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Tommy Saxton
Personal information
Full nameThomas Saxton
Born (1983-10-03) 3 October 1983 (age 41)
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight14 st 2 lb (90 kg)
Playing information
PositionFullback, Wing, Centre
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2000–04 Castleford Tigers 39 11 0 0 44
2005–06 Hull F.C. 29 4 0 0 16
2006(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 15 2 0 0 8
2007 Castleford Tigers 18 11 0 1 45
2007(loan) → Salford City Reds 5 0 0 0 0
2008–14 Featherstone Rovers 162 70 0 0 280
2014(loan) → Halifax 12 5 0 0 20
2014–16 Halifax 37 16 0 0 64
2016(loan) → York City Knights 13 3 0 0 12
2017 York City Knights 14 2 0 0 8
2018 York City Knights 2 0 0 0 0
Total 346 124 0 1 497
Source: [1][2]
As of 6 May 2018

Thomas Saxton (born 3 October 1983) is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the York City Knights in Kingstone Press League 1, usually as a fullback, but also as a wing or centre.[3]

He has previously played for the Castleford Tigers (Heritage № 791), Hull FC, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and the Salford City Reds in the Super League. Also he has represented England A-Team and England Academy.[4]

Saxton played for Hull in the 2005 Challenge Cup Final from the interchange bench in their victory against the Leeds Rhinos.[5]

He played for six seasons with the Featherstone Rovers before moving to Halifax in 2015. In November 2016 he signed for York having joined the club on-loan earlier in the year.[6]

Genealogical information

Tommy Saxton is the brother of the rugby league footballer; Nicky Saxton, and the nephew of the rugby league footballer; Alan Banks.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Wildcats overpower Tigers". BBC. 26 December 2000. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  4. ^ "Wakefield snap up loanee Saxton". BBC. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  5. ^ "Hull stun Leeds in Challenge Cup". BBC News. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
  6. ^ "Tommy Saxton and Danny Sowerby confirmed in 2017 York City Knights ranks". The Press. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
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