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| Birth name | Alan James Tomes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1951-11-06)6 November 1951 (age 73) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Hawick, Scotland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb; 15 st 10 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rugby union career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alan Tomes (born 6 November 1951) is a formerScotland internationalrugby union player.[1]
Born in Hawick, Tomes moved to Gateshead when he was 8 years old. He played rugby for Gateshead Fell.
His grandfather, still in Hawick, told Robin Charters of his rugby loving grandson in the north-east of England.
Tomes recalls:[2]
Dad got a phonecall from [club stalwart] Robin Charters: 'How big’s this boy of yours, Charlie?’ I was 6ft 5ins so I got asked up to Mansfield Park for a trial. Robin told me to go into the changing-room and introduce myself. Fourteen other guys wondered: 'Who’s this big bugger?’ I was a bit forward, calling myself a replacement for Jim Scott. Plus, Jim Renwick was in full flow with a funny story and I interrupted him. Not an auspicious first day!
He then played forHawick.
He was capped bySouth of Scotland District.[3]
He played forScotland Probables on 11 January 1975.[4]
He was capped byScotland 'B' against France 'B' in 1975.
He had 48 caps forScotland.[5]
He toured South Africa in 1980 with theBritish and Irish Lions.
He also played for the Barbarians. Tomes remembered:[2]
I remember making a 50-yard break for the Barbarians and the attitude of my English colleagues was: 'Middle-rows just don’t do that.' England have never played a loose game whereas, bulk or no bulk, Scots have always wanted to have a go.
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