Graham Holroyd

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|position = {{rlp|SO}}

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1975|10|25}}

|birth_place = Halifax, West Yorkshire, England

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|club1 = Leeds Rhinos

|year1start = 1993

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|appearances1 = 170

|tries1 = 50

|goals1 = 373

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|points1 = 960

|club2 = Halifax

|year2start = 1999

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|appearances2 = 27

|tries2 = 5

|goals2 = 87

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|points2 = 199

|club3 = Salford City Reds

|year3start = 2000

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|appearances3 = 52

|tries3 = 8

|goals3 = 74

|fieldgoals3 = 5

|points3 = 185

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|appearances4 = 8

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|goals4 = 0

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|club5 = Doncaster

|year5start = 2003

|year5end = 07

|appearances5 = 95

|tries5 = 36

|goals5 = 354

|fieldgoals5 = 8

|points5 = 860

|club6 = Halifax

|year6start = 2007

|year6end = 08

|appearances6 = 46

|tries6 = 10

|goals6 = 231

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|points6 = 502

|club7 = Swinton Lions

|year7start = 2009

|year7end = 10

|appearances7 = 26

|tries7 = 6

|goals7 = 25

|fieldgoals7 = 2

|points7 = 76

|club8 = Halifax

|year8start = 2010

|year8end = 11

|appearances8 = 17

|tries8 = 2

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|points8 = 73

|club9 = Oldham

|year9start = 2012

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|appearances9 = 5

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|points9 = 12

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|ru_year1end = 03

|ru_appearances1 = 19

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|ru_goals1 = 34

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|ru_points1 = 202

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Graham Holroyd (born 25 October 1975) is an English rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for Halifax and Oldham RLFC as a {{rlp|so}}. He re-joined Halifax after a two-year spell with Swinton. He won the Championship with Halifax in 2010, beating Featherstone Rovers 23–22.

Playing career

=Club career=

A former junior at Siddal, Holroyd made his professional rugby league debut for Leeds in the 1992–93 season.{{cite web |title=1992-1993 |url=https://www.therhinos.co.uk/timeline/1990s/1992-1993 |website=Leeds Rhinos |access-date=18 May 2024}} He played for Leeds in their Challenge Cup final defeats against Wigan in 1994 and 1995, and also started in the heavy defeat against Wigan in the 1994–95 Premiership final at Old Trafford. He was a substitute for Leeds in the inaugural 1998 Super League Grand Final.{{cite web |title=Leeds Rhinos Nostalgia: Leeds lose out in first Grand Final in 1998 |url=https://www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/leeds-rhinos-nostalgia-leeds-lose-out-in-first-grand-final-in-1998-239593 |website=Yorkshire Evening Post |access-date=18 May 2024 |date=22 October 2018}}

=Representative honours=

In 1998, he played for Emerging England in a 15–12 victory over Wales.{{cite news|last=Irvine|first=Christopher|title=Elder statesmen negotiate England escape|newspaper=The Times|date=20 July 1998|page=32|publisher=News International Trading Limited|location=London|id={{ProQuest|317976921}}}} 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.rli.ie/story.php?id=53|title=Ireland Name World Cup 40 Man Training Squad|publisher=Rugby League Ireland|date=1 August 2008|access-date=2 August 2008|archive-date=11 April 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200411004717/http://www.rli.ie/story.php?id=53|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/rugby_league/7657596.stm|title=Cassidy included in Ireland squad|publisher=BBC|date=7 October 2008|access-date=7 October 2008}}

=Rugby union=

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).{{cite web|url=http://www.rolling-maul.com/player-movements-and-signings-in-national-2_topic6242.html|title=Player Movements and signings in national 2|publisher=rolling-maul.com|date=21 June 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://rugby.statbunker.com/players/GetHistoryStats?player_id=9974&comps_type=-1&dates=-1|title=Graham Holroyd Record by competition|publisher=Rugby Statbunker|date=28 April 2012}}

References

External links

{{cite web|title=Graham Holroyd |url=http://site1.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/cgi-bin/player.pl?player=Graham%20Holroyd |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081004121122/http://site1.halifaxrlfc.co.uk/cgi-bin/player.pl?player=Graham%20Holroyd |url-status=dead |archive-date=4 October 2008 |publisher=Halifax RLFC |access-date=25 May 2015 }}
[https://web.archive.org/web/20160120130300/http://rli.ie/17,profile Ireland profile]
{{cite web|title=Player Records|url=http://www.englandrl.co.uk/statistics/player_records?search=Holroyd&submit=Go&c=England|publisher=englandrl.co.uk|access-date=14 July 2016}}
{{cite web|title=Graham Holroyd Career Stats & Summary|url=http://www.rugbyleagueproject.org/players/Graham-Holroyd/summary.html|publisher=rugbyleagueproject.org|access-date=14 July 2016}}
{{cite news|title=Featherstone Rovers 22–23 Halifax (aet)|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/9022626.stm|access-date=14 July 2016|publisher=BBC News|date=26 September 2010}}

Category:1975 births

Category:Living people

Category:English people of Irish descent

Category:English rugby league players

Category:Doncaster R.L.F.C. players

Category:Halifax Panthers players

Category:Huddersfield Giants players

Category:Leeds Rhinos players

Category:Oldham R.L.F.C. players

Category:Preston Grasshoppers R.F.C. players

Category:Rugby league five-eighths

Category:Rugby league players from Halifax, West Yorkshire