Tom McLaren (born 10 April 1979 in Stirling, Scotland) is a Scottish former rugby union player who played for Glasgow Warriors at the Flanker position. McLaren joined Glasgow from Penrith Emus Rugby in Sydney, Australia, where he captained the club, aged 20, in the New South Wales Rugby Union Shute Shield competition, under the guidance of Head Coach Scott Johnson. Like his brother James McLaren, he was born in Stirling and moved to Australia when his parents emigrated. The much younger Tom was only 4 weeks old at the time.