Tom Holmes (rugby league)

Tom Holmes (born 2 March 1996) is an English rugby league footballer who plays as a scrum-half or stand-off for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League.

Tom Holmes
Personal information
Full nameThomas Holmes
Born (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996[1]
Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Weight13 st 5 lb; 187 lb (85 kg)[2]
Playing information
PositionScrum-half, Stand-off, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–20 Castleford Tigers 20 4 0 0 16
2016(loan) → Oxford 7 3 0 0 12
2017(loan) → Batley Bulldogs 8 3 0 0 12
2018 Featherstone Rovers 18 5 0 0 20
2019– Huddersfield Giants 6 0 0 0 0
2019(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 7 3 0 0 12
Total 66 18 0 0 72
As of 8 September 2019
Source: [3][4]

He played for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League, enjoying loan spells to the Batley Bulldogs in the Kingstone Press Championship and Oxford in League 1. He spent the 2018 season at Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship, returning to Post Office Road on loan from Huddersfield in 2019.

Background

Holmes was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

He joined Castleford Tigers from Castleford Lock Lane ARLFC in 2014 and made his Super League début in 2015 against the Catalans Dragons. During three years with the Castleford Tigers he was loaned out to League 1 side Oxford RLFC and Championship side Batley Bulldogs. On 9 September 2017 it was announced Holmes would leave Castleford Tigers for Featherstone Rovers at the end of the 2017 season.[5]

References
  1. "Tom Holmes". Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
  2. "Castleford Tigers 1st Team Tom Holmes". Official Castleford Tigers web site. Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club Ltd. 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
  3. loverugbyleague
  4. RLP
  5. "Castleford Tigers youngster Holmes joins Featherstone Rovers". Yorkshire Evening Post. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.


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