Coolican began his rugby career in Sydney where he played with the Lindfield Rugby Club while being educated at Saint Ignatius' College in Riverview, New South Wales.
In 2012, Tom was involved with the New South Wales Waratahs set-up for the 2012 Pacific Rugby Cup where he earned two caps.
The following year, Coolican migrated to the U.S after he received an invitation to return to America to play with the acclaimed New York Athletic Club. In late 2013, Coolican left the United States to play for Richmond in England. He played just six times for the club in his debut season, 2013–14 National League 1, helping the team to an improved position of seventh from the previous season.
Coolican returned to the United States and signed for the San Francisco PRO Rugby team for the 2016 season.
(LS April 2016)
Career
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San Francisco Rush Loosehead Prop |
2016 - present |
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USA No. 8 |
2016 - 2017 |
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Sydney Rays Hooker |
