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Subscribe to RSS FeedTom Shanklin
Date of birth: 24/11/1979
Position: Centre
Test caps: 42
Test Debut: Japan, 2001
Test Points: 85
Current Club: Cardiff Blues
Strengths: Shanklin has great pace for a centre, highlighted by the fact he has been capped on the wing for Wales and is a dangerous ball carrier.
Weaknesses: His passing can sometimes let him down and his versatility can count against him, which showed when he was first used as a 'supersub' for Wales.
Likely headline: Tom Shanks it to gift Australia late win
Did you know: 32 years previous to Tom's first cap, his father Jim had won his first international cap against the same opponents, Japan.
