Glen Tomlinson (born 18 March 1970) is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at club level for Caboolture, the Batley Bulldogs (two spells), the Bradford Bulls, Hull F.C. and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats as a or . A stand at Batley Bulldogs' ground, Mount Pleasant is named after Glen Tomlinson.
Playing career
Batley
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 122 tries in 448 matches. He held the record until 2006, when he was surpassed by Craig Lingard.
Bradford Bulls
In January 1996, Tomlinson was signed by Bradford Bulls in an exchange deal, with three Bradford players (Phil Hardwick, Dave Turpin and Roger Simpson) moving to Batley.
He played in the 1997 Challenge Cup final defeat against St Helens.
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.
References
External links
1999 RUGBY LEAGUE: TEAM-BY-TEAM GUIDE TO SUPER LEAGUE
2001 Super League Team-by-team guide
1970 births
Living people
Australian rugby league players
Australian expatriate sportspeople in England
Batley Bulldogs players
Bradford Bulls players
Hull F.C. players
Place of birth missing (living people) Rugby league halfbacks Wakefield Trinity players