Tom Hendrickson

Tom Hendrickson

Birth name	Thomas Craig Gilbert Hendrickson
Date of birth	(1994-09-01) 1 September 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth	Nelson, New Zealand
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 1⁄2 in)
Weight	100 kg (15 st 10 lb)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Centre Current team Kintetsu Liners Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2013–2023 Exeter Chiefs 62 (35) 2013–2014 → Redruth 1 (0) 2013–2017 → Cornish Pirates 63 (45) 2017–2018 → Plymouth Albion 6 (15) 2023– Kintetsu Liners 6 (15) Correct as of 17 July 2019

Tom Hendrickson (born 1 September 1994) is an English professional rugby union player for Japan Rugby League One team Kintetsu Liners. He plays as a centre.

Career

Hendrickson made his debut for the Chiefs in November 2013, featuring in a LV= Cup win over Harlequins FC at Sandy Park and started for the first time with Exeter against Ospreys a week later in the LV= Cup.^[1]

Hendrickson played on 30 March 2018 as Exeter Chiefs beat Bath Rugby in the final of the Anglo-Welsh Cup.^[2] The previous season he had been a replacement in the Anglo-Welsh cup final but Exeter lost to Leicester Tigers on that occasion.^[3]

After 10 years with Exeter, he announced in December 2023 that he was leaving the club to take up a playing opportunity in Japan.^[4]

Personal life

Born in Nelson, New Zealand to a Kiwi father and Cornish mother he was five when they came to Cornwall and at age seven began playing for the Cornish Pirates minis.^[5]

Honours

Anglo-Welsh Cup

Winners 2017-18

Runner-Up 2016-17

References

1. "Young Gun: Tom Hendrickson – Exeter centre - The Rugby Paper". www.therugbypaper.co.uk.
2. "Anglo-Welsh Cup final: Bath 11-28 Exeter Chiefs". 29 March 2018 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
3. "Anglo-Welsh Cup final: Exeter Chiefs 12-16 Leicester Tigers". 19 March 2017 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
4. ""Different opportunity" – Exeter Chiefs centre departs with immediate effect". Ruck. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
5. "Exeter Chiefs Player List". www.exeterchiefs.co.uk.