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Tom Michael Hall (born 16 June 2001) is an amateur dual-code rugby international who plays rugby league for the Scotland national rugby league team and as a er, Harrogate Hawks in the Yorkshire Men's League.

Background
Hall was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England. He is of Scottish and Irish descent and has a right to play for Malta national rugby league team under the International Rugby League (IRL) eligibility rules that states that if that country has been that player's "principal country of residence" three years up until the date of the player's selection he is eligible to represent that country.

Rugby League
Hall made his début for his boyhood club Normanton Knights against Castleford Panthers in 2016 after 5 years away from the sport where he only made one appearance after receiving an ankle injury.

He made his return to the sport in 2019 with Wakefield Blues, a team he founded. Hall was made captain at the beginning of the year. With 7 appearances and 3 tries the club was folded and he joined rivals Sheffield Forgers where he made his first team début at the end of the season against Brotherton Bulldogs coming out with a win.

Hall has so far played 5 of the last 8 games of the 2021 season, missing out on the first 2 rounds due to injury. He scored 2 tries against Kinsley Hotel Raiders on 19th June 2021.

On 6th August 2021, Hall was loaned out to Harrogate Hawks on a two week loan deal with his first game resulting in a 36-20 loss to Leeds Akkies at home.

On 31st August 2021, Hall signed for Harrogate Hawks for the 2022 season after 2 years with Sheffield Forgers.

International career
In 2011, Hall was selected to represent Malta national rugby league team against France national rugby league team in Hamrun, Malta. He scored 2 tries in 3 games, 2 of which were scored against France.

In 2021, Hall was selected for the Scotland national rugby league team train-on squad in Edinburgh, Scotland ahead of the 2021 Rugby League World Cup.

He played his first international test vs England in the starting line-up. He would then go on and score 2 tries in the next game against West Oxfordshire Levellers in the Milton Keynes tournament.