25 Facts About Toby Flood

1.

Tobias Gerald Albert Cecil Lieven Toby Flood was born on 8 August 1985 and is an English rugby union coach and former player.

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2.

Toby Flood is currently kicking and skills coach at Newcastle Falcons in Premiership Rugby.

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3.

Toby Flood played over 300 games in his club career across his three professional clubs, Newcastle Falcons, Toulouse and Leicester Tigers.

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4.

Toby Flood played 60 international matches for England between 2006 and 2014.

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5.

Toby Flood was born on 8 August 1985 at Frimley Park Hospital in Frimley, Surrey.

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6.

Toby Flood was brought up in Morpeth, Northumberland where he attended Chantry School.

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7.

Toby Flood graduated from Northumbria University in 2007 with a degree in business management, and has undertaken a Graduate Diploma in Law, in preparation for his planned post-rugby career as a lawyer.

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8.

Jonny Wilkinson trained the Kings School first team while Toby Flood was a student there.

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9.

On 3 May 2008, it was announced that Toby Flood was set to leave Newcastle Falcons for Leicester Tigers.

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10.

Toby Flood was officially confirmed as a Leicester player on 11 June 2008.

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11.

Toby Flood was unable to take part in either of the Tigers' finals that year.

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12.

Toby Flood stayed relatively injury-free for the rest of the season and his good form helped the Tigers to top the table.

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13.

Toby Flood captained the Tigers to victory over fierce rivals Northampton Saints in the 2013 Premiership Rugby final.

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14.

On 6 September 2021 Toby Flood announced his retirement from playing and his new role as kicking and skills coach for Newcastle.

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15.

Toby Flood came on as a replacement in the game against Scotland to win his fourth England cap.

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16.

Toby Flood came off the bench in the semi final win over France and in the loss in the World Cup final to South Africa.

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17.

Toby Flood scored England's opening try in the 2008 Six Nations game against Wales, and managed another the following game against Italy.

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18.

Toby Flood finished the Six Nations once more in possession of the England 10 shirt during the game against France, and retained it for the Australia summer tour.

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19.

Toby Flood scored 25 points, which is the most points recorded by an Englishman against the Wallabies.

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20.

Toby Flood helped England to a victory over Samoa, but was injured early into the last game with South Africa, and later revealed he couldn't remember anything after the incident.

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21.

Toby Flood was a key component in several of the tries scored against Italy, developing a key relationship with wing Chris Ashton.

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22.

Toby Flood was a hot favourite for the England captaincy when Stuart Lancaster took over from Martin Johnson after the 2011 world cup.

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23.

Toby Flood's final start for England was against Italy in the 2013 Six Nations tournament.

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24.

Toby Flood effectively ended his England career by signing for Top 14 club Toulouse.

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25.

Toby Flood applied for a German passport following the 2016 Brexit vote, and has already satisfied the three-year stand-down period.

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