Event: An Evening with Paul Wallace & Tom Shanklin

14/11/2014 19:00

Tumble RFC are proud to present an evening with former British Lions Paul Wallace and Tom Shanklin which will take place at the clubhouse on Friday, 14th November 2014 (Eve of Wales v Fiji). Tickets are priced at £35 which includes a three course meal. For ticket information contact Phil Hewitt: 07767801186 Further details to follow... Profiles: Paul Stephen Wallace (born 30 December 1971) is a former tight head prop for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions. Paul currently works for Sky Sports as a rugby pundit and is also a contributor to the Daily Mail and Rugby World magazine as well as Today FM's The Last Word. Wallace was once regarded as the world's best tight-head prop. During his rugby playing career Paul played with UCC, Munster, Blackrock College RFC, Leinster and Saracens. He played at international level with Ireland and the British and Irish Lions, representing Ireland at junior levels before making his full international debut against Japan in the 1995 Rugby World Cup playing alongside his brother Richard. He went on to win 46 caps for Ireland between 1995 and 2002. Paul was selected to tour South Africa with the 1997 British and Irish Lions. He became one of only five members of the tour who played the full duration of all three tests. Paul was a very influential player in the winning of the series, facing Os du Randt in the scrum and was subsequently described by captain, Martin Johnson, as; "My player of the series" . Tomos George L. Shanklin (born 24 November 1979 in Harrow, London) is a former outside centre for Cardiff Blues and Wales. He is Wales' most-capped centre. Tom played club rugby for London Welsh and then Saracens, before joining Cardiff Blues in 2003. The son of Jim Shanklin who won four caps for Wales, Tom played for Wales at Under 19, Under 21 and Wales A levels and made his first international appearance for the senior side against Japan in Tokyo in the summer of 2001, scoring two tries. He made his debut in the Six Nations Championship against France in 2001, 32 years after his father had won his first international cap against the same opponents. Tom was selected for the 2005 British and Irish Lions tour to New Zealand, but suffered a knee injury early in the tour which meant that he had to be replaced. He was also named as a member of the British and Irish Lions squad for the 2009 tour to South Africa but had to miss the tour as he required reconstructive surgery on his shoulder. Tom won 70 caps for Wales (56 starts and 14 appearances as a substitute) and scored 20 tries, placing him 5th-equal (with Gerald Davies and Gareth Edwards) on the list of record try-scorers for Wales. Following a fourth knee operation in February 2011 announced his immediate retirement from all forms of the game. He has since been a regular pundit on BBC Wales’ Scrum V programme.