Thomas Nicholas Youngs (Tom Youngs) is a retired rugby union player who played as a hooker for Leicester Tigers and England.
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Between 2009 and 2011, Youngs played 55 matches for Nottingham where he converted from centre to hooker.
Between 2012–2015, Youngs won 28 caps for England, including selection for the 2015 Rugby World Cup and was selected for the 2013 British & Irish Lions tour to Australia where he played in all three test matches.
Youngs played 215 times for Leicester between 2006 and 2021, winning the Premiership Rugby title in 2013, the same season that he was named as the league’s Player of the season.
Youngs also won the 2011-12 Anglo-Welsh Cup with Leicester.
Youngs was married to Tiffany, and the couple has a daughter, Maisie Youngs.
Maisie Youngs
When was Maisie Youngs born? Maisie was born in 2014.
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Sadly, Maisie’s mum Tiffany died aged 35 after an eight-year battle with cancer. Tiffany’s death was announced on June 8, 2022.
Tiffany was diagnosed with Hodgkin Lymphoma – a form of blood cancer – shortly after the birth of daughter Maisie in 2014, after developing a cough she couldn’t shift.
Tom’s former club confirmed the sad news in a statement Wednesday, June 8, 2022, saying;
Leicester Tigers are deeply saddened by the news that Tiffany Youngs has passed away after her heroic battle with illness.
On behalf of everybody at the club, we send our condolences to the Youngs and Sands families.
The club will be providing no further details and asks that the Youngs and Sands families have their privacy respected at this time.
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