Tom Heard (born 24 August 1993) is an English professional

rugby union Rugby union, commonly known simply as rugby, is a close-contact team sport that originated at Rugby School in the first half of the 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand. In its m ...

player who plays for

Plymouth Albion Plymouth Albion Rugby Football Club are a rugby union club who play in Plymouth, England. The present club was founded in 1920 from a merger between Plymouth RFC (founded 1876) and Devonport Albion RFC (founded 1876). Since 2003 they have pl ...

. A product of

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academy. He signed his first professional contract with

who play in the RFU Championship. On 4 November 2015, Heard signed for Championship rivals

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from the 2015-16 season. On 13 June 2017, Heard returns to home club in Gloucestershire Hartpury RFC from the 2017-18 season.

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