Graham Holroyd

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

Graham Holroyd

Personal information
Born	(1975-10-25) 25 October 1975 (age 49) Halifax, West Yorkshire, England
Playing information
Rugby league
Position	Stand-off
Club Years Team Pld T G FG P 1993–98 Leeds Rhinos 170 50 373 14 960 1999 Halifax 27 5 87 5 199 2000–02 Salford City Reds 52 8 74 5 185 2003 Huddersfield Giants 8 0 0 0 0 2003–07 Doncaster 95 36 354 8 860 2007–08 Halifax 46 10 231 0 502 2009–10 Swinton Lions 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
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: [1][2][3]

Playing career

Club career

A former junior at Siddal, Holroyd made his professional rugby league debut for Leeds in the 1992–93 season.^[4] 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.^[5]

Representative honours

In 1998, he played for Emerging England in a 15–12 victory over Wales.^[6] 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.^[7][8]

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).^[9][10]