Rugby player
| Date of birth | (1992-04-02) 2 April 1992 (age 32) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Wandsworth, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 129 kg (284 lb; 20 st 4 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| School | Blundell's School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Professional rugby union player | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Will Carrick-Smith, otherwise known as The Tree, (born 2 April 1992) is a rugby union player for Exeter Chiefs in the Aviva Premiership. He made his debut for the club against London Welsh on 11 November 2012. At 6 ft 11 Carrick-Smith is the tallest professional player currently to be contracted to an English Premiership side. However, the tallest player ever to be contracted to an English Premiership side is Richard Metcalfe, formerly of Newcastle Falcons and Northampton Saints.
At the end of the 2012/13 season Will Carrick-Smith went out to Australia on loan for the summer with Randwick.
On 25 August 2015, Carrick-Smith signed a permanent deal to join RFU Championship club London Scottish from the 2015–16 season, effectively leaving Exeter. On 17 March 2016, Carrick-Smith signed for Championship rivals Bedford Blues from the 2016–17 season onwards.
References
- "Will Carrick-Smith Premiership Player Profile". web page. Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- "Player Profile Exeter Chiefs". web page. Exeter Chiefs. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- "Statistics Official Aviva Premiership Website: Tallest Players". web page. Premiership Rugby. Retrieved 4 February 2013.
- "Who is the tallest international rugby union player ever?". kgbanswers.co.uk. Retrieved 24 December 2013.
- "Player update – April 2013". Randwick Rugby Union Football Club. Retrieved 22 June 2013.
- "London Scottish sign Exeter Chiefs second-rower Will Carrick-Smith". SW Londoner. 25 August 2015. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
- "Blues snap up giant lock Carrick-Smith from London Scottish". Bedford Today. 17 March 2016. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
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Categories:- Living people
- 1993 births
- Exeter Chiefs players
- Rugby union players from the London Borough of Wandsworth
- People from Wandsworth
- English rugby union players
- Rugby union locks
- People educated at Blundell's School
- Cornish Pirates players
- London Scottish F.C. players
- Bedford Blues players
- English expatriate rugby union players in Australia
- Randwick DRUFC players