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Full name | Thomas Saxton | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England | 3 October 1983||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 14 st 2 lb (90 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Fullback, Wing, Centre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Relatives | Nicky Saxton (brother) Alan Banks (uncle) |
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 (Heritage № 1027), Wakefield Trinity Wildcats (Heritage № 1235) 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 (Heritage № 911) before moving to Halifax (Heritage № 1321) in 2015. In November 2016 he signed for York having joined the club on-loan earlier in the year.[6]
Genealogical information
[edit]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
[edit]- ^ "Statistics at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
- ^ "Wildcats overpower Tigers". BBC. 26 December 2000. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "Wakefield snap up loanee Saxton". BBC. 31 March 2006. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
- ^ "Hull stun Leeds in Challenge Cup". BBC News. 27 August 2005. Retrieved 17 August 2013.
- ^ "Tommy Saxton and Danny Sowerby confirmed in 2017 York City Knights ranks". The Press. 24 November 2016. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
External links
[edit]- York City Knights profile
- (archived by web.archive.org) Profile at featherstonerovers.net