Tom Holmes (rugby league)
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| Full name | Thomas Holmes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 March 1996[1] Castleford, West Yorkshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (1.77 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 13 st 5 lb (85 kg)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Scrum-half, Stand-off, Hooker | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]Holmes was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.
Personal life
[edit]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
[edit]Castleford Tigers
[edit]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
[edit]On 9 September 2017 it was announced Holmes would leave Castleford for Featherstone Rovers at the end of the 2017 season.[7]
Huddersfield Giants
[edit]On 17 December 2020, it was announced that Holmes had left the club to pursue options in the Championship.[8]
Featherstone Rovers (rejoin)
[edit]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)
[edit]In 2022 Holmes joined Championship side Sheffield Eagles [11] on loan in the search of regular first-team minutes.
Bradford Bulls
[edit]On 11 September 2022, Holmes signed a two-year deal to join Bradford starting in the 2023 season.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "Tom Holmes". Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club. Retrieved 7 May 2015.
- ^ "Castleford Tigers 1st Team Tom Holmes". Official Castleford Tigers web site. Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club Ltd. 2015. Retrieved 25 June 2015.
- ^ loverugbyleague
- ^ RLP
- ^ "Bradford Bulls' Tom Holmes diagnosed with rare form of cancer". Love Rugby League. 5 January 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Bradford Bulls star Tom Holmes back for Widnes Vikings game". Telegraph & Argus. 26 April 2024. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Castleford Tigers youngster Holmes joins Featherstone Rovers". Yorkshire Evening Post. 9 September 2017. Retrieved 14 December 2017.
- ^ "Innes Senior: Wakefield Trinity sign Huddersfield Giants winger on loan for 2021 season". BBC Sport. Retrieved 18 December 2020.
- ^ "Tom Holmes returns to Featherstone". www.loverugbyleague.com. 22 December 2020. Retrieved 7 January 2021.
- ^ "Toulouse promoted to Super League after beating Featherstone". www.skysports.com.
- ^ "Sheffield Eagles", Wikipedia, 18 March 2022, retrieved 2 May 2022
- ^ "Bradford confirm Holmes deal". www.bradfordbulls.co.uk.
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- 1996 births
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- Batley Bulldogs players
- Bradford Bulls players
- Castleford Tigers players
- English rugby league players
- Featherstone Rovers players
- Huddersfield Giants players
- Oxford Rugby League players
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- Rugby league players from Castleford
- Sheffield Eagles players
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