Thomas Minns

Thomas "Tom" Minns (born 4 September 1994) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Championship.

Tom Minns
Personal information
Full nameThomas Minns
Born (1994-09-04) 4 September 1994
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 0 in (184 cm)
Weight14 st 5 lb (91 kg)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2013–15 Leeds Rhinos 3 1 0 0 4
2014(loan) → London Broncos 24 6 0 0 24
2015(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 16 8 0 0 32
2016–18 Hull Kingston Rovers 49 34 0 0 136
2019 Hull Kingston Rovers 0 0 0 0 0
2020–21 Featherstone Rovers 11 6 0 0 24
2022 Newcastle Thunder 0 0 0 0 0
2022– Wakefield Trinity 2 1 0 0 4
Total 105 56 0 0 224
As of 26 December 2021
Source: [1][2]

He has previously played for the Leeds Rhinos, and on loan from Leeds at the London Broncos and Featherstone Rovers, and Hull Kingston Rovers in two separate spells in the Super League and the Championship.

Background

Minns was born in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England.

Playing career

Playing positions

He primarily plays as a centre, but he can also play on the wing.

Senior career

Leeds Rhinos

In 2013, Thomas Minns made three appearances for the Leeds Rhinos and scored a single try.[3]

London Broncos

In 2014, he was loaned to the London Broncos, with two of his fellow, young team-mates from the Leeds Rhinos.

Featherstone Rovers

Minns spent the 2015 season on loan at the Featherstone Rovers, recording 16 outings and posting 8 tries.

Hull Kingston Rovers

Then on 3 July 2015, it was announced that Minns had signed a three-year deal to play for Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League, starting from the 2016 rugby league season.

Minns suffered relegation from the Super League with Hull Kingston Rovers in the 2016 season, due to losing the Million Pound Game at the hands of the Salford Red Devils.

12-months later however, Minns was part of the Hull Kingston Rovers' side that won promotion back to the Super League, at the first time of asking following relegation the season prior.

On 22 May 2019, it was announced that Minns would be returning to play for Hull Kingston Rovers until the end of the 2019 season.

Newcastle Thunder

On 25 Oct 2021 it was reported that he had signed for Newcastle Thunder in the RFL Championship[4]

Wakefield Trinity

On 5 Jan 2022 it was reported that he had signed for Wakefield Trinity in the Super League[5]

References
  1. Love Rugby League
  2. RLP
  3. "Thomas Minns Player Stats". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 28 May 2014.
  4. "Newcastle Thunder coach Eamon O'Carroll excited by quartet of signings". Love Rugby League. 25 October 2021. Retrieved 26 December 2021.
  5. "Thomas Minns "buzzing" to be at Wakefield". Love Rugby League. 5 January 2022. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
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