In 2018, Tom Williams was left without a contract when the Scarlets released him a year after he’d helped them win the Guinness PRO12.
Cardiff picked him up but after limited opportunities, he jumped at the opportunity to move the Jersey Reds in the English championship. His first season at the club was decimated by a shoulder injury and then the Covid-19 pandemic. But his second term saw the outside back scoring tries freely and bagging hat-tricks.
The reason his form was so impressive, he feels, is because he knew that season was going to be his last as a player. His transition into coaching had already begun as he was taking charge of the Jersey Reds Women’s team at the time. But soon he’d be joining Men’s Director of Rugby Harvey Biljon’s coaching staff.
