Tommy Seymour

{{Short description|British Lions & Scotland international rugby union player}}

{{Infobox rugby biography

| name = Tommy Seymour

| image = Tommy Seymour (cropped).jpg

| caption = Seymour in 2013

| birth_name = Thomas Samuel Fenwick Seymour

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1988|7|1|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, United States

| height = {{height|m=1.83|precision=0}}

| weight = {{convert|95|kg|stlb lb|abbr=on}}

| province =

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| school = Down High School

| position = Wing, Fullback

| amatyears1 = 2017–18

| amatyears2 = 2018–

| amatteam1 = Marr

| amatteam2 = Currie

| years1 = 2010–2011

| years2 = 2011–2021

| clubs1 = Ulster

| clubs2 = Glasgow

| apps1 = 7

| apps2 = 120

| points1 = 5

| points2 = 190

| ru_clubupdate = 11 November 2018

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| repyears1 = 2007

| repyears2 = 2013–2019

| repyears3 = 2017

| repteam1 = Ireland U19

| repteam2 = {{nrut|Scotland}}

| repteam3 = British & Irish Lions

| repcaps1 =

| repcaps2 = 55

| reppoints1 =

| reppoints2 = 100

| ru_ntupdate = 13 October 2019

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Thomas Samuel Fenwick Seymour (born 1 July 1988) is a Scottish former professional rugby union player. He made 55 international appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team 2013–2019, scoring 20 tries which placed him fourth-top try scorer for the country. He played in two world cups and the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. His regular playing position was wing.

Early life

Seymour was born in Nashville and spent his first nine years in the United States before his father's job took the family overseas, first to Dubai for eighteen months and later to Belfast.{{cite news|url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/sport/rugby/guinness-pro12/tommy-seymour-is-driven-on-by-painful-final-memories-31217046.html |title=Tommy Seymour is driven on by painful final memories |first=Michael |last=Sadlier |work=The Belfast Telegraph |date=21 December 2015 |access-date=6 September 2016}}{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/30964869 |title=Glasgow's Tommy Seymour not chicken ahead of Bath match |first=Tom |last=English |work=BBC Sport |date=24 January 2015 |access-date=6 September 2016}} He attended Down High School.{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_union/irish/6475941.stm |title=Ulster seven in Ireland U19 squad |work=BBC News |date=21 March 2007}}

Club career

Seymour was drafted to Marr RFC in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season.{{Cite web|title=Glasgow Warriors {{!}} Pro-player draft|url=http://www.glasgowwarriors.com/articles/news/009919.php|access-date=2021-08-13|website=www.glasgowwarriors.com}} He was drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.

Seymour played for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14, having previously represented Ulster.{{cite web | url=http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/team/backs/3242-tommy-seymour | title=Tommy Seymour Glasgow Warriors profile | access-date=25 Oct 2012 | url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130202090502/http://www.glasgowwarriors.org/team/backs/3242-tommy-seymour | archive-date=2 February 2013 }} He was named in the Pro12 Dream Teams at the end of the 2014/15 and 2016/17 seasons.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}} In April 2021, he announced his retirement from all professional rugby.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/56914287 |title=Tommy Seymour: Former Scotland and British & Irish Lions wing retires |work=BBC Sport |date=28 April 2021|access-date=28 April 2021}}

International career

Qualifying to play internationally for Scotland through his Glasgow-born mother, on 24 October 2012 he was named in the full Scottish national team for the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests.{{cite web | url=http://www.rugby365.com/article/50297-seven-rookies-in-scotland-squad | title=Seven rookies in Scotland squad | access-date=25 Oct 2012 }}{{cite web | url=http://www.scotlandrugbyteam.org/content/view/3189/86/ | title=Tommy Seymour Scotland squad profile | access-date=25 Oct 2012 }} In November 2014 he scored two tries from interceptions against Argentina and New Zealand and followed it up with a try against Tonga.

In April 2017 Seymour was named as one of two Scottish players selected for the initial British & Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand in June and July.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/39639299 |title=British and Irish Lions 2017: Sam Warburton captain, Dylan Hartley out |work=BBC Sport |date=19 April 2017}} While not featuring in any of the test matches, he appeared in four games on tour, scoring one try against the Highlanders and two tries against the Hurricanes. His three tries meant he was the leading try scorer on tour.{{citation needed|date=December 2019}}

In December 2019 Seymour announced his retirement from playing international rugby.{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-union/50747108 |title=Scotland's Tommy Seymour retires from international duty |work=BBC Sport |date=11 December 2019 |access-date=15 August 2020}}

=International tries=

{{updated|21 November 2021.}}{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/scotland/rugby/player/122293.html|title=Tommy Seymour|date=21 November 2021}}

class="wikitable"
Try	Opposing Team	Venue	Competition	Date	Result	Score
1 \| rowspan=2\|{{ru\|JPN}} \| rowspan=2\|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh \| rowspan=2\|2013 Autumn Internationals \| rowspan=2\|{{dts\|format=dmy\|2013\|11\|09}} \| rowspan=2\|Win \| rowspan=2\|42-17
2
3 \| {{ru\|FRA}} \| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh \| 2014 Six Nations \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|03\|08}} \| Loss \| 17-19
4 \| {{ru\|ARG}} \| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh \| rowspan=3\|2014 Autumn Internationals \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|11\|08}} \| Win \| 41-31
5 \| {{ru\|New Zealand}} \| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|11\|15}} \| Loss \|16-24
6 \| {{ru\|TON}} \| Rugby Park, Kilmarnock \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2014\|11\|22}} \| Win \|37-12
7 \| {{ru\|FRA}} \| Stade de France, Paris \| 2015 Rugby World Cup warm-ups \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|09\|05}} \| Loss \| 19-16
8 \| {{ru\|JPN}} \| Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester \| rowspan=4\|2015 Rugby World Cup \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|09\|23}} \| Win \| 10-45
9 \| {{ru\|RSA}} \| St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|10\|03}} \| Loss \| 16-34
10 \| {{ru\|SAM}} \| St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|10\|10}} \| Win \| 33-36
11 \| {{ru\|AUS}} \| Twickenham Stadium, London \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2015\|10\|18}} \| Loss \| 35-34
12 \| {{ru\|WAL}} \| Millennium Stadium, Cardiff \| rowspan=2\|2016 Six Nations \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|02\|13}} \| Loss \| 27-23
13 \| {{ru\|ITA}} \| Stadio Olimpico, Rome \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|02\|27}} \| Win \| 20-36
14 \| {{ru\|GEO}} \| Rugby Park, Kilmarnock \| 2016 Autumn Internationals \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2016\|11\|26}} \| Win \| 43-16
15 \| {{ru\|WAL}} \| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh \| rowspan=2\|2017 Six Nations \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|02\|25}} \| Win \| 29-13
16 \| {{ru\|ITA}} \| Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2017\|03\|18}} \| Win \| 29-0
17 \| rowspan=3\|{{ru\|FIJ}} \| rowspan=3\|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh \| rowspan=3\|2018 Autumn Internationals \| rowspan=3\|{{dts\|format=dmy\|2018\|11\|10}} \| rowspan=3\|Win \| rowspan=3\|54-17
18
19
20 \| {{ru\|RUS}} \| Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka \| 2019 Rugby World Cup \| {{dts\|format=dmy\|2019\|10\|09}} \| Win \| 0-61

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Try

Opposing Team

Venue

Competition

Date

Result

Score

| rowspan=2|{{ru|JPN}}

| rowspan=2|Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh

| rowspan=2|2013 Autumn Internationals

| rowspan=2|{{dts|format=dmy|2013|11|09}}