Toby Flood
Toby Flood in 2016
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| Full name | Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven Flood | ||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 8 August 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Frimley, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14 st 5 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
| School | Chantry School The King's School |
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| University | Northumbria University | ||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fly-half / Centre | ||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2004–2008 2008–2014 2014– |
Newcastle Falcons Leicester Tigers Toulouse |
76 121 84 |
(263) (1,336) (407) |
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Correct as of 17 December 2016
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| Years | Club / team | Caps | (points) |
| 2006–2014 | England | 60 | (301) |
Tobias Gerald Albert Lieven "Toby" Flood (born 8 August 1985) is an English rugby union player. He currently plays at fly half or inside centre for Toulouse having previously played for Newcastle Falcons and Leicester Tigers. He has also played 60 international matches for England.
Flood was born in Frimley, Surrey. Both of his grandfathers were actors. His paternal grandfather, Gerald Flood, featured in the television drama series The Ratcatchers. His maternal grandfather was German actor Albert Lieven, who appeared in The Guns of Navarone, and his maternal grandmother was English actress Susan Shaw. Flood's father, Tim, is the programme and marketing manager of the Customs House Theatre, South Shields.
Flood was brought up in Morpeth, Northumberland where he attended Chantry School. He also went to the Kings School in Tynemouth. Flood graduated from Northumbria University in 2007 with a degree in business management, and has also undertaken a Graduate Diploma in Law, in preparation for his planned post-rugby career as a lawyer.
A product of the Falcons academy, his third year at the university was completed on a part-time basis due to his rugby commitments. Jonny Wilkinson trained the Kings School first team while Flood was a student there. On 3 May 2008, it was announced that Flood was set to leave Newcastle Falcons for Leicester Tigers. He was officially confirmed as a Leicester player on 11 June 2008.
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