Tom Beim
| Born | Thomas Beim 11 December 1975 Frimley, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Height | 5.4 ft (1.6 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 11 st (70 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Whitefriars & Cheltenham College | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Tom Beim (born 11 December 1975 in Frimley, England) is a former professional rugby union footballer, who played on the wing for Sale, Gloucester, Viadana, Pertemps Bees, the Barbarians and England. He is now a professional polo player for Lodge Services polo team backed by Stuart Lodge.
Club Rugby
[edit | edit source]Beim was a prolific try scorer in the Premiership with Gloucester and Sale before moving to Italian side Viadana. Beim held the record at the time for the number of tries scored in a Heineken Cup game, touching down five times against Italian club Roma before finally losing it to Bordeaux Bègles winger Damian Penaud during the 2024–25 season.[1][2] During his two seasons at Viadana he scored 31 tries. After a succession of injuries, Beim retired from professional rugby and has carved out a successful international polo career ever since. Whilst at Gloucester he started in the 2002 Zurich Championship Final (the year before victory in the play-offs constituted the new format for winning the English title) in which Gloucester defeated Bristol Rugby.[3]
International Rugby
[edit | edit source]Beim made two appearances for England during the 1998 summer tour of New Zealand and featured in the England squad again in 2002 when he was called in as a replacement during the tour match of Argentina. He later toured there playing for the England A side on a number of occasions. He also appeared for the Barbarians.
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Beim for Bees (15 July 2005)
- Beim to look for new club (6 June 2003)
- Beim Ready For Action (3 April 2002)
- English rugby union players
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Gloucester Rugby players
- Sale Sharks players
- Barbarian F.C. players
- England international rugby union players
- Birmingham & Solihull R.F.C. players
- Rugby union players from Gloucestershire
- People educated at Cheltenham College
- Rugby union wings
- Rugby union players from Frimley