Tom Holmes (rugby league)

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Tom Holmes
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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
Position Scrum-half, Stand-off, Hooker
Club
YearsTeamPldTGFGP
2014–18 Castleford Tigers 2140016
2016(loan)Oxford 731012
2017(loan)Batley Bulldogs 830012
2018–19 Featherstone Rovers 1850020
2019–21 Huddersfield Giants 190000
2019(loan)Featherstone Rovers 730012
2021–22 Featherstone Rovers 2050020
2022(loan)Sheffield Eagles 23718064
2023– Bradford Bulls 26140056
Total14944190212
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 Betfred Championship.

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He played for the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 959) in the Super League, enjoying loan spells to the Batley Bulldogs in the Kingstone Press Championship and Oxford in League 1. He spent the 2018 season at Featherstone in the Championship, before moving to the Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred 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 2023, after noticing a rapid decline in health towards the end of last season.


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. [5]

Huddersfield Giants

On 17 December 2020, it was announced that Holmes had left the club to pursue options in the Championship. [6]

Featherstone Rovers (rejoin)

On 22 December 2020, it was announced Holmes would return to Featherstone Rovers. [7]

He played for Featherstone in their 2021 Million Pound Game defeat against Toulouse Olympique. [8]

Sheffield Eagles (Loan)

In 2022 Holmes joined Championship side Sheffield Eagles [9] 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. [10]

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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. "Castleford Tigers youngster Holmes joins Featherstone Rovers". Yorkshire Evening Post. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
  6. "Innes Senior: Wakefield Trinity sign Huddersfield Giants winger on loan for 2021 season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
  7. "Tom Holmes returns to Featherstone". www.loverugbyleague.com. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
  8. "Toulouse promoted to Super League after beating Featherstone". www.skysports.com.
  9. "Sheffield Eagles", Wikipedia, 18 March 2022, retrieved 2 May 2022
  10. "Bradford confirm Holmes deal". www.bradfordbulls.co.uk.