Graham Holroyd

Graham Holroyd
Personal information
Born (1975-10-25) 25 October 1975
Halifax, England
Playing information
Rugby league
Position Stand-off
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1993–98 Leeds 170 50 373 14 960
1999 Halifax 27 5 87 5 199
2000–02 Salford 52 8 74 5 185
2003 Huddersfield 8 0 0 0 0
2003–07 Doncaster 95 36 354 8 860
2007–08 Halifax 46 10 231 0 502
2009–10 Swinton 26 6 25 2 76
2010–11 Halifax 17 2 32 1 73
2012 Oldham 5 0 6 0 12
Total 446 117 1182 35 2867
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
1998 Emerging England 1 0 3 0 6
Rugby union
Position Fly Half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2002–03 Halifax 19 7 34 33 202
2011–12 Preston 22 0 45 35 195
Total 41 7 79 68 397
Source: RLP loverugbyleague.com
Rugby Statbunker

Graham Holroyd (born 25 October 1975) is an English rugby league player who currently plays for Halifax as a stand off. He rejoined Halifax after a two-year spell with Swinton. Holroyd played for Leeds in the 1994 and 1995 challenge cup finals at Wembley Stadium at scrum half, and from the substitutes bench in their 1998 Super League Grand Final loss to Wigan. He is also the youngest player in Rugby League history to amass 500 career points whilst at Leeds.[1] He won the Championship with Halifax in 2010, beating Featherstone Rovers 23-22.

Representative career

In 1998, he played for Emerging England in a 15–12 win against Wales.[2] He had been named in the Ireland training squad for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup but was not included in the final side due to a knee injury sustained in training.[3][4]He also played for Siddal ARLFC before beginning his profeesional career.

Rugby Union career

Although Graham spent most of his career playing rugby league he did spend several seasons playing rugby union at northern clubs Halifax (2002-03) and Preston Grasshoppers (2011-12), accumulating almost 400 points as the main kicker for both sides.[5][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Graham Holroyd". Leeds Rhinos. Retrieved 18 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Irvine, Christopher (20 July 1998). "Elder statesmen negotiate England escape". The Times (London: News International Trading Limited). p. 32. (subscription required (help)).
  3. ↑ "Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad". Rugby League Ireland. 2008-08-01. Retrieved 2008-08-02.
  4. ↑ "Cassidy included in Ireland squad". BBC. 2008-10-07. Retrieved 2008-10-07.
  5. ↑ "Player Movements and signings in national 2". rolling-maul.com. 21 June 2011.
  6. ↑ "Graham Holroyd Record by competition". Rugby Statbunker. 28 April 2012.

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