Tom Briscoe Rugby player
Tom Briscoe (born 19 March 1990 in Featherstone, West Yorkshire) is an English professional rugby league footballer for Leeds Rhinos of Super League. An England international representative three-quarter, he professionally for Leeds and Hull.Briscoe signed for Hull FC from Amateur team Featherstone Lions and made his Super League debut in the opening game of the 2008 season for Hull against Warrington at the Halliwell Jones.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. 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 Elite Training squad. In 2010 Tom was joined in the Hull FC squad by younger brother Jack who graduated from the Academy.At the end of 2010 he played for England against a New Zealand Māori side and went on to face the full New Zealand Kiwis in the Four Nations. In 2011 Tom was selected to face the rugby league at Headingley Carnegie Stadium in the first ever International Origin.On 2 October Tom signed for Leeds Rhinos, Luke Briscoe Toms younger brother, also plays for Leeds Rhinos.On 16 February 2014 Tom made his debut 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(For 2014 Super League season highlights, stats and results click on 2014 Super League season results)
