Tom Day (1907 - 18 September 1980) was a Wales international rugby union player who played club rugby for

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. He was awarded 13 caps for Wales and was part of the Welsh side that won the

1931 Five Nations Championship The 1931 Five Nations Championship was the seventeenth series of the rugby union Five Nations Championship following the inclusion of France into the Home Nations Championship. Including the previous Home Nations Championships, this was the forty ...

. Day first came to notice while playing for the Wales Secondary Schools, moving to Gorseinon after leaving school. In 1928 he moved teams to Swansea, at the same time as

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. He stayed with Swansea for the entirety of his international career and captained them during the 1933/34 season. On 10 October 1931 he was part of the Swansea team that faced the touring South Africans, and although losing the game, Day had an outstanding gameBillot (1974), p. 145. at the front of the pack, closing the game down whenever he could.

International rugby

Day was first selected for Wales in the 1931 Five Nations tournament and was the only new cap in the Welsh squad.Smith (1980), p. 261. The match ended in a draw, though there was confusion in the match regarding a conversion form England's

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; when at half-time the referee overturned the touch judges decision that he had missed the kick. Day was selected for the next three matches of the championship, with Wales winning all three games and winning the tournament. Day was selected to face the touring South Africans towards the end on 1931, as he had done so for Swansea, and was part of the

1932 Home Nations Championship The 1932 Home Nations Championship was the twenty-eighth series of the rugby union Home Nations Championship. Including the previous incarnations as the Five Nations, and prior to that, the Home Nations, this was the forty-fifth series of the nor ...

. He missed the 1933 tournament, which famously included the end of the Twickenham curse, but was back in 1934. His last game was on the losing side against Ireland at Ravenhill on 9 March 1935.

International matches played

WalesSmith (1980), p. 465. * 1931, 1932, 1935 * 1931 * 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935 * 1931, 1932, 1934, 1935 * 1931

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Day, Tom Rugby union props Gorseinon RFC players Swansea RFC players Wales international rugby union players Rugby union players from Swansea 1907 births 1980 deaths