Tom Briscoe

Tom Briscoe

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Richard Briscoe [1]
Born	(1990-03-19) 19 March 1990 (age 33) Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England
Height	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight	15 st 10 lb (100 kg)
Playing information
Position	Wing, Centre
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2008–13 Hull F.C. 147 90 0 0 360 2014–22 Leeds Rhinos 208 93 0 0 372 2023– Leigh Leopards 30 19 0 0 76 Total 385 202 0 0 808 Representative Years Team Pld T G FG P 2009–13 England 15 11 0 0 44
Source: [2] [3] [4] As of 26 July 2023

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

He previously played for Leeds Rhinos and Hull F.C. 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]

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. ^[19]

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

• Super League (2): 2015, 2017
• League Leader's Shield (1): 2015
• Challenge Cup (4): 2014, 2015, 2020, 2023

Individual

• Lance Todd Trophy (2015)
• Super League Dream Team (2011). Scored 5 try's at Wembley and broke record 2015

References

1. Companies House
2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
4. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
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. "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. "St Helens sink Leeds to win record fourth consecutive Grand Final". www.theguardian.com.
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". www.bbc.co.uk.
19. "Pryce not included in elite squad". BBC News. 14 May 2009.

External links

• Leeds Rhinos profile
• Hull profile
• SL profile
• (archived by web.archive.org) Stats → PastPlayers → B at hullfc.com