Tom Taylor (rugby union)
| Full name | Thomas James Taylor | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | 11 March 1989 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Christchurch, Canterbury, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (14 st 2 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Burnside High School | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Notable relative(s) |
Warwick Taylor (father) Murray Taylor (uncle) |
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| Position | Inside Centre, Fly-Half , Fullback | ||||||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand No. | 1125 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Professional / senior clubs | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2015−16 2016— |
Toulon Pau |
16 18 |
(26) (194) |
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Correct as of 25 March 2017
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| Provincial/State sides | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2011–15 | Canterbury | 42 | (512) |
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Correct as of 26 October 2015
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| Super Rugby | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2012–15 | Crusaders | 58 | (272) |
| Current local club | 7 November 2015 | ||
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Correct as of 214 June 2015
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| National team(s) | |||
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| Years | Club / team | Apps | (points) |
| 2013 | New Zealand | 3 | (14) |
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Correct as of 4 November 2013
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Thomas James Taylor (born 11 March 1989) is a New Zealand rugby union footballer. He plays as a Inside Centre or Fly-Half for the Crusaders in Super Rugby. and Canterbury in the ITM Cup. He can also play Fullback as well.
He made his debut for the New Zealand national side, the All Blacks, in 2013.
In the 2009, affiliated with the Canterbury ITM side, Taylor was involved in the champion New Zealand Under 20 team along with Zac Guildford and captain Aaron Cruden.
In 2011 Taylor debuted for Canterbury against North Otago. He trained with the Crusaders and was part of the Canterbury squad that went on to win that year's ITM Cup Championship final against Waikato.
In November 2011 he was named in the Crusaders squad for 2012. In his first start, against the Cheetahs in March 2012, Taylor opened the Crusaders scoring with a penalty six minutes in. He had a successful game with the boot and ended up converting the game's final try, for Crusaders to win 28–21. The next week, playing at inside centre against the Lions, he kicked two penalties and three conversions and the Crusaders won 23–13. On 14 April he was back at fly-half to help the Crusaders end the Stormers unbeaten run. Taylor scored a try, converted it, and kicked eight penalties from eight attempts.
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