p><p>Youngs played for <a href="/wiki/Gresham%27s_School" title="Gresham's School">Gresham's School</a> and for England Schools,<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 also for <a href="/wiki/Holt,_Norfolk" title="Holt, Norfolk">Holt</a> as a junior. </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=Tom_Youngs&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Club career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Youngs made his Tigers debut against <a href="/wiki/London_Irish" title="London Irish">London Irish</a> on Boxing Day 2006, broke his leg after five minutes and came off after thirteen.<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> </p><p>In the 2008/09 season, when he was persuaded to switch to hooker he was used by new head Coach <a href="/wiki/Richard_Cockerill" title="Richard Cockerill">Richard Cockerill</a> in the Leicester "A" team as a hooker. </p><p>In the 2010-2011 season he was loaned to the Leicester feeder club <a href="/wiki/Nottingham_R.F.C." title="Nottingham R.F.C.">Nottingham R.F.C.</a> where he was first choice hooker. </p><p>Youngs started the 2013 Premiership final, alongside his brother Ben, as Leicester defeated Northampton Saints.<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> </p><p>At the start of the 2016-17 season he was announced as club captain for the Tigers, replacing lock Ed Slater<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> after being injured for nearly half of the previous season. </p><p>After taking indefinite leave during the 2021/22 season to care for his wife during illness,<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> Youngs announced his retirement on 27 April 2022.<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> <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=Tom_Youngs&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: International career"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 2007-08, Youngs was a member of the <a href="/wiki/England_national_rugby_sevens_team" title="England national rugby sevens team">England squad</a> at <a href="/wiki/Rugby_sevens" title="Rugby sevens">Rugby sevens</a>. </p><p>On England's summer tour to South Africa in 2012, Youngs was taken as part of the main touring squad for experience. He played in the midweek games and his performances led to him being touted as a future England starting hooker. </p><p>Due to an injury to England's first-choice hooker <a href="/wiki/Dylan_Hartley" title="Dylan Hartley">Dylan Hartley</a> and the earlier retirement of second-choice <a href="/wiki/Lee_Mears" title="Lee Mears">Lee Mears</a>, Youngs was awarded the number 2 shirt for England's first 2012 Autumn International match against <a href="/wiki/Fiji_national_rugby_union_team" title="Fiji national rugby union team">Fiji</a>,<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> and was joined on the pitch by substitute brother Ben. The Youngs brothers became the second family to have a father and two sons play for England after <a href="/wiki/William_Henry_Milton" title="William Henry Milton">Sir William Milton</a> and his sons <a href="/wiki/Jumbo_Milton" title="Jumbo Milton">Jumbo</a> and <a href="/wiki/Cecil_Milton" title="Cecil Milton">Cecil</a>.<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> An impressive performance meant that he retained the shirt for the second test.<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> </p><p>Youngs was named as part of the victorious Lions squad for the <a href="/wiki/2013_British_%26_Irish_Lions_tour_to_Australia" title="2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia">2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia</a>. </p><p>Youngs was named in <a href="/wiki/Stuart_Lancaster_(rugby)" class="mw-redirect" title="Stuart Lancaster (rugby)">Stuart Lancaster's</a> <a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup_squads#England" title="2015 Rugby World Cup squads">31- man squad</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> for the <a href="/wiki/2015_Rugby_World_Cup" title="2015 Rugby World Cup">2015 Rugby World Cup</a> and went on to start all 4 games as hooker. He was controversially overlooked for the Six Nations<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> by new coach <a href="/wiki/Eddie_Jones_(rugby_union)" title="Eddie Jones (rugby union)">Eddie Jones</a> and then was injured for the Summer tour of Australia. He was overlooked again for the 2016 Autumn Internationals and was not chosen for Jones' 45 EPS Squad for the Six Nations with skipper Dylan Hartley as first-choice, <a href="/wiki/Jamie_George" title="Jamie George">Jamie George</a> as second choice and <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Taylor_(rugby_union)" title="Tommy Taylor (rugby union)">Tommy Taylor</a> as third choice. </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=Tom_Youngs&action=edit&section=4" 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: 30em;"> <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="https://web.archive.org/web/20120616063525/http://www.premiershiprugby.com/premiership/rugby/leicester_tigers.php?section=1">"Aviva Premiership Rugby - Gloucester Rugby"</a>. <i>web page</i>. 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