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{{Short description|English rugby union player}}
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{{Infobox rugby biography
| name = Tosh Masson
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| birth_name = Tajiv Singh Masson
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1985|2|27|df=y}}
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| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| weight = {{convert|92|kg|stlb|abbr=on}}
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| school = [[Whitgift School]]
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| ru_position = [[Centre (rugby union)|Centre]]
| amatyears1 =
| amatteam1 = [[Beccehamians RFC]]
| years1 = 2005–2010
| clubs1 = [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]]
| apps1 = 45
| points1 = 30
| repyears1 = 2006
| repteam1 = England U21<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/13225|title=England under 21 player quotes|date=25 February 2006|publisher=Rugby Football Union|accessdate=2009-03-12|archive-date=3 August 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070803190407/http://www.rfu.com/index.cfm/fuseaction/RFUHome.England_Detail/StoryID/13225|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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'''Tajiv Singh Masson''' (born 27 February 1985),<ref>{{cite news|url=http://en.espn.co.uk/blogs/rugby/player/27270.html|title=ESPN Profile Tosh Masson|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> known as '''Tosh Masson''', is a [[rugby union]] player who played for [[Harlequin F.C.|Harlequins]] in [[Premiership Rugby]], playing primarily as a [[Centre (rugby union)|centre]].

He is the only [[Sikh]] to have played professional rugby.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/rugby/rugby-union/club-rugby/the-only-sikh-in-pro-rugby-ndash-get-a-load-of-tosh-1913111.html|title=The only Sikh in pro rugby - get a load of Tosh|work=The Independent|date=28 February 2010}}</ref> His performances for Harlequins particularly impressed club coach [[Dean Richards (rugby union)|Dean Richards]] in 2007.<ref>{{cite news|title=Tosh stock rising|work=Your Local Guardian|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/1800340.tosh-stock-rising/}}</ref>

In 2010 he was nominated for British Asian Sports Personality of the year, and underwent ankle surgery even though he was out of contract in the summer.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/4874702.massons-gamble-on-quins-future/|work=Your Local Guardian|title=Masson's gamble on Quins future|date=1 February 2010|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref> He was released by Harlequins and then completed a degree at Bath University. In 2014 Masson was signed by [[Rosslyn Park F.C.]] to play in [[National League 1]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.yourlocalguardian.co.uk/sport/rugby/11283240.rosslyn-park-will-embrace-hard-start-says-head-coach-codling/|title=Rosslyn Park will embrace hard start says head coach Codling|date=17 June 2014|access-date=9 August 2023}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20081214165156/http://www.union.quins.co.uk/rugby/1stXV.php?player=9400&includeref=dynamic Harlequins profile]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20090105185015/http://www.beccehamians.co.uk/Minis/pastplayers.htm Beccehamians past players]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Masson, Tosh}}
[[Category:1985 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:English rugby union players]]
[[Category:British people of Indian descent]]
[[Category:Harlequin F.C. players]]
[[Category:People educated at Whitgift School]]
[[Category:Rugby union players from London]]
[[Category:Rugby union centres]]

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