Career
Thrower began his professional playing career in 2001 with Premiership side London Irish, where he spent three seasons. Thrower played for Wasps from 2004 to 2007 and spent the following two seasons at Saracens. He played for Italian Premiership side Parma Rugby Football Club during the 2009-2010 season, before returning to England to play in the 2010-2011 RFU Championship for the Bedford Blues.
Thrower signed for London Welsh Reconstruction Finance Corporation in June 2011.
Thrower has represented England at U18, U19 and U21 levels. Thrower was born in London, United Kingdom on 1 September 1982.
After being educated at Downside School, he was to begin his professional rugby career with London Irish. London Irish 2001–2004
Thrower began his senior career at London Irish, but found first-team experience hard to come by, making only a single Premiership start along with a handful of appearances from the bench.
London Wasps 2004–2007
Thrower made the short move to London Wasps in 2004 in the search of more top flight experience.
In the 2004-2005 Zurich Premiership he made progress making 8 appearances, gaining some goal kicking experience under the pressure of top level domestic competition. There was also further England national age group level experience. The following season was less happy, missing the whole of 2005-2006 Guinness Premiership through injury, following a pattern of injury problems that blighted much of his time with Wasps.
Returning for the 2006-2007 Guinness Premiership campaign, Thrower made 5 Premiership starts, scoring all four of his Premiership tries for the season in a single game against Bath.
Saracens 2007–2009
Thrower joined Saracens on 1 July 2007, the third of the four traditional "London" clubs he has played foreign He made his club debut against his old club London Wasps at the start of the 2007-2008 Guinness Premiership on 15 September 2007, coming on for a short stint as a replacement during the London Double Header opening to the season.
He proceeded to have a series of starts and appearances from the bench, including involvement in all of the first eight games of Saracens" season and scoring two tries.