Tim Stimpson
| Full name | Timothy Richard George Stimpson | ||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 September 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Liverpool, Merseyside, England | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 16 st 7 lb (105 kg) | ||||||||||||
| School | Silcoates School | ||||||||||||
| University | University of Durham | ||||||||||||
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| Position | Full-back | ||||||||||||
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
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1998–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 |
Wakefield West Hartlepool Newcastle Falcons Leicester Tigers Perpignan Leeds Tykes Nottingham RFC |
125 0 29 |
(1455) (0) (125) |
| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
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1996–2002 1997 |
England U-21 England Saxons England British Lions |
19 1 |
(35) (0) |
Timothy Richard George Stimpson (born 10 September 1973 in Liverpool) is a former rugby union international full back (and occasional wing). During his career he played for Wakefield, West Hartlepool, Newcastle Falcons, Leicester Tigers, Perpignan, Leeds Tykes and Nottingham, England and the British Lions. His international career was a start-stop affair, however he excelled at club level. In particular, during his five-year spell at Leicester Tigers between 1998–2003, as a goalkicker, he was an integral part of the dominant Leicester side that won the league four times in succession to add to back-to-back Heineken Cup, becoming the Premierships top points scorer in the process (his points total has now been overtaken by both Jonny Wilkinson and Andy Goode). This was one of many highlights while playing the game but his greatest non-rugby achievement has to be public speaking alongside the outdoor survival expert and general public figure that is Dan McAreavey
Stimpson was educated at Silcoates School, Wakefield. In 1992, he went to the University of Durham, where he studied anthropology at Grey College, graduating in 1995.
He went on the 1997 British Lions tour to South Africa and would have played in the tests as first choice full back were it not for the better goal-kicking of Neil Jenkins that would be crucial to the Lions' series victory.
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