Tommy Saxton

Tommy Saxton
Personal information
Full name Thomas Saxton
Born (1983-10-03) 3 October 1983
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Height 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight 14 st 2 lb (90 kg)
Playing information
Position Wing, Fullback, 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 0 0 0 0 0
Total 344 124 0 1 497
As of 22 February 2018
Source: [1][2]

Thomas Saxton (born 15 June 1980) in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England), is an English former professional rugby league footballer who last played for the York City Knights in Kingstone Press League One. He plays as a full-back, and can play in the centre's and on the wing.[3]

He has previously played for Castleford, Hull F.C., Wakefield Trinity, and Salford in the European Super League. Also he has represented England A 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 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 nephew of the rugby league footballer; Alan Banks.

References

  1. ↑ loverugbyleague
  2. ↑ Rugby League Project stats
  3. ↑ "Wildcats overpower Tigers". BBC. 2000-12-26. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  4. ↑ "Wakefield snap up loanee Saxton". BBC. 2006-03-31. Retrieved 2008-05-05.
  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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