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| Full name | Brandon Pickersgill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 March 1997 Bradford, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Fullback, Stand-off | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brandon Pickersgill (born 29 March 1997) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a fullback or stand-off for Keighley Cougars in the RFL League 1. [3]
Pickersgill was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. He attended Bradford Academy in East Bowling.
He is a product of the Bradford Bulls Academy system.
2017 - 2017 Season
Pickersgill featured in the pre-season friendlies against Huddersfield Giants and Keighley Cougars.
Pickersgill featured in round 12 against Toulouse Olympique and then in round 17 Featherstone Rovers. He also played in round 23 against the Swinton Lions. Pickersgill also featured in the Championship Shield Game 4 against Batley.
At the end of the season, Pickersgill signed a three-year contract extension with Bradford. [4]
2018 - 2018 Season
Pickersgill featured in the pre-season friendlies against Halifax R.L.F.C., Sheffield Eagles, Dewsbury, Toronto Wolfpack and Keighley.
Pickersgill featured in round 1 against York RLFC to round 3 against Keighley then in round 6 Workington Town to round 15 Coventry Bears. He also featured in round 19 against the London Skolars to round 23 Keighley then in round 25 Oldham R.L.F.C. to round 26 Hemel Stags. Pickersgill also played in the 2018 Challenge Cup in round 3 game against the West Wales Raiders to round 5 Warrington. At the end of the season, Pickersgill signed a two-year extension.
2019 - 2019 Season
Pickersgill featured in the pre-season friendly against the York City Knights.
Pickersgill played in round 1 Featherstone Rovers to round 7 Widnes then in round 11 Barrow. Pickersgill also played in round 13 against Toronto then in round 15 against Featherstone. Pickersgill featured in round 18 against Halifax to their round 21 match against Swinton then in round 23 against Toronto to round 27 Rochdale Hornets. He also featured in the 2019 Challenge Cup in round 4 Keighley. Pickersgill played in the 2019 RFL 1985 Cup in against Barrow.
2020 - 2020 Season
Pickersgill featured in the pre-season friendlies against Castleford, Leeds and the York City Knights.
Pickersgill played in round 1 against the London Broncos to round 5 against Sheffield. Pickersgill also featured in the 2020 Challenge Cup in round 4 Underbank Rangers to round 5 Wakefield Trinity.
Pickersgill signed a one-year extension to stay at the Bradford club for the 2021 season.
2021 - 2021 Season
Pickersgill featured in the pre-season friendly against Swinton.
Pickersgill played in round 1 against Sheffield to their round 9 match against Featherstone then in round 11 Widnes to round 20 Toulouse Olympique. Pickersgill also featured in the 2021 Challenge Cup in Round 1 against Featherstone.
2022 - 2022 Season
It was announced that Pickersgill had returned to the Bradford Bulls on a short term loan deal. Pickersgill featured in Round 15 against Sheffield.
On 18 October 2021, it was reported that he had signed for Featherstone Rovers in the RFL Championship for the 2022 season. [5]
At the end of 2022, Pickersgill signed a contract to join RFL Championship side Halifax until the end of 2024. [6]
On 24 Nov 2023 it was reported that he had signed for Keighley Cougars in the RFL League 1. [7]
Statistics do not include pre-season friendlies.
| Season | Appearance | Tries | Goals | F/G | Points |
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| 2017 Bradford Bulls | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 Bradford Bulls | 24 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 2019 Bradford Bulls | 21 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2020 Bradford Bulls | 6 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2021 Bradford Bulls | 19 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2022 Bradford Bulls | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| Total | 75 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 132 |
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