Theo Heffernan Vukašinović (born 25 June 1996) is an English

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who plays for RFC Los Angeles in the MLR. He appeared 19 times for

RFU Championship The RFU Championship is an English rugby union competition comprising twelve clubs. It is the second level of men's English rugby and is played by both professional and semi-professional players. The competition has existed since 1987, when Eng ...

club London Scottish in the 2018/19 season. Ahead of the 2019/2020 season he joined

Premiership Rugby Premiership Rugby, officially known as Gallagher Premiership Rugby, or the Gallagher Premiership for sponsorship reasons, is an English professional rugby union competition, consisting of 10 clubs, and is the top division of the English rugby ...

team

Wasps RFC Wasps Rugby Football Club was a professional rugby union team. They last played in Premiership Rugby, the top division of English rugby, until being suspended on 12 October 2022. On 17 October 2022, the club entered administration, resulting in ...

Early life

Vukašinović was born on 25 June 1996 in

Wandsworth Wandsworth Town () is a district of south London, within the London Borough of Wandsworth southwest of Charing Cross. The area is identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London. Toponymy Wandsworth takes its name ...

, London. He attended

Reed's School Reed's School is an independent secondary school, secondary day school, day and boarding school for boys with a co-educational sixth form located in Cobham, Surrey, England. There are currently around 700 day pupils (620 boys, 80 girls) and 1 ...

Cobham, Surrey Cobham () is a large village in the Borough of Elmbridge in Surrey, England, centred south-west of London and northeast of Guildford on the River Mole, Surrey, River Mole. It has a commercial/services High Street, a significant number of pr ...

, England. While there, he played Under 18 representative rugby for

London Irish London Irish RFC is a professional rugby union club that most recently competed in the Premiership Rugby, Premiership, the top division of rugby union in England. The club also participated in the European Rugby Champions Cup, European Champion ...

. He signed a one-year Senior Academy contract with them in 2014, and made his Senior debut for them in November against

in the

Anglo-Welsh Cup The Anglo-Welsh Cup (), was a cross-border rugby union knock-out cup competition that featured the 12 Premiership Rugby clubs and the four Welsh regions. It was a created as a replacement for the RFU Knockout Cup, which featured only English clubs ...

. The following year he declined a further contract with London Irish, instead continuing his academic studies at

Loughborough University Loughborough University (abbreviated as ''Lough'' or ''Lboro'' for Post-nominal letters, post-nominals) is a public university, public research university in the market town of Loughborough, Leicestershire, England. It has been a university sinc ...

. He played for the university in rugby union

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and in the British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) Super Rugby. BUCS Super Rugby colour commentators described him as a "modern-day second row" and a "great all round athlete". He was included in the training squad for England Students in 2018.

Rugby career

On graduation, Vukašinović rejoined professional rugby, agreeing a contract with

club London Scottish for the 2018/19 season. He appeared 19 times for them. In May 2019, he joined

team

for the 2019/2020 season. Wasps entered administration on 17 October 2022 and Vukašinović was made redundant along with all other players and coaching staff. On 2 November 2022, Vuksinovic signed for

Doncaster Knights Doncaster Knights Rugby Football Club ''(formerly, Doncaster RFC)'' are a professional rugby union club representing the city of Doncaster, England. The club play in the 2nd division of English rugby, the RFU Championship. Being the most prom ...

in the

for the 2022-23 season.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Vukasinovic, Theo 1996 births Living people English rugby union players Rugby union locks Rugby union players from the London Borough of Wandsworth People from Wandsworth Wasps RFC players London Scottish F.C. players London Irish players People educated at Reed's School Ampthill RUFC players Doncaster Knights players Northampton Saints players Rugby Football Club Los Angeles players English expatriate rugby union players in the United States