Tommy Seymour


Thomas Samuel Fenwick Seymour is a Scottish former professional rugby union player. He made 55 international appearances for the Scotland national rugby union team 2013–2019, scoring 20 tries which placed him fourth-top try scorer for the country. He played in two world cups and the 2017 British & Irish Lions tour to New Zealand. His regular playing position was wing.

Early life

Seymour was born in Nashville and spent his first nine years in the United States before his father's job took the family overseas, first to Dubai for eighteen months and later to Belfast. He attended Down High School.

Club career

Seymour was drafted to Marr RFC in the Scottish Premiership for the 2017-18 season. He was drafted to Currie in the Scottish Premiership for the 2018-19 season.
Seymour played for Glasgow Warriors in the Pro14, having previously represented Ulster. He was named in the Pro12 Dream Teams at the end of the 2014/15 and 2016/17 seasons. In April 2021, he announced his retirement from all professional rugby.

International career

Qualifying to play internationally for Scotland through his Glasgow-born mother, on 24 October 2012 he was named in the full Scottish national team for the 2012 end-of-year rugby union tests. In November 2014 he scored two tries from interceptions against Argentina and New Zealand and followed it up with a try against Tonga.
In April 2017 Seymour was named as one of two Scottish players selected for the initial British & Irish Lions squad to tour New Zealand in June and July. While not featuring in any of the test matches, he appeared in four games on tour, scoring one try against the Highlanders and two tries against the Hurricanes. His three tries meant he was the leading try scorer on tour.
In December 2019 Seymour announced his retirement from playing international rugby.

International tries

TryOpposing TeamVenueCompetitionDateResultScore
1Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2013 Autumn Internationals09 11 2013Win42-17
2Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2013 Autumn Internationals09 11 2013Win42-17
3Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2014 Six Nations08 03 2014Loss17-19
4Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2014 Autumn Internationals08 11 2014Win41-31
5Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2014 Autumn Internationals15 11 2014Loss16-24
6Rugby Park, Kilmarnock2014 Autumn Internationals22 11 2014Win37-12
7Stade de France, Paris2015 Rugby World Cup warm-ups05 09 2015Loss19-16
8Kingsholm Stadium, Gloucester2015 Rugby World Cup23 09 2015Win10-45
9St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne2015 Rugby World Cup03 10 2015Loss16-34
10St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne2015 Rugby World Cup10 10 2015Win33-36
11Twickenham Stadium, London2015 Rugby World Cup18 10 2015Loss35-34
12Millennium Stadium, Cardiff2016 Six Nations13 02 2016Loss27-23
13Stadio Olimpico, Rome2016 Six Nations27 02 2016Win20-36
14Rugby Park, Kilmarnock2016 Autumn Internationals26 11 2016Win43-16
15Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2017 Six Nations25 02 2017Win29-13
16Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2017 Six Nations18 03 2017Win29-0
17Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2018 Autumn Internationals10 11 2018Win54-17
18Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2018 Autumn Internationals10 11 2018Win54-17
19Murrayfield Stadium, Edinburgh2018 Autumn Internationals10 11 2018Win54-17
20Shizuoka Stadium, Shizuoka2019 Rugby World Cup09 10 2019Win0-61