Tom Arscott (born 25 August 1987) is a
rugby union
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player most recently with
Newcastle Falcons
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The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
.
Career
Arscott joined
Bristol
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from
Plymouth Albion
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before the start of the 2007–08
Guinness Premiership
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season, joining his brother
Luke
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who had joined from the same team the season before.
He made an immediate impact, performing well in the pre-season friendlies impressing and then making his first competitive start in the Guinness Premiership at Sale before scoring in front of the home crowd the week after.
He joined
Worcester Warriors
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in June 2010 but left in July 2012.
On 13 July 2012, Arscott joined newly promoted club
London Welsh
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in the
Aviva Premiership
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.
On 21 March 2013, Tom Arscott joined
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Its team play in Premiership Rugby, and have been in England's top division of rugby union continuously since 1995. Originally founded in 1861 as ...
from
London Welsh
London Welsh Rugby Football Club () was a rugby union club formed in 1885. Based in Old Deer Park, Richmond-upon-Thames, London Welsh RFC played in the English Premiership in the 2012–13 and 2014–15 seasons, after gaining promotion from ...
to stay in the
Aviva Premiership
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.
On 19 January 2017, Arscott had his contract terminated by
Sale Sharks
Sale Sharks are a professional rugby union club from Greater Manchester, England, United Kingdom. Its team play in Premiership Rugby, and have been in England's top division of rugby union continuously since 1995. Originally founded in 1861 as ...
after an internal investigation found that he leaked confidential team information to Bristol before their Premiership game on 1 January. After leaving Sale, Arscott signed for
Yorkshire Carnegie
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The club was founded as Headingley FC, but renamed in 1991 whe ...
in the
RFU Championship
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for the remainder of the 2016–17 season.
He then signed for third division club in France named
Rouen
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who compete in
Federale 1 for the 2017–18 season. On 18 April 2018, Arscott returned to England to sign for
Newcastle Falcons
Newcastle Falcons is a rugby union team that play in Premiership Rugby, England's highest division of rugby union.
The club was established in 1877 as the Gosforth Football Club. Around 1882 the club merged with the Northumberland Football Cl ...
from the 2018–19 season.
The 2018–19 season saw Arscott featuring at wing and full-back. A notable achievement playing a prominent part in Newcastle Falcon's reserves, reaching the A-League final in 2019. He was rewarded with a new contract in January 2020 but left the club over the Summer of 2021
See also
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St Boniface's Catholic College
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References
External links
Bristol Rugby profile
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1987 births
Living people
Rugby union players from Plymouth, Devon
People educated at St Boniface's Catholic College
English rugby union players
Bristol Bears players
Worcester Warriors players
London Welsh RFC players
Sale Sharks players
Leeds Tykes players
Rouen Normandie Rugby players
Newcastle Falcons players
English expatriate rugby union players in France