Graham Holroyd (born 25 October 1975) is an English

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 ...

and

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footballer who played for Halifax and

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( Heritage № 1295) as a . He re-joined Halifax after a two-year spell with Swinton. He won the

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with Halifax in 2010, beating

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23–22.

Representative career

In 1998, he played for Emerging England in a 15–12 victory over Wales. He had been named in the Ireland training squad for the

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but was not included in the final side due to a knee injury sustained in training.

Rugby union career

Although Graham spent most of his career playing rugby league he did spend several seasons playing

at northern clubs Halifax (2002–03) and Preston Grasshoppers (2011–12).

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Ireland profile
* * * 1975 births Living people English people of Irish descent English rugby league players Doncaster R.L.F.C. players Halifax R.L.F.C. players Huddersfield Giants players Leeds Rhinos players Oldham R.L.F.C. players Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C. players Rugby league five-eighths Rugby league players from Halifax, West Yorkshire Salford Red Devils players Alumni of Durham University British & Irish Lions rugby union players from England Durham University RFC players English rugby union players People educated at Bradford Grammar School Rugby union fly-halves Rugby union players from Halifax, West Yorkshire Sale Sharks players Swinton Lions players {{England-rugbyleague-bio-stub