Tom de Glanville

Thomas Michael de Glanville^[1] (born 10 December 1999) is an English professional rugby union player who plays at fly-half or fullback for Bath Rugby in the Gallagher Premiership.

Tom de Glanville

De Glanville ahead of Bath Rugby's match against Benetton Treviso, December 2024
Birth name	Thomas Michael de Glanville[1]
Date of birth	(1999-12-10) 10 December 1999 (age 25)[2]
Place of birth	Bath, England[2]
Height	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)[2]
Weight	84 kg (13 st 3 lb; 185 lb)[2]
School	Beechen Cliff School
Notable relative(s)	Phil de Glanville (father)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Fly-half, Fullback Current team Bath Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2019– Bath 94 (159) Correct as of 25 May 2025 International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2017–2018 England U18 5 (22) 2019 England U20 9 (10) Correct as of 22 June 2019

Early life and education

De Glanville is the son of Yolanda and Phil de Glanville, a former rugby player and captain of the England national rugby union team.^[3]

He was born in Bath,^[4] attended school at Beechen Cliff School in Bath and joined Bath Rugby academy. After attaining 3 As at A-Level,^[5] he then moved to the University of Leeds to study Biology and was loaned to National League 2 North side Otley R.U.F.C. on a dual-registration whilst studying there.^[6][7] De Glanville then transferred to the University of Bath in order to keep training with Bath academy.^[8]

Rugby playing career

Club

In 2019, de Glanville captained Bath at the Premiership Sevens. Later in the year, he signed his first senior contract to play for the Bath Rugby senior team.^[8] He made his Premiership Rugby debut against Exeter Chiefs in September 2019.^[9]

International

In the summer of 2017, De Glanville was a member of the England under-18 team that toured South Africa and the following year, he scored two tries against Wales under-18 at Sardis Road.^[10][11] He scored a try for England under-20 against Scotland in the final round of the 2019 Six Nations Under 20s Championship.^[12] Later that year, he was a member of the squad that finished fifth at the 2019 World Rugby Under 20 Championship and scored a try during the pool stage against Australia.^[7][13]

In October 2020, he was called up to a senior England training squad by head coach Eddie Jones.^[14]

Playing positions and style

De Glanville has played in several positions in the backs. The Bath coach Todd Blackadder once said that de Glanville would play well at fly-half. However de Glanville often plays as a centre, following in his father's footsteps and having played there through several England age groups. He has also played at full-back for Bath United in the Premiership "A" League,^[15] and the Premiership.^[16]

De Glanville has expressed hope that his relatively low body weight may increase somewhat with age.^[17]

Disciplinary record

De Glanville was one of 13 players who breached COVID-19 virus safety protocols by leaving their hotel without permission before a Barbarians game in 2020.^[17][18]