Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - An zabi Thompson don yawon shakatawa na rani na Ingila zuwa Arewacin Amirka a shekara ta 2001, inda ya yi kyau. Ya fara buga wa Ingila kwallo a gasar cin kofin kasashe shida a shekarar 2002
tare da nasara a kan Scotland. Ya zira kwallaye na farko da ya yi da Italiya a 2003 Six Nations, gasar da ta ga Ingila ta lashe Grand Slam. Thompson ya ba da gudummawa sosai ga yawon shakatawa na kudancin Ingila a watan Yunin 2003, yana wasa a duka gwajin nasara da New Zealand da Ostiraliya.