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| Birth name | Thomas Pincus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 28 May 1992 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Brisbane, Queensland, Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 97 kg (15 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) | Joe Pincus (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Pincus (born 28 May 1992) is an Australian professional rugby player currently playing for Melbourne Rebels in Super Rugby. Pincus is a versatile player, generally playing as a wing. However, Pincus can play Fullback and has great kicking ability. Originally from Brisbane, Queensland, Pincus is a Gold Coast native and moved to Sydney, New South Wales to play rugby in 2016.
Rugby career
[edit]Pincus kicked a backheel conversion during the Darwin 7s tournament in 2015. However, Pincus' team lost in the final 21–14 to ERC Borneo Eagles.[1]
He is a versatile player that has played as a wing, fly-half and fullback.
Jersey Reds
[edit]In May 2017, Pincus signed for the Jersey Reds of the English RFU Championship. Pincus, a qualified lawyer, committed to playing professional full-time rugby after playing rugby at Eastern Suburbs and Queensland Country.[2][3]
Bristol Bears
[edit]In mid-2018 Pincus, along with fellow Australian and Wallaby great, George Smith, signed for newly-promoted team the Bristol Bears of the Premiership.[4][5][6]
Rebels
[edit]In February 2020 Pincus was signed by Super Rugby side Melbourne Rebels with immediate effect.[7]
Super Rugby statistics
[edit]- As of 12 June 2021[8]
| Season | Team | Games | Starts | Sub | Mins | Tries | Cons | Pens | Drops | Points | Yel | Red |
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| 2020 | Rebels | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 AU | Rebels | 3 | 2 | 1 | 149 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| 2021 AU | Rebels | 8 | 7 | 1 | 528 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 TT | Rebels | 2 | 1 | 1 | 51 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 13 | 10 | 3 | 728 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | |
References
[edit]- ^ "Video: Tom Pincus kicks incredible backheel conversion at Darwin Sevens". Fox Sports Australia. 29 January 2015. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Jersey Reds: Oli Bryant, Josh Hodson, Tom Pincus and Jason Worrall join". BBC Sport. 17 May 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Tom Pincus: Qualified lawyer committed to professional rugby with Jersey Reds". BBC Sport. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Tainton, Tom (9 March 2018). "Lam adds seven standout Championship players to squad". Bristol Bears. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ Carpenter, Will; Evely, John (12 March 2018). "Who are Bristol Rugby's seven new Championship signings?". Bristol Post. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ de Menezes, Jack (30 August 2018). "Premiership rugby signings: From Chris Ashton to Danny Cipriani - all the summer ins and outs". The Independent. Retrieved 5 September 2018.
- ^ "Twitter". mobile.twitter.com. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
- ^ "Player Statistics". It's Rugby.
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