Tommy Bell (rugby union)

Tommy Bell (born 11 November 1992) is a retired English rugby union player who most recently played for Tokyo Gas RFC in Japan. Prior to that his last club in Europe has been Benetton Rugby^[1]

Tommy Bell

Birth name	Thomas Bell
Date of birth	(1992-11-11) 11 November 1992 (age 32)
Place of birth	Plymouth, England
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	86 kg (13 st 8 lb)
School	Bacup and Rawtenstall Grammar School
Notable relative(s)	Chris Bell (brother)
Rugby union career
Position(s) Full-back, Fly-half, Wing, Centre Current team London Welsh Amateur Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2010–2012 Sale Sharks 1 (5) 2011 →Leeds Carnegie 21 (234) 2012–2014 London Wasps 29 (81) 2014 Jersey 5 (62) 2014–2016 Leicester Tigers 31 (130) 2016–2019 London Irish 7 (86) 2019–2020 Ealing Trailfinders 16 (27) 2020 Asia Pacific Dragons () 2020–2021 Stade Montois 15 (16) 2022 Benetton 4 (0) 2022-24 Tokyo Gas RFC () Correct as of 5 Mar 2022 International career Years Team Apps (Points) England U18 2011–2012 England U20 6 (31)

He began his career with Sale Sharks in the Aviva Premiership, but moved to London Wasps for the 2012/2013 season, playing alongside his brother Chris Bell.^[2]

On 6 June 2014, Bell made his move to the RFU Championship as he signed a contract with Jersey.^[3] However, after a month with Jersey, Bell was granted early release from his contract since a top flight club made an approach to him where he would officially move to Leicester Tigers.^[4]

On 17 February 2016, Bell agreed to a long-term deal with London Irish from the 2016–17 season.^[5]

He joined RFU Championship side Ealing Trailfinders for the 2019–20 season.^[6] In 2022 he played for Benetton in United Rugby Championship.^[1][7] A move to Japan followed to play for Tokyo Gas before Bell retired from the professional game in 2024 returning to the UK and joining London Welsh Amateur playing at level 5 of the RFU pyramid.

After playing for England U18, from 2011 to 2012 Bell was named in the England U20 squad.