Tom Briscoe

Tom Briscoe (born 19 March 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger for the Leeds Rhinos in the Betfred Super League and England at international level.

Tom Briscoe
Personal information
Full nameThomas Briscoe
Born (1990-03-19) 19 March 1990[1]
Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (1.83 m)
Weight15 st 10 lb (100 kg)
Playing information
PositionWing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2008–13 Hull F.C. 147 90 0 0 360
2014– Leeds Rhinos 164 83 0 0 332
Total 311 173 0 0 692
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009– England 15 11 0 0 44
As of 1 January 2021
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He previously played for Hull F.C. in the Super League.[2][3]

Briscoe jointly holds the record for most tries in all Challenge Cup finals with six (tied with Wigan`s Kevin Iro).

Background

Briscoe was born in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England.

Club career
Briscoe playing for Hull F.C.
Briscoe representing England

Hull F.C.

Briscoe signed for Hull F.C. from Amateur team Featherstone Lions, and made his Super League début in the opening game of the 2008 season for Hull against Warrington at the Halliwell Jones Stadium.

Following his impressive start to the 2009 season, Briscoe signed a new five-year contract which kept him at the KC Stadium until the end of the 2013 season.[5] Briscoe was also rewarded for his fine form in the early stages of the 2009 season by being included in the first batch of players to be called up to the England Elite Training squad.[6] In 2010 Tom was joined in the Hull F.C. squad by younger brother Jack, who graduated from the Academy.

Leeds Rhinos

On 2 October 2013 Tom signed for Leeds Rhinos, joining up with his younger brother Luke.

On 16 February 2014 Tom made his début for the Leeds Rhinos, scoring at hat trick of tries against Hull Kingston Rovers at the KC Lightstream Stadium in a 34-6 win and scored 8 tries in his first 10 appearances in a very successful start to his Leeds Rhinos career.

He played in the 2014 Challenge Cup Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Wembley Stadium.[7]

In the 2015 Challenge Cup Final on 29 August 2015, Briscoe scored five tries, the first player to achieve this at Wembley Stadium, as Leeds defeated Hull Kingston Rovers 50-0.[8] Briscoe was named Lance Todd Trophy winner for his performance in this match.[8][9][10]

He played in the 2015 Super League Grand Final victory over the Wigan Warriors at Old Trafford.[11]

He played in the 2017 Super League Grand Final victory over the Castleford Tigers at Old Trafford.[12][13][14]

He played for Leeds in the 2020 Challenge Cup Final and scored a try in a 17-16 victory over Salford at Wembley Stadium.[15]

International career

At the end of 2010, Briscoe made his international début for England in a friendly match against a New Zealand Māori side and then went on to face the full New Zealand team in the Four Nations. In 2011 Tom was selected to face the rugby league at Headingley Carnegie Stadium in the first ever International Origin match. He subsequently became established in the England team.[4]

Honours

Club

Individual

References
  1. Stott, Julie (6 October 2010). "England Four Nations Pen Pics". News of the World. UK: News Group Newspapers Ltd. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. "Profile at loverugbyleague.com". loverugbyleague.com. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  3. "Statistics at rugbyleagueproject.org". rugbyleagueproject.org. 31 December 2017. Retrieved 1 January 2018.
  4. "England Statistics at englandrl.co.uk". englandrl.co.uk. 31 December 2017. Archived from the original on 2 December 2013. Retrieved 1 January 2018.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  5. "Briscoe signs new Hull contract". BBC News. 13 March 2009.
  6. "Pryce not included in elite squad". BBC News. 14 May 2009.
  7. "Leeds lift Challenge Cup after Ryan Hall's double stuns Castleford". Guardian. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 13 November 2019.
  8. "Challenge Cup final: Hull KR 0-50 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
  9. "Leeds emphatically shut out Hull KR to lift Challenge Cup". Guardian. 29 August 2015. Retrieved 8 November 2019.
  10. "Scoreboard". Rugby Leaguer & League Express (2982). 31 August 2015. p. 31.
  11. "Leeds pip Wigan to seal treble after brilliant, breathless Grand Final". Guardian. 10 October 2015. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  12. "Castleford 6-24 Leeds: Grand Final 2017 – as it happened". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2019.
  13. "Grand Final 2017: Castleford 6-24 Leeds Rhinos". BBC Sport. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  14. "Danny McGuire guides Leeds to Grand Final success over Castleford". Guardian. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 9 October 2017.
  15. "Leeds beat Salford 17-16 after Luke Gale lands late winning drop-goal". www.bbc.co.uk.
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