Tommy Saxton

Thomas Saxton (born 3 October 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the York City Knights in Kingstone Press League 1, usually as a fullback, but also as a wing or centre.[3]

Tommy Saxton
Personal information
Full nameThomas Saxton
Born (1983-10-03) 3 October 1983
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight14 st 2 lb (90 kg)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–04 Castleford Tigers 39 11 0 0 44
2005–06 Hull F.C. 29 4 0 0 16
2006(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 15 2 0 0 8
2007 Castleford Tigers 18 11 0 1 45
2007(loan) → Salford City Reds 5 0 0 0 0
2008–14 Featherstone Rovers 162 70 0 0 280
2014(loan) → Halifax 12 5 0 0 20
2014–16 Halifax 37 16 0 0 64
2016(loan) → York City Knights 13 3 0 0 12
2017 York City Knights 14 2 0 0 8
2018 York City Knights 2 0 0 0 0
Total 346 124 0 1 497
As of 6 May 2018
Source: [1][2]

He has previously played for the Castleford Tigers, Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and the Salford City Reds in the Super League. Also he has represented England A-Team and England Academy.[4]

Saxton played for Hull in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final from the interchange bench in their victory against the Leeds Rhinos.[5]

He played for six seasons with the Featherstone Rovers before moving to Halifax in 2015. In November 2016 he signed for York having joined the club on-loan earlier in the year.[6]

Genealogical information

Tommy Saxton is the brother of the rugby league footballer; Nicky Saxton, and the nephew of the rugby league footballer; Alan Banks.

References
  1. "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Wildcats overpower Tigers". BBC. 26 December 2000. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  4. "Wakefield snap up loanee Saxton". BBC. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  5. "Hull stun Leeds in Challenge Cup". BBC News. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. "Tommy Saxton and Danny Sowerby confirmed in 2017 York City Knights ranks". The Press. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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