Saracens confirm signing of Wales’ Tomos Williams from Gloucester

Saracens have confirmed the signing of Wales scrum-half Tomos Williams for next season from Gloucester.

Williams claimed the Premiership Player of the Season award in June and took on the Gloucester captaincy for the current campaign.

Gloucester had announced his impending departure earlier in December, with their Prem rivals confirming on Christmas Day that he will be joining the London club in the summer.

“Tomos is a player we have rated very highly for a long time, and we believe he will be an outstanding addition to our squad,” Saracens said in a Christmas Day statement.

World-class

“He is a world-class operator, and we are hugely excited to see him pull on a Saracens shirt next season.”

Williams, 30, said: “I’m really excited to be joining Saracens, a club I have always admired.

“There are great coaches and players at the club and I’m looking forward to joining them in the summer.”

Williams earned selection for this summer’s British and Irish Lions tour, but after impressing in a pre-tour warm-up against Argentina, he returned home with a hamstring injury suffered in the first game on Australian soil against Western Force, despite scoring two tries.

His departure from Kingsholm will come just as his Wales team-mates Jac Morgan and Dewi Lake join the west country club from Ospreys for 2025-26.

New challenge

Gloucester said in a statement: “Tomos Williams will depart Gloucester Rugby at the end of the 2025-26 season.

“After impressing at Kingsholm, Williams was offered a new deal to stay at the club beyond the end of the season, but has instead opted to pursue a new challenge elsewhere.”

Dan Robson, 33, is to return to Kingsholm next season to replace Williams, 10 years on from his departure in 2015.

He made 80 appearances for Gloucester, where he started his senior career, before leaving for Wasps and spent seven years there until their demise in 2022.

He has been with French Top 14 club Pau for the last three seasons.