Tom McLaren
| Full name | Tom McLaren | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 10 April 1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Stirling, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 102 kg (16 st 1 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | St Stanislaus College, Bathurst | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| University |
Western Sydney University Griffith University University of New England |
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| Notable relative(s) | James McLaren, brother | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position(s) | Flanker | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Points) |
| 2001–2002 | Glasgow Warriors | 3 | (0) |
Tom McLaren (born 10 April 1979 in Stirling, Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Flanker position.
McLaren joined Glasgow from Penrith Emus Rugby in Sydney, Australia, where he captained the club, aged 20, in the New South Wales Rugby Union Shute Shield competition, under the guidance of Head Coach Scott Johnson.
Like his brother James McLaren, he was born in Stirling and moved to Australia when his parents emigrated. The much younger Tom was only 4 weeks old at the time.
During one of his visits back to Scotland, Tom played for Stirling County in a Scottish Cup tie. "When I finished secondary school I came back and played with Stirling and that gave me a chance to get a feel of what it's like here," he said.
"It is really good to be back. This is my eighth time back to Scotland and it feels like a bit of a homecoming because, apart from my parents, all our family is here."
In Australia, he earned representative honours with the Australian All States Under 21s, New South Wales Waratahs Under 21s, New South Wales Country Cockatoos, Australian Rugby Legends, and the Australian Barbarians. He was also selected in the 2001 Australian Sevens squad and played with that side in the Papua New Guinea (PNG) Sevens Tournament, but this did not affect his potential to play for Scotland - "It was a 20 man squad and I went over with them to the PNG tournament, but we went as the Australian Barbarians, so it did not commit me [to Australian Rugby]" he said.
"I checked that out with them and was told that if I had played in the World Sevens circuit then I would have been Australian [as far as rugby commitment goes].
"However, while I definitely wanted to do as much as I possibly could in Australian rugby, this was always the way I wanted to go.
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