Tim Visser

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Tim Visser

| image = Tim Visser.jpg

| image_size = 195px

| caption =

| birth_name = Tim Jan Willem Visser

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|5|29|df=yes}}

| birth_place = De Bilt, Province of Utrecht, Netherlands

| height = 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in){{cite web |url=https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/scotland/player/43898 |title=Rugby World Cup |access-date=2015-10-06 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151007111307/https://www.rugbyworldcup.com/scotland/player/43898 |archive-date=7 October 2015 |df=dmy-all }}

| weight = {{convert|109|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}

| relatives = Sep Visser (brother)

| school = Christelijk College Nassau-Veluwe
Barnard Castle School

| position = Wing, Full-Back

| years1 = 2007–2009

| clubs1 = Newcastle Falcons

| apps1 = 57

| points1 = 65

| years2 = 2010–2015

| clubs2 = Edinburgh Rugby

| apps2 = 130

| points2 = 345

| years3 = 2015–2019

| clubs3 = Harlequins

| apps3 = 57

| points3 = 150

| repyears1 = 2012–2017

| repyears2 = 2011

| repteam1 = Scotland

| repteam2 = Barbarians

| repcaps1 = 33

| repcaps2 = 1

| reppoints1 = 70

| reppoints2 = 10

| ru_ntupdate = 24 June 2017

}}

Tim Visser ({{IPA|nl|tɪɱ ˈvɪsər}}; born 29 May 1987) is a Dutch rugby union player, who played as a winger for the Scotland national team and for English club Harlequins.

Early life

Visser was born in De Bilt, Netherlands. He was brought up in Maartensdijk and played for RC Hilversum, the club where his father played.{{cite news |url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/interview-tim-visser-rugby-player-edinburgh-1651854 |title=Interview: Tim Visser, rugby player with Edinburgh |work=Scotland on Sunday |date=4 December 2011 |access-date=2 May 2022}} He joined the Newcastle Falcons Academy as a teenager, after having been spotted playing in the Amsterdam Sevens. On moving to England he joined Barnard Castle School and went on to represent England Schools at under-18 level in 2005.

Newcastle Falcons

Having signed a two-year contract with Newcastle in April 2007, he started the 2007–08 season on loan with the recently relegated Northampton Saints.{{cite news|access-date=10 July 2011|date=5 September 2007|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/northamptonshire/content/articles/2007/09/05/saints_loaned_newcastle_falcons_duo_feature.shtml |publisher=BBC Northamptonshire|title=Saints loaned Newcastle duo}}

Visser made his competitive debut in the English Premiership on 8 September 2006 against Worcester, coming on as a substitute and scoring the winning try. He played a further 10 games for the Falcons in his first season, scoring four tries in total, before finishing the season on loan to Darlington Mowden Park, a National Division Three club.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/my_club/newcastle/6405813.stm |title=Newcastle's Visser in loan move|publisher=BBC Sport|date=28 February 2007|access-date=10 July 2011}}

The 2008–09 season saw Visser add another five tries for Newcastle in 21 appearances, but at the end of the season he chose to sign for the Celtic League club Edinburgh.

Edinburgh Rugby

Visser was the top try scorer in the Pro12 league in each of his first four seasons for Edinburgh.

In his first season in the Scottish capital Visser became top scorer in the Magners League with 10 tries, winning the Young Player of the Season Award and being named in the Magners League Dream Team.

In the 2010–11 season he again became top try scorer with 14 tries. He was again included in the Magners League Dream Team.

Visser finished the 2011–12 Pro12 season with 13 tries, again being the league's top try scorer. With Edinburgh, Visser also reached the semi-finals of the 2011–12 Heineken Cup, scoring four tries in total during the competition, and was selected for the third consecutive season to the RaboDirect Pro12 Dream Team. In addition he was voted the Player's Player of the Season.{{cite web |last=Piperdy |first=Hash |url=http://www.rabodirectpro12.com/news/14018.php |title=News : RABODIRECT PRO12 AWARD WINNERS 2011/2012 |publisher=RaboDirectPRO12 |date=7 May 2012 |access-date=13 March 2013 |archive-date=11 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120911222855/http://www.rabodirectpro12.com/news/14018.php |url-status=dead }}

In March 2015 it was announced that Visser would move on from Edinburgh at the end of the season to join Harlequins.{{Cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/32108681 |title=Tim Visser: Harlequins sign Scotland winger from Edinburgh |work=BBC Sport |date=30 March 2015 |access-date=2 May 2022}}

Barbarians

On 29 May 2011, his 24th birthday, Visser made his debut for the Barbarians against England. Visser scored two tries, including a last effort try which saw the Barbarians snatch away the victory from England at Twickenham.

