Tom Briscoe

Tom Briscoe
Personal information
Full nameThomas Richard Briscoe[1]
Born (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 34)
Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight15 st 10 lb (100 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–13 Hull FC 147 90 0 0 360
2014–22 Leeds Rhinos 208 93 0 0 372
2023–24 Leigh Leopards 34 20 0 0 80
2024– Hull FC 10 2 0 0 8
Total 399 205 0 0 820
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–13 England 15 11 0 0 44
Source: [2][3][4]
As of 06 June 2024

Tom Briscoe (born 19 March 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for Hull FC in the Super League and has played for England at international level.

He previously played for Leeds Rhinos and Hull FC in the Super League.[2][3]

Briscoe holds the record for most tries in a Challenge Cup final with five.

Background

Briscoe was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England.

Club career

Hull F.C.

Briscoe signed for Hull F.C. from Amateur team Featherstone Lions, and made his Super League début in the opening game of the 2008 season for Hull against Warrington at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

Briscoe playing for Hull F.C.

Following his impressive start to the 2009 season, Briscoe signed a new five-year contract which kept him at the KC Stadium until the end of the 2013 season.[5]

In 2010 Tom was joined in the Hull F.C. squad by younger brother Jack, who graduated from the Academy.

Leeds Rhinos

On 2 October 2013, Briscoe signed for Leeds, joining up with his younger brother Luke. On 16 February 2014, Briscoe made his début for the Leeds Rhinos, scoring at hat-trick of tries against Hull Kingston Rovers at the KC Lightstream Stadium in a 34-6 win and scored 8 tries in his first 10 appearances in a very successful start to his Leeds Rhinos career. Briscoe played in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Wembley Stadium.[6] In the 2015 Challenge Cup Final on 29 August 2015, Briscoe scored five tries, the first player to achieve this at Wembley Stadium, as Leeds defeated Hull Kingston Rovers 50-0.[7] Briscoe was named Lance Todd Trophy winner for his performance in this match.[7][8][9]

Briscoe played in the 2015 Super League Grand Final victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.[10] Briscoe played in the 2017 Super League Grand Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Old Trafford.[11][12][13] Briscoe played for Leeds in the 2020 Challenge Cup Final and scored a try in a 17-16 victory over Salford at Wembley Stadium.[14] Briscoe played a total of 26 games for Leeds in the 2021 Super League season including the club's 36-8 loss against St Helens in the semi-final.[15] On 24 September 2022, Briscoe played for Leeds in their 24-12 loss to St Helens RFC in the 2022 Super League Grand Final.[16]

Leigh

On 20 October 2022, Briscoe signed a contract to join the newly promoted Leigh side.[17] On 12 August 2023, Briscoe played for Leigh in their 17-16 Challenge Cup final victory over Hull Kingston Rovers. It was Leigh's first major trophy for 52 years.[18] Briscoe played 28 games for Leigh in the 2023 Super League season and scored 14 tries as the club finished fifth on the table and qualified for the playoffs. Briscoe played in their elimination playoff loss against Hull Kington Rovers.[19]

Hull FC (rejoin)

On 23 Apr 24 Hull FC confirmed the signing of Tom Briscoe from Leigh Leopards, in a swap deal with Darnell McIntosh.[20]

International career

Briscoe was also rewarded for his fine club form in the early stages of the 2009 season by being included in the first batch of players to be called up to the England Elite Training squad.[21]

Briscoe made his England debut, scoring a brace of tries against Wales in October 2009. Later that year he was selected in Englands Four Nations squad, playing against France and Australia. At the end of 2010, Briscoe played his first game for England outside of the United Kingdom, in a friendly match against a New Zealand Māori side and then went on to face the full New Zealand team in the Four Nations. In 2011, Briscoe was selected to face the rugby league at Headingley Carnegie Stadium in the first ever International Origin match. He subsequently became established in the England team.[4] Briscoe was selected in the England squad for the 2013 Rugby League World Cup.

Briscoe with England in 2011

Honours

Club

Individual

Records

  • Most tries scored at Wembley in a single match: 5 (as of 2015)

References

  1. ^ Companies House
  2. ^ a b "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. ^ a b "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. ^ "Briscoe signs new Hull contract". BBC News. 13 March 2009.
  6. ^ "Leeds lift Challenge Cup after Ryan Hall's double stuns Castleford". Guardian. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  7. ^ a b "Challenge Cup final: Hull KR 0-50 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  8. ^ "Leeds emphatically shut out Hull KR to lift Challenge Cup". Guardian. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  9. ^ "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express. No. 2982. 31 August 2015. p. 31.
  10. ^ "Leeds pip Wigan to seal treble after brilliant, breathless Grand Final". Guardian. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  11. ^ "Castleford 6-24 Leeds: Grand Final 2017 – as it happened". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  12. ^ "Grand Final 2017: Castleford 6-24 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  13. ^ "Danny McGuire guides Leeds to Grand Final success over Castleford". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  14. ^ "Leeds beat Salford 17-16 after Luke Gale lands late winning drop-goal". BBC Sport.
  15. ^ "Super League semi-final: St Helens beat Leeds to reach Grand Final - as it happened". www.bbc.co.uk.
  16. ^ Bower, Aaron (24 September 2022). "St Helens sink Leeds to win record fourth consecutive Grand Final". The Observer.
  17. ^ "Leigh Leopards: Promoted side unveil rebrand and nine new signings for Super League 2023". www.skysports.com.
  18. ^ "Challenge Cup final: Hull KR 16-17 Leigh Leopards - Leigh claim first Wembley final win in 52 years". BBC Sport. 12 August 2023.
  19. ^ "Leigh Leopards 2023 season in review". www.leighleopards.co.uk.
  20. ^ "Hull FC and Leigh Leopards complete player swap deal". Total RL. 23 April 2024.
  21. ^ "Pryce not included in elite squad". BBC News. 14 May 2009.