Brad Billsborough (4 August 1998) is a British

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who plays as a for the

Midlands Hurricanes The Midlands Hurricanes are a semi-professional rugby league club jointly based in Birmingham and Coventry, West Midlands, England. They were founded as the Coventry Bears in 1998 and entered the third tier of the British rugby league system, ...

Betfred League 1 RFL League One (for sponsorship reasons currently known as the Betfred League One) is a professional rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. Part of the British rugby league pyramid, the competition features clubs from England an ...

. He also represents

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

internationally. He has previously played for

Whitehaven Whitehaven is a town and port on the English north west coast and near to the Lake District National Park in Cumbria, England. Historically in Cumberland, it lies by road south-west of Carlisle and to the north of Barrow-in-Furness. It is th ...

and the

Swinton Lions The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Championship. The club has won the Championship six times and three Challenge Cups. Before 1996, the club was known s ...

in the Betfred Championship after coming through the St Helens academy team, He had a spell in Australia in 2019 season winning the group 2 premiership with Grafton Ghost. Billsboroughs' junior clubs were Newton Storm &

Thatto Heath Crusaders Thatto Heath Crusaders is an amateur rugby league club situated in Thatto Heath, St Helens, Merseyside. The club currently competes in the National Conference League Premier Division History ''Thatto Heath'' RLFC began life in 1981, originall ...

. He was selected to play for

in the 2021 World Cup qualifiers; he qualifies via his mother who was born in Germany. In 2018, Billsborough became Germany’s youngest ever captain

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Billsborough, Brad 1998 births Living people Coventry Bears players English rugby league players English people of German descent English expatriate sportspeople in Australia English expatriate rugby league players Expatriate rugby league players in Australia Germany national rugby league team captains Germany national rugby league team players North Wales Crusaders players Rugby league halfbacks Rugby league players from Wigan Swinton Lions players Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players