Glen Tomlinson

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Glen Tomlinson
Personal information
Full name Glen Tomlinson
Born Australia
Playing information
Position Five-eighth/Stand-off, Halfback/Scrum-half
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
≤1 Sep 1991–1 Sep 91 Caboolture
1 Sep 1991–96 Batley Bulldogs 208 124 6
1996–98 Bradford Bulls 12 48
1998 Hull 5 1 0 0 4
1999–2000 Wakefield Wildcats 76 8 0 0 32
2001–03 Batley Bulldogs
Total 289 145 0 6 84
Source: rugbyleagueproject.org

Glen Tomlinson (born (1970-03-18) 18 March 1970) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, playing at club level for Caboolture, Batley Bulldogs (twice), Bradford Bulls, Hull, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, as a Five-eighth/Stand-off, or Halfback/Scrum-half. A stand at Batley Bulldogs' ground, Mount Pleasant, is named after Glen Tomlinson.[1]

Club Records

Glen Tomlinson scored 124 tries during his two spells with Batley, breaking the Batley club record for tries in a career, which had been set by Wattie Davies way back in 1912, who had scored 123 tries in 421 matches.[2]

Financial Crisis At Wakefield Trinity Wildcats

In 2000, at the height of a financial crisis at Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, the contracts of all players aged over 24 were terminated during September 2000. The players affected were; Andy Fisher, Bobbie Goulding, Warren Jowitt, Tony Kemp (player-coach), Steve McNamara, Francis Maloney, Martin Masella, Steve Prescott, Bright Sodje, Francis Stephenson, and Glen Tomlinson.[3]

References

  1. ↑ Edgar, Harry (2008). Rugby League Journal Annual 2009 [Page-47]. Rugby League Journal Publishing. ISBN 978-0-9548355-4-5
  2. ↑ "Tomlinson debut at the Mount". rugbyleague.org. 1 September 2007. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 
  3. ↑ "Goodway calls for aid package". BBC. 31 December 2011. Retrieved 1 January 2012. 

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