# Adam Thompstone

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{{Short description|English rugby union player}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2016}}
{{Use British English|date=September 2016}}
{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Adam Thompstone
| image = Adam Thompstone.jpg
| birth_name =  Adam David Thompstone
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1987|9|4}}
| birth_place = [Epsom](/source/Epsom)
| height = {{height|ft=6|in=0}}  <ref name="LIbio">{{cite web|title=London Irish profile |url=http://www.london-irish.com/PlayerDisplaySS.ink?skip=33&squadno=15520&season=11/12&seasonl=2011/2012&Playertype=p |publisher=London Irish |accessdate=25 June 2012 |url-status=usurped |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120701111824/http://www.london-irish.com/PlayerDisplaySS.ink?skip=33&season=11%2F12&squadno=15520&seasonl=2011%2F2012&Playertype=p |archivedate=1 July 2012 }}</ref>
| weight = {{convert|101|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
| school = 
| position = [Wing](/source/Rugby_union_positions)
| currentclub = [N/A](/source/N%2FA)
| years1 = 2008–2012
| clubs1 = [London Irish](/source/London_Irish)
| apps1 = 52
| points1 = 85
| years2 = 2012–2020
| clubs2 = [Leicester Tigers](/source/Leicester_Tigers)
| apps2 = 163
| points2 = 190
| totalyears = 2008&ndash;2020
| totalapps = 215
| totalpoints = 275
| clubupdate = 29 April 2020
}}

'''Adam David Thompstone''' (born 4 September 1987)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/england/rugby/player/27822.html|title=Adam Thompstone profile|publisher=ESPN|accessdate=27 May 2018}}</ref> is an English professional [rugby union](/source/rugby_union) player, most recently for [Leicester Tigers](/source/Leicester_Tigers) in [Premiership Rugby](/source/Premiership_Rugby), his principle position is [wing](/source/Rugby_union_positions). Between 2008 and 2012 he played 52 times for [London Irish](/source/London_Irish).

== Club career ==
Thompstone was signed by the London Irish Academy. His debut first-team start was against [Worcester Warriors](/source/Worcester_Warriors) in the [EDF Energy Cup](/source/Anglo-Welsh_Cup) in 2008.<ref name="LIbio" /> A serious ankle injury in October 2009 kept him out of the side until January 2011.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winger Adam Thompstone looking to make up for lost time|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_union/my_club/london_irish/9378573.stm|publisher=bbc.co.uk|access-date=25 June 2012|date=27 January 2011}}</ref>

Thompstone signed with Leicester Tigers for the 2012–13 season.<ref>{{cite web|title=Leicester Tigers set to sign London Irish pair|url=http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicester-Tigers-set-sign-London-Irish-pair/story-15188380-detail/story.html|publisher=thisisleicestershire.co.uk|accessdate=25 June 2012|date=10 February 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120628045857/http://www.thisisleicestershire.co.uk/Leicester-Tigers-set-sign-London-Irish-pair/story-15188380-detail/story.html|archive-date=28 June 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Thompstone ended his first season with the Tigers as their top try scorer with 9 in all competitions, including a hat trick on his Premiership debut for the club. He made 22 appearances the following season, scoring 4 tries.

Thompstone made 22 appearances in the 2014/15 season, scoring 5 tries for the club. He started the 2015/16 season making 10 consecutive starts.

In the 2016/17 season, he scored eight tries in thirty games, and was named the Player's Player of the Season <ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.leicestermercury.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-news/leicester-tigers-winger-adam-thompstone-183495|title=Leicester Tigers will come back stronger, insists Adam Thompston|last=Jones|first=Paul|date=2017-07-10|work=leicestermercury|access-date=2017-09-12}}</ref>

==References==
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Category:1987 births
Category:Living people
Category:English rugby union players
Category:London Irish players
Category:Rugby union wings
Category:Leicester Tigers players
Category:People educated at Whitgift School
Category:Rugby union players from Epsom

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