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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 Betfred Championship.
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.
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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]
References
- ^ "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
- ^ "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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