Theo Brophy-Clews (born 1997) in
England
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is a former
rugby union
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player for
London Irish
London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club which competes in the Premiership, the top division of English rugby union. The club has also competed in the Anglo-Welsh Cup, the European Champions Cup and European Challenge Cup. While ...
.
Education
He was educated at
Abingdon School and represented the school at many sports but excelled at Rugby and Rugby Sevens.
Rugby career
He joined the Academy squad at London Irish before making his senior debut during the 2014/2015 season against the
Scarlets
The Scarlets () are one of the four professional Welsh rugby union teams and are based in Llanelli, Wales. Their home ground is the Parc y Scarlets stadium. They play in the United Rugby Championship and the European Rugby Champions Cup (which ...
in the
LV Cup and has captained the England U18s.
Brophy-Clews gained his first cap for the England U20 side against Italy at the World Rugby U20 Championship 2016.
In January 2018 he signed a new deal with London Irish.
He retired from professional rugby on medical grounds (concussion injury) in May 2021 at the age of 24.
See also
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List of Old Abingdonians
References
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1997 births
People educated at Abingdon School
English rugby union players
Living people
London Irish players
Rugby union fly-halves