As a pupil at Rugby School, Tom Hardwick gained national selection throughout the age-groups and was part of the Leicester Tigers development squad on the way to gaining a first England Under-20s cap in the 2018 Six Nations.

He scored 11 points on his senior debut for the club in a narrow defeat for a young side at Bath in the Anglo-Welsh Cup during November 2017 and joined the England squad at the World Under-20s Championships in France the following summer, playing in every round including the Final.

Tom, who played his early rugby at Olney RFC, is the son of former Coventry and London Irish prop Rob Hardwick.

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