Tom Lucas (born 23 November 1993) is a professional

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player. He represents

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in sevens rugby. Born in

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and playing for

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at a senior level, he debuted for Australia in October 2013. As of December 2015, he has 13 caps. Tom Lucas is the brother of former Sevens player and

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as well as

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back Ben Lucas and

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player Isaac Lucas who currently plays for Ricoh Black Rams in Japan. Lucas was member of Australian Rugby Union’s National Academy, and was a part of Sunnybank's Sevens program during the 2012 season. He was selected to play at the

2013 Oceania Sevens Championship The 2013 Oceania Sevens Championship was the sixth Oceania Sevens in men's rugby sevens. It was held at ANZ Stadium in Suva, Fiji. Samoa won the Oceania Sevens Championship by defeating Fiji 31-17. Cook Islands and American Samoa, as the two h ...

in Fiji. He was ever-present throughout the 2013-14 IRB Sevens World Series. Representative honours include the

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. Tom is best friends with fellow Australian sevens player Nick Malouf. The pair met in kindergarten at

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's Robertson State Primary School and played rugby union together at Sunnybank Junior Rugby Club.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas, Tom 1993 births Australian rugby union players Sportsmen from Queensland Commonwealth Games rugby sevens players of Australia Male rugby sevens players Australia international rugby sevens players Living people Commonwealth Games medallists in rugby sevens Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Australia Rugby sevens players at the 2014 Commonwealth Games