Thomas Guthrie Marshall (born 5 July 1990) is a New Zealand

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player who plays fullback,

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and

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for in the

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. He has played

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for both the and the . Marshall was educated at

Nelson College Nelson College is the oldest state secondary school in New Zealand. It is an all-boys school in the City of Nelson that teaches from years 9 to 13. In addition, it runs a private preparatory school for year 7 and 8 boys. The school also has ...

from 2004 to 2008.

Career

Marshall played 45 games for between 2010 and 2015, while also playing

for both the and the . At the end of the 2015 season he headed overseas to play for English side

Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean to the west, east of Monmouth and east ...

. He played 63 games for the side before it was announced in June 2020 that Marshall had left

to join Japanese side the Red Hurricanes. A side under the leadership of former Gloucester head coach

Johan Ackermann Johannes Nicolaas 'Johan' Ackermann (born 3 June 1970) is a South African professional rugby union coach and former player. He played as a Lock (rugby union), lock during his playing career between 1995 and 2007. He is currently the head coach at ...

. Marshall returned home to for the

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. The Mako went on to make the premiership final before losing 23–20 to .

References

External links

Tom Marshall itsrugby.co.uk Player Statistics
{{DEFAULTSORT:Marshall, Tom Living people 1990 births Rugby union players from Auckland New Zealand rugby union players Crusaders (rugby union) players Chiefs (rugby union) players Rugby union fullbacks Rugby union wings Rugby union centres Tasman rugby union players People educated at Nelson College Gloucester Rugby players NTT DoCoMo Red Hurricanes Osaka players Green Rockets Tokatsu players