Glen Tomlinson

Glen Tomlinson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Caboolture, the Batley Bulldogs (two spells), the Bradford Bulls, Hull F.C. and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1143) as a five-eighth or halfback. A stand at Batley Bulldogs' ground, Mount Pleasant is named after Glen Tomlinson.[3]

Glen Tomlinson
Personal information
Full nameGlen Tomlinson
Born (1970-03-18) 18 March 1970
Australia
Playing information
PositionFive-eighth, Halfback
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1 Sep 1991–1 Sep 91 Caboolture
1991–96 Batley Bulldogs 208 124 6
1996–98 Bradford Bulls 12 48
1998 Hull F.C. 5 1 0 0 4
1999–2000 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 76 8 0 0 32
2001–02 Batley Bulldogs
Total 289 145 0 6 84
Source: [1][2]

Club records

Tomlinson scored 124 tries during his two spells with Batley, breaking the Batley club record for tries in a career, which had been set by Wattie Davies way back in 1912, who had scored 122 tries in 448 matches. He held the record until 2006, when he was surpassed by Craig Lingard.[4]

Financial Crisis At Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson and Glen Tomlinson.[5]

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References
  1. "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2018. Retrieved 1 January 2019.
  3. Edgar, Harry (2008). Rugby League Journal Annual 2009 [Page-47]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9548355-4-5
  4. Hunt, Andrew (16 May 2006). "Role model Lingard delighted with new record". Batley and Birstall News. Johnston Press. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
  5. "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012.
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