Tom Hooper (rugby union)
{{short description|Australian rugby union player}}
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Tom Hooper (born 29 January 2001) {{cite web | url=https://www.ultimaterugby.com/tom-hooper | title=Tom Hooper | publisher=Ultimate Rugby | access-date=15 May 2021}} is an Australian rugby union player who plays for the {{Rut|Brumbies}} in Super Rugby. He plays as either a lock or flanker.
Career
=Club career=
Hooper was named in the Brumbies squad for the Super Rugby Trans-Tasman and the following 2021 Super Rugby AU season.{{cite press release |url=https://brumbies.rugby/news/2021/01/05/brumbies-super-rugby-squad-2021 |title=Plus500 Brumbies Finalise 2020 Super Rugby Squad |publisher=Brumbies |date=6 January 2021 |access-date=6 January 2021}} He made his debut in round 1 of Super Rugby Trans-Tasman in the match against the {{Rut|Crusaders}} and played all 5 games, coming off the bench for all games.{{cite news |date=13 May 2021 |title=Fainga'a, Simone reach 50, as Kata returns for Plus500 Brumbies |work=Brumbies |url=https://brumbies.rugby/news/2021/05/13/brumbies-team-play-crusaders-trans-tasman-super-rugby |access-date=15 May 2021}} In 2021 Hooper made 12 appearances including 2 starts in the finals series.{{Cite web |title=Tom HOOPER profile and stats |url=https://all.rugby/player/tom-hooper |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=all.rugby |language=en}}
In the 2023 Super Rugby Pacific season Hooper started the season injured, making his season debut in Round 11, playing the remaining 7 games of the season including 2 games in the finals.
Hooper will leave the Brumbies at the end of the 2025 season to join the Premiership club Exeter Chiefs in England.{{Cite web |date=2025-01-14 |title=Exeter confirm signing of Wallaby Tom Hooper |url=https://www.rugbypass.com/news/exeter-confirm-signing-of-wallaby-tom-hooper/ |access-date=2025-01-14 |website=www.rugbypass.com |language=en}}
= International career =
In July 2023 Hooper was selected for the Australian Wallabies, starting at number 6 against South Africa.{{Cite web |date=2023-07-06 |title=Late Super charge clinched Tom Hooper's Wallabies debut |url=https://thewest.com.au/sport/rugby-union/late-super-charge-clinched-tom-hoopers-wallabies-debut-c-11203952 |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=The West Australian |language=en}} He earned another 2 caps against New Zealand, scoring a try in the second Bledisloe Cup test and leading the tackle count in both tests.{{Cite web |last=Coetzee |first=Dylan |date=2023-08-05 |title=Australia player ratings: Tom Hooper shines again in tough Bledisloe II loss |url=https://www.planetrugby.com/news/australia-player-ratings-tom-hooper-shines-again-in-tough-bledisloe-ii-loss |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=PlanetRugby |language=en}}
In August 2023 Hooper was named in the Wallabies squad for the 2023 Rugby World Cup.{{Cite web |date=2023-08-11 |title=Hooper's determination rewarded with spot in Rugby World Cup squad |url=https://www.westernadvocate.com.au/story/8303774/hoopers-determination-rewarded-with-spot-in-rugby-world-cup-squad/ |access-date=2023-08-17 |website=Western Advocate |language=en-AU}}
Personal life
In 2024, Hooper was a guest on Guy Montgomery's Guy Mont-Spelling Bee.
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
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{{Brumbies squad}}
{{Australia 2023 Rugby World Cup squad}}
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Category:Australian rugby union players
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Australia international rugby union players
Category:2023 Rugby World Cup players
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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