Tom Holmes (rugby league)

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.

Tom Holmes

Personal information
Full name	Thomas Holmes
Born	(1996-03-02) 2 March 1996 (age 29)[1] Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.77 m)
Weight	13 st 5 lb (85 kg)[2]
Playing information
Position	Scrum-half, Stand-off, Hooker
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 2014–18 Castleford Tigers 21 4 0 0 16 2016(loan) → Oxford 7 3 1 0 12 2017(loan) → Batley Bulldogs 8 3 0 0 12 2018–19 Featherstone Rovers 18 5 0 0 20 2019–21 Huddersfield Giants 19 0 0 0 0 2019(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 7 3 0 0 12 2021–22 Featherstone Rovers 20 5 0 0 20 2022(loan) → Sheffield Eagles 23 7 18 0 64 2023– Bradford Bulls 28 16 0 0 64 Total 151 46 19 0 220
Source: [3][4] As of 16 July 2023

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

Holmes was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.

Personal life

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

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.^[7]

Huddersfield Giants

On 17 December 2020, it was announced that Holmes had left the club to pursue options in the Championship.^[8]

Featherstone Rovers (rejoin)

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)

In 2022 Holmes joined Championship side Sheffield Eagles 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.^[11]