Tom Holmes (rugby league)

Tom Holmes
Personal information
Full nameThomas Holmes
Born (1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 28)[1]
Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
Height5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Weight13 st 5 lb (85 kg)[2]
Playing information
PositionScrum-half, Stand-off, Hooker
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2014–18 Castleford Tigers 21 4 0 0 16
2016(loan) → Oxford 7 3 1 0 12
2017(loan) → Batley Bulldogs 8 3 0 0 12
2018–19 Featherstone Rovers 18 5 0 0 20
2019–21 Huddersfield Giants 19 0 0 0 0
2019(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 7 3 0 0 12
2021–22 Featherstone Rovers 20 5 0 0 20
2022(loan) → Sheffield Eagles 23 7 18 0 64
2023– Bradford Bulls 26 14 0 0 56
Total 149 44 19 0 212
Source: [3][4]
As of 16 July 2023

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

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

Background

Holmes was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.

Personal life

Holmes was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer on 5 January 2024, after noticing a rapid decline in health towards the end of last season.[5] He recovered from the illness, and resumed playing rugby in April 2024.[6]

Career

Castleford Tigers

He joined the 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 Tigers he was loaned out to League 1 side Oxford RLFC and Championship side Batley.

Featherstone Rovers

On 9 September 2017 it was announced Holmes would leave Castleford for Featherstone Rovers at the end of the 2017 season.[7]

Huddersfield Giants

On 17 December 2020, it was announced that Holmes had left the club to pursue options in the Championship.[8]

Featherstone Rovers (rejoin)

On 22 December 2020, it was announced Holmes would return to Featherstone Rovers.[9]

He played for Featherstone in their 2021 Million Pound Game defeat against Toulouse Olympique.[10]

Sheffield Eagles (Loan)

In 2022 Holmes joined Championship side Sheffield Eagles [11] on loan in the search of regular first-team minutes.

Bradford Bulls

On 11 September 2022, Holmes signed a two-year deal to join Bradford starting in the 2023 season.[12]

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. ^ "Bradford Bulls' Tom Holmes diagnosed with rare form of cancer". Love Rugby League. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  6. ^ "Bradford Bulls star Tom Holmes back for Widnes Vikings game". Telegraph & Argus. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
  7. ^ "Castleford Tigers youngster Holmes joins Featherstone Rovers". Yorkshire Evening Post. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  8. ^ "Innes Senior: Wakefield Trinity sign Huddersfield Giants winger on loan for 2021 season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  9. ^ "Tom Holmes returns to Featherstone". www.loverugbyleague.com. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  10. ^ "Toulouse promoted to Super League after beating Featherstone". www.skysports.com.
  11. ^ "Sheffield Eagles", Wikipedia, 18 March 2022, retrieved 2 May 2022
  12. ^ "Bradford confirm Holmes deal". www.bradfordbulls.co.uk.


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