Birth name | Thomas Henry West | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Date of birth | 11 February 1996 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Place of birth | Diss, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 117 kg (18 st 6 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
School | Radley College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom West (born 11 February 1996) is an English professional rugby union player who plays as a loosehead prop,[1] for Saracens in Premiership Rugby. He previously played for Leicester Tigers and Wasps, also in Premiership Rugby.[2]
West worked his way through Wasps’ Junior Academy while a pupil at Radley College prior to joining the Senior Academy in 2015.[3][4] He made his club debut in an Anglo-Welsh Cup game at Sale Sharks, and his Premiership debut at home to Saracens in January 2018.[5][6]
Despite making his league debut for Wasps in the 2017/18 season, West would spend the best part of two seasons on loan at Championship side Nottingham, making only twelve first team appearances across three seasons heading into the 2019/20 campaign.[7] He started in the 2020 Premiership Final as Wasps finished runners up to Exeter Chiefs.[8]
Wasps entered administration on 17 October 2022 and West was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff.[9] On 19 January 2023 he was signed by Leicester Tigers until the end of the 2022-23 season.[2]
West participated in the 2015 Six Nations Under 20s Championship and 2016 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.[10][11] He was a member of the England under-20 team that hosted the 2016 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and featured as a second-half replacement in the final as the hosts defeated Ireland to become junior world champions.[12]
In January 2021 West received a call-up to the senior England squad prior to the 2021 Six Nations, after prop Joe Marler withdrew from the group for family reasons.[13][14]