Tom Foley
Tom Foley is originally from South Wales and played rugby from a young age, but following a string of injuries took up refereeing while completing his degree at Bristol University. He joined the Bristol Referee Society in 2007 and progressed through the ranks, being promoted onto the South West Group in 2009 and National Panel in 2011. He was appointed to join the RFU as a full-time referee in 2014.
All calculations based on games where game data has been entered into the database. For older games, data maybe unavailable.
Percentage of Home Wins
61%
97
home wins
home wins
61
away wins
away wins
160
total games
total games
Average points per game
49
points
87
max points
9
min points
Average tries per game
6.02
tries per game
553
home tries
410
away tries
Penalties per game
21.59
penalties per game
1668
home penalties
1786
away penalties
0.93
home:away
Penalty tries per game
0.12
penalty tries per game
13
against home team
6
against away team
Yellow cards per game
0.98
yellow cards per game
62
home yellow
95
away yellow
Red cards per game
0.06
red cards per game
3
home red
7
away red
Cards per game
1.04
cards per game
65
home cards
102
away cards
Games refereed per season
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Fewest penalties in a game
Exeter Chiefs
38 - 10
Cardiff Rugby
0 pens
Gloucester Rugby
40 - 31
Dragons RFC
0 pens
Harlequins
36 - 26
Bristol Bears
12 pens
Northampton Saints
24 - 6
Bath Rugby
12 pens
Newcastle Red Bulls
17 - 38
Harlequins
13 pens
Most penalties in a game
Northampton Saints
23 - 21
London Irish
33 pens
London Welsh
14 - 29
Bath Rugby
32 pens
Edinburgh Rugby
31 - 20
Castres Olympique
32 pens
Sale Sharks
22 - 32
Exeter Chiefs
31 pens
Harlequins
27 - 41
Bath Rugby
31 pens
Most cards in a game
Harlequins
10 - 28
Newcastle Red Bulls




CA Brive
38 - 18
Enisei




Exeter Chiefs
14 - 17
Leicester Tigers



London Irish
14 - 45
Bath Rugby



Bath Rugby
17 - 21
Gloucester Rugby



