Graham Holroyd

Graham Holroyd is an English rugby league and rugby union footballer who played for Halifax and Oldham RLFC as a. 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 [Rugby Football League season|1992–93 season]. 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 [Rugby League Premiership|1994–95 Premiership] final at Old Trafford. He was a substitute for Leeds in the inaugural 1998 [Super League Grand Final].

Representative honours

In 1998, he played for England [national rugby league team|Emerging England] in a 15–12 victory over Wales. He had been named in the Ireland national rugby league team#2008 [World Cup Training Squad|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.

Rugby union

Although Graham spent most of his career playing rugby league he did spend several seasons playing rugby union at northern clubs Halifax and Preston Grasshoppers.