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Squad Numbers Announced as Faumuina Flies In
Terry Matterson has released his squad numbers for 2009 just days before new signing, Sione Faumuina, flies into England. Terry, and the club, have requested that fans "Dont read too much into them, everyone in the squad will earn a place
in the matchday seventeen on merit, regardless of their squad number."
The full list is 1 Richard Owen, 2 Kirk Dixon, 3 Michael Shenton, 4 James Evans, 5 Michael Wainwright, 6 Rangi Chase, 7 Brent Sherwin, 8 Mitchell Sargent, 9 Ryan Hudson, 10 Craig Huby, 11 Brett Ferres, 12 Ryan Clayton, 13 Joe Westerman, 14 Stuart Jones, 15 Liam Higgins, 16 Chris Feather, 17 Ryan Boyle, 18 Nathan Massey, 19 Kirk Netherton, 20 James Ford, 21 Sione Faumuina, 23 Ryan McGoldrick, 25 Dean Widders, 26 Joe Arundel, 27 Jamie Cording, 28 John Davies, 29 Ben Gledhill, 30 Jordan Thompson, 31 Jonathan Walker.
Our squad page now hosts a unique Cas Forum graphic with this information on it.
In addition to the squad numbers being released it has been announced that 27-year-old New Zealander, Faumuina, who has been given the given the number 21 jersey, is set to arrive in England within the next few days.
Faumuina has signed a one year deal with the Tigers after joining them from North Queensland Cowboys. The second-row forward has received his clearance and paperwork from the Australian authorities and has been booked on a flight this weekend.
Friday, December 5, 2008
Tigers Boost Acadamy and Reserve Squads
The Tigers have added strength to their reserve squad and rewarded the form of eighteen-year old Sam Lynch and have also signed Clark Thompson, cousin of Jordan Thompson, to Dean Sampson's Academy side for next season.
Sam, whose form was fantastic last season in the U-18's Academy side, is seen as a player with a great deal of potential. The 18-year-old joined us from Normanton Knight juniors a year ago.
Clark Thompson is 17 and is already 6foot 2 and 18 stone. The Tigers won the prop-forward's signature over a host of other Super League clubs after being outstanding for the Normanton Knights under-18s and is believed to be a player who has the potential to do really well in the game.
Wednesday, December 3, 2008
RFL Reveal New Play-Off Format
The following is on official press release by the RFL regarding the new eight-team play-off format introduced from 2009 onwards. A diagram is available for Cas Forum viewers.
From the 2009 season onwards, the engage Super League Championship will be decided by an exciting new play-off format involving the top eight teams in the competition. The format will also feature an innovative new element which sees one team given the opportunity to choose its next opponent.
The series – expanded from the five and six team systems which have operated since 1998 - will be played over a four week period and will climax with the Grand Final at Old Trafford. The format is being introduced following consultation and discussion with the 14 member clubs in engage Super League and will bring tremendous added excitement and interest to both the regular season and the final decisive phase of the competition. The new structure has been developed by the RFL and is not a direct copy of other eight team formats operating in other sporting competitions elsewhere in the world.
The engage Super League play-offs will see all eight teams involved in the four matches which take place in the opening week. The League Leaders will face the fourth place team, second will play third, fifth will play eighth and sixth will face seventh.
The two matches involving the top four teams will be known as Qualifying Play-Offs and the winners of these games will progress directly to the third week of the series.
The losers in these two games will have another chance in the second week when they face the winners of the week one Elimination Play-Offs which involve the other four teams (the losers of these games will clearly take no further part). In week three, the winners of the two Qualifying Play-Offs will play the winners from week two.
Significantly, the winning team from week one with the highest League placing will be allowed to select their opponents at this stage, thus adding a further element to this phase of the competition.
Continue reading Sunday, November 30, 2008
Charity Football/Rugby Match for Watene Fund
Wakefield Wildcats, Police and soap stars are taking to the pitch in a charity
football/rugby match to raise money for the Adam Watene Fund and the
Wakefield Wildcats Community Trust Charity.
The match, which will see current Wildcat stars playing 45 minutes of football before reverting to their natural game playing 40 minutes of tag rugby, is set to be played on Sunday January 11th 2009 at the Wakefield Wildcats, Belle Vue Stadium, Doncaster Road, Wakefield. The kick off is at 2.30pm and will see the Emmerdale Allstars take on the Wakefield Wildcats.
Entry will be £5 for everyone and proceeds will be split between the two charities. The Adam Watene Fund has been set up to help his family as they attempt to rebuild their lives following his sudden death in October. Proceeds will be sent to Adam's partner Moana and two children Arana and Ena in New Zealand.
In addition some of the money will be used by the charity to help local children.
Although no Tigers stars will be playing, get yourself to Belle-Vue and support the family of an old Cas' favourite- a true gentleman on and off the pitch - Adam Watene.
Saturday, November 29, 2008