International career

Visser opted not to play for the Netherlands in order to become eligible to play test rugby for one of the Home Nations. World Rugby eligibility rules state that a player may play for a country's national team after 3 years of residency. Visser stated in 2011 that he wished to play for Scotland when he became eligible in June 2012.{{cite news|url=http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/rugby/Scottish-cap-is-in-Tim.6798843.jp|work=Scotland on Sunday|first=Martin|last=Hannan|title=Scottish cap is in Tim Visser's sights|date=10 July 2011|access-date=10 July 2011|archive-date=22 July 2012|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722105815/http://scotlandonsunday.scotsman.com/rugby/Scottish-cap-is-in-Tim.6798843.jp|url-status=dead}}

Scotland coach Andy Robinson named Visser to the 28-player squad for Scotland's tour of Oceania in June 2012.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18306649|title=Scotland debut for Ryan Grant as David Pocock leads Wallabies|work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=4 June 2012|access-date=16 June 2012}} He completed his three years of residency on 12 June and thus was not available for the match in Australia on 5 June, but was available for their two remaining tests against Fiji and Samoa.{{cite news | url=http://www.scottishrugby.org/content/view/2845/2/ | publisher=Scottish Rugby Union | title=Five Uncapped Players Named in Scotland Summer Tour Squad | date=16 May 2012 | access-date=16 May 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120520044344/http://www.scottishrugby.org/content/view/2845/2/ | archive-date=20 May 2012 | df=dmy-all }}

Visser made his Scotland debut against Fiji on 16 June and scored two tries in a 37–25 win.{{cite press release|url=http://www.scotlandrugbyteam.org/content/view/3094/9/ |title=Visser Makes Debut as Evans Returns |publisher=Scottish Rugby Union |date=12 June 2012 |access-date=13 June 2012}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-union/18458645|title=Fiji 25–37 Scotland |work=BBC Sport|publisher=BBC|date=16 June 2012|access-date=16 June 2012}} Visser made his home debut against New Zealand on 11 November 2012 during the autumn internationals, scoring two tries.

Two tries in the defeat of Italy in August 2015 helped Visser clinch a place in the 31-man squad for the 2015 Rugby World Cup.

On 3 May 2018 Tim Visser announced his retirement from international rugby.{{cite news|url=https://www.scotsman.com/sport/rugby-union/scotlands-tim-visser-announces-retirement-international-rugby-295640 |title=Scotland's Tim Visser announces retirement from international rugby |work=The Scotsman |date=3 May 2018 |access-date=2 May 2022}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ruck.co.uk/confirmed-winger-tim-visser-will-not-play-for-scotland-again/|title = CONFIRMED: Winger Tim Visser will not play for Scotland again|date = 3 May 2018}}

International tries

style="width:60px;"\|Try	style="width:175px;"\|Opponent	style="width:200px;"\|City/Country	style="width:175px;"\|Venue	style="width:175px;"\|Competition	style="width:50px;"\|Year
class="wikitable" style="margin:auto; width:100%"
[1–2]	{{Ru\|FIJ}}	Lautoka, Fiji	Churchill Park	Summer Tour	2012
[3–4]	{{ru\|NZL}}	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Autumn Test	2012
[5]	{{ru\|ITA}}	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Six Nations	2013
[6]	{{ru\|FRA}}	Saint-Denis, France	Stade de France	Six Nations	2013
[7]	{{ru\|USA}}	Houston, USA	BBVA Compass	Summer Tour	2014
[8–9]	{{ru\|ITA}}	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	World Cup warm-up	2015
[10]	{{ru\|USA}}	Leeds, England	Elland Road	2015 Rugby World Cup	2015
[11]	{{ru\|FRA}}	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Six Nations	2016
[12]	{{ru\|WAL}}	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Six Nations	2017
[13]	{{ru\|ITA}}	Edinburgh, Scotland	Murrayfield Stadium	Six Nations	2017
[14]	{{ru\|ITA}}	Singapore	National Stadium	Summer Tour	2017

Awards/Records

Celtic League Dream Team 2009–10
Celtic League Dream Team 2010–11
Pro12 Dream Team 2011–12
Celtic League Young Player of the Year 2009–10
Pro12 Players' Player of the Year 2011–12
Most tries scored by a player in one Celtic League/Pro12 season – 14
Record Edinburgh try scorer with 59 tries (in all competitions Pro12, Heineken Cup, and Challenge Cup)

References

External links

{{Twitter}}
{{Cite web |url=http://timvisserrugby.nl/ |title=Official website Tim Visser |access-date=29 April 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504213050/http://timvisserrugby.nl/ |archive-date=4 May 2013 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
{{Cite web |url=http://www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk/113_563.php |title=Newcastle profile |access-date=14 January 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090329012229/http://www.newcastle-falcons.co.uk/113_563.php |archive-date=29 March 2009 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
{{Cite web |url=http://edinburghrugby.org/team/back-three/tim-visser |title=Edinburgh profile |access-date=1 July 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120526183117/http://edinburghrugby.org/team/back-three/tim-visser |archive-date=26 May 2012 |url-status=bot: unknown |df=dmy-all }}
[https://archive.today/20120919144319/http://www.rabodirectpro12.com/teams/edinburgh/squad.php?includeref=dynamic&player=19466 RaboDirect Pro12 Profile]
[https://web.archive.org/web/20121020060406/http://www.ercrugby.com/eng/matchcentre/players_statistics_archive.php?player=19517&includeref=dynamic Heineken Cup Profile]
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