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| Full name | Blade Neville Thomson | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date of birth | (1990-12-04)4 December 1990 (age 34) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Auckland, New Zealand | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 106 kg (16 st 10 lb; 234 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Gisborne Boys' High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Blade Neville Thomson (born 4 December 1990) is a former professionalrugby union player who played as alock orloose forward. Born inAuckland, New Zealand, he representedScotland in international rugby, being eligible for the national team through his paternal grandfather, Robert, who was fromWishaw. He played forTaranaki in theITM Cup[1][2] and for theSuper Rugby franchise theHurricanes,[3] and spent the last five years of his career playing in Wales for theScarlets.
Thomson was a member of the Hurricanes Wider Training Group in 2012, and he joined the squad for the2013 Super Rugby season. Thomson missed the 2017 Super Rugby season due to shoulder reconstruction surgery.
Thomson joined Pro14 team the Scarlets at the beginning of the 2018–19 season.
On 16 February 2023, Thomson announced his retirement due to a head injury.[4]
Thomson was a member of theNew Zealand Under 20 team that won the2010 IRB Junior World Championship in Argentina,[5] where the 197 cm forward played alongside the likes of Crusaders Tyler Bleyendaal and Tom Marshall and All Black winger Julian Savea.[6]
In October 2018, Thomson was called up toScotland for the Autumn Internationals.[7] He made his Scotland debut on 24 August 2019 in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match againstFrance atMurrayfield Stadium.[8]
Thomson is a New Zealander ofMāori descent (Ngāpuhi descent).[9]
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