ru_clubcaps ru_nationalcaps ru_proclubs birth_date ru_nationalyears university ru_nationalteam ru_nationalpoints spouse ru_position school name occupation birth_place height ru_clubpoints ru_amateurclubs ru_ntupdate ru_clubyears weight article_title birth_name ru_amateuryears
3 9 104 -lrb- 6 -rrb- -lrb- 32 -rrb- queensland reds pertemps bees ulster london irish 6 november 1980 2006 -- 08 2009 - 2013 university of queensland ireland wolfhounds ireland british and irish lions ? 5 catherine prop lowood state high school tom court professional rugby union player brisbane , australia 6 3 -lrb- -rrb- 0 -rrb- -lrb- 0 -rrb- -rrb- -lrb- 25 university of queensland queensland a manawatu 15 jun 2013 2004 2014 - -- 06 2006 -- 07 2006 -- 2014 19 st 2 lb -lrb- 122 kg -rrb- tom court
 tom court 2004 2004 2004
tom court

tom court -lrb- born 6 november 1980 -rrb- is a rugby union footballer .
he plays for london irish as a tighthead and loosehead prop .
he primarily played at tighthead in his early career at ulster but switched to loosehead in the 2007/2008 season when bj botha arrived at ulster .
court was born in brisbane , australia and began his sporting career as a shotputter .
he was australian university champion for three years running and had olympic trials in 2002 .
he started playing rugby in 2004 and has represented queensland reds and manawatu as well as ulster .
in an interview with the ulster rugby website , court intimated that he had begun playing rugby in order to lose weight .
court represented the ireland a side at the 2006 churchill cup only 16 months after first playing rugby union , before he had played his first game for ulster .
he qualifies to play international rugby for ireland through his grandparents - his grandfather , patrick carey , was born in county limerick .
he was also named in the 2008 churchill cup squad and appeared as a substitute in all three games ; against usa , england saxons and a representative argentina xv .
he made his full ireland debut in an uncapped match against the barbarians at kingsholm stadium in gloucester .
court was named as a replacement for all ireland 's matches of the 2009 rbs 6 nations and earned his first cap as a replacement for marcus horan during ireland 's 38 -- 9 victory over italy on 15 february 2009 .
court was named as part of ireland 's rugby world cup squad in 2011 , and played in the irish 15-6 victory over australia -lrb- 17 sep 2011 -rrb- , coming on as a substitute against the country of his birth .
tom court made another appearance as a substitute , coming on in ireland 's final game of the 2012 six nations against england .
on 23 june 2013 , court was called up by the british and irish lions for their tour of australia to act as cover for alex corbisiero .
on the 27th of january 2014 , it was announced that tom court has been signed by london irish on a 3-year contract with the club , joining from the start of the 2014/15 season .
