Thomas Saxton (born 3 October 1983) is an English former professional
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 last played for the
York City Knights
The York Knights are the men's professional rugby league team of York RLFC (known as the York City Knights from 2002 to 2022) based in York, England. The Knights played their home games at Huntington Stadium before moving to Bootham Crescent. ...
in
Kingstone Press League 1, usually as a , but also as a or .
He has previously played for the
Castleford Tigers
The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...
(
Heritage № 791),
Hull FC
Hull Football Club, commonly referred to as Hull or Hull F.C., is a professional rugby league football club established in 1865 and based in West Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The club plays in the Super League competition and wer ...
,
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Rugby Football League, Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, betw ...
and the
Salford City Reds
The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been t ...
in the
Super League
The Super League (officially known as the Betfred Super League due to sponsorship from Betfred and legally known as Super League Europe), is the top-level of the British rugby league system. At present the league consists of twelve teams, of wh ...
. Also he has represented
England A-Team and England Academy.
Saxton played for Hull in the
2005 Challenge Cup
The 2005 Powergen Rugby League Challenge Cup was played by teams from across Europe during the 2005 rugby league season. Hull F.C. won the cup defeating Leeds Rhinos in the final.
Qualifying Round
First Round
Second Round
Third Round
Four ...
Final from the interchange bench in their victory against the
Leeds Rhinos
The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...
.
He played for six seasons with the
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a professional rugby league club in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England, who play in the Championship (rugby league), Championship. Featherstone is a former coal mining town with a population of around 16,000 and Rover ...
before moving to
Halifax in 2015. In November 2016 he signed for York having joined the club on-loan earlier in the year.
Genealogical information
Tommy Saxton is the brother of the rugby league footballer;
Nicky Saxton, and the nephew of the rugby league footballer;
Alan Banks.
References
External links
York City Knights profile*(archived by web.archive.org
Profile at featherstonerovers.net
1983 births
Living people
Castleford Tigers players
English rugby league players
Featherstone Rovers players
Halifax R.L.F.C. players
Hull F.C. players
Rugby league centres
Rugby league fullbacks
Rugby league players from Pontefract
Rugby league wingers
Salford Red Devils players
Wakefield Trinity players
York City Knights players
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