Tomos Williams

Tomos Geraint Williams (born 1 January 1995) is a Welsh professional rugby union player who plays as a scrum-half for Premiership Rugby club Gloucester and the Wales national team.^[2][3]

Tomos Williams

Williams representing Wales during the 2015 World Rugby Under 20 Championship
Full name	Tomos Geraint Williams
Date of birth	(1995-01-01) 1 January 1995 (age 30)
Place of birth	Treorchy, Wales
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Weight	77 kg (170 lb; 12 st 2 lb)
School	Treorchy Comprehensive School
Rugby union career
Position(s) Scrum-half Current team Gloucester Senior career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2024 Cardiff 146 (138) 2024- Gloucester 19 (51) International career Years Team Apps (Points) 2014–2015 Wales U20 18 (15) 2014–2015 Wales 7s 29 (87) 2018– Wales 65 (70) 2025 British and Irish Lions 0 (0)

Club career

Williams, a Cardiff academy graduate, made his senior debut as a replacement against Munster in 2013. He would make several more appearances as a replacement before his first Cardiff start in a 23–13 win over Ulster.^[4] His breakthrough season came in 2016–17, making 30 appearances over the campaign. This included a first Cardiff try against Edinburgh on the opening day of the season,^[5] and a first brace in an away defeat to Leinster.^[6]

Williams scored a try for Cardiff in the Challenge Cup final victory over Gloucester in 2018,^[7] which was later voted the Try of the Season.^{[citation needed]}

On 1 June 2021, Williams signed a contract extension with Cardiff.^[8]

On 8 January 2024, Williams would leave Cardiff to join English side Gloucester in the Premiership Rugby from the 2024–25 season.^[9] Following his first season at the club he won the Premiership Rugby Player of the Season award.^[10]

International career

Wales

Williams won Welsh caps at U18 level from Coleg y Cymoedd and then made 18 appearances at U20 level over two seasons. He made his Wales Sevens debut as a 19-year-old in the Japan leg of the 2013–14 IRB Sevens World Series and went on to play in tournaments on the Gold Coast, in South Africa, and Dubai.^{[citation needed]}

In May 2017, Williams was named in the Wales senior squad for the first time for the tests against Tonga and Samoa.^[11] He sat on the bench for the game against Samoa in Apia, but his international bow didn't come until a year later on the summer tour to the USA and Argentina when he scored a vital try in the 22–20 win over South Africa at the RFK Stadium in Washington DC.^{[citation needed]}

He was again on the score sheet when he was selected for his next start in the 2018 autumn triumph over Tonga and he claimed another try on his Six Nations debut as Wales battled back to beat France in Paris on 1 February 2019. He was injured during the match and did not make any further appearances during the tournament.^[12]

In September 2019, Williams was selected as part of the Wales squad for the 2019 World Cup. He replaced Gareth Davies in the first pool game against Georgia and scored his first World Cup try within 20 minutes of his introduction. Williams appeared in every Wales game from the bench, scoring a further try in the final pool game against Uruguay.^{[citation needed]}

British and Irish Lions

On 8 May 2025, Williams was selected for the British and Irish Lions for their 2025 tour to Australia during the summer.^[13]

He scored two tries against the Western Force before sustaining a hamstring injury ruling him out for the rest of the tour.^[14]

Personal life

Prior to concentrating on rugby, Williams played basketball, representing Wales in grade-age tournaments. He switched to rugby fully at 18, when he joined the Cardiff academy.^[15]

Career statistics

List of international tries

No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	2 June 2018	Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Stadium, Washington, D.C., United States	South Africa	12–3	22–20	2018 Wales rugby union tour to Argentina and the United States
2	17 November 2018	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Tonga	41–24	74–24	2018 end-of-year rugby union internationals
3	1 February 2019	Stade de France, Paris, France	France	5–16	24–19	2019 Six Nations Championship
4	23 September 2019	Toyota Stadium, Toyota, Japan	Georgia	34–7	43–14	2019 Rugby World Cup
5	13 October 2019	Egao Kenko Stadium, Kumamoto, Japan	Uruguay	26–13	35–13	2019 Rugby World Cup
6	8 February 2020	Lansdowne Road, Dublin, Ireland	Ireland	5–5	14–24	2020 Six Nations Championship
7	3 July 2021	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Canada	5–5	68–12	2021 July rugby union tests
8				52–5
9	10 July 2021	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Argentina	18–20	20–20	2021 July rugby union tests
10	12 November 2022	Millennium Stadium, Cardiff, Wales	Argentina	15–6	20–13	2022 end-of-year rugby union internationals
11	18 March 2023	Stade de France, Saint-Denis, France	France	19–34	28–41	2023 Six Nations Championship
12	12 August 2023	Twickenham Stadium, London, England	England	15–9	17–19	2023 Rugby World Cup warm-up matches
13	14 October 2023	Stade Vélodrome, Marseille, France	Argentina	15–12	17–29	2023 Rugby World Cup

as of 24 September 2023^[update]