Castleford Tigers welcome former Harlequins Rugby Union scrum-half Lloyd Wheeldon on a one-month trial.
A serving Lance Corporal in 3 Para, Wheeldon began his trial period with the club at the start of January and has been involved in the start of the 2021 pre-season after being granted a temporary release from active service.
The 24-year-old has featured for the British Army's Senior XV before joining Quins in 2019 and is now looking to pursue opportunities in rugby league.
Wheeldon commented: “This is my eighth year in the army, I played army rugby union First Team, so I’ve always been a union-dominant player. I've played in high-end games like Army vs. Navy and obviously got poached for Harlequins from there.
“I’ve always wanted to try playing rugby league and I got quite friendly with Sean Long when he was down there. I got chatting to him about it and then put the feelers out there through my agent, and then an opportunity came up for a trial with Cas after Daryl (Powell) showed interest.
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Good luck to him, if he’s anything like Ratu naulagu who came from the army it would be nice.
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A WIN /WIN situation for the club.
Powell likes to have a trialist / Work in progress on the go.
Not all of them work out, I'm sure he has a plan.
Powell likes to have a trialist / Work in progress on the go.
Not all of them work out, I'm sure he has a plan.
I remember Peter Small
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I mean Ratu was a winger this guy is a fly half . Huddersfield signing quality players and we’re signing up lads from the army
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HO for a millionaire with loads of money he does not wantTigersbarmy wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:05 I mean Ratu was a winger this guy is a fly half . Huddersfield signing quality players and we’re signing up lads from the army
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We've all ready made are main signings there's also a number of good young prospects in the squad for the coming season
We've just taken this kid on trial good luck to him
We've just taken this kid on trial good luck to him
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Good luck to the lad, and being a serviceman I'm sure his head will be screwed on rate.
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Just because hudds have spent spent spent don’t mean nothing.Tigersbarmy wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:05 I mean Ratu was a winger this guy is a fly half . Huddersfield signing quality players and we’re signing up lads from the army
Look at Warrington.
Austin and widdop was gonna be the best thing since sliced bread.
As for us I still think we are a prop short.
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It'll be interesting to see how he goes but what happens if he's deemed good enough to sign on a full-time contract, can he just leave the army or put his career on hold?
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I hate posts like this.Tigersbarmy wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 11:05 I mean Ratu was a winger this guy is a fly half . Huddersfield signing quality players and we’re signing up lads from the army
There's a huge difference in agenda's between us and Huddersfield right now, TigersBarmy. They've stagnated the last few years and HAD to make quality signings. We have the nucleus of a very good squad, that just needed a few tweeks, which we have!
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We’ve got a good squad? We won 2 games post lockdown and come 3rd bottom . Must be some squad we’ve got . Be same again long old season ahead .
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Or..before lockdown we looked the best team in the comp and have strengthend the team quite a bit
Depends which way you look at it I suppose...
Depends which way you look at it I suppose...
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For consecutive weeks, we had at least 12 players out at any time. Take that from any team and they are in the exact same boat as we were.Tigersbarmy wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 13:35 We’ve got a good squad? We won 2 games post lockdown and come 3rd bottom . Must be some squad we’ve got . Be same again long old season ahead .
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What's your defence for being 2nd before lockdown?
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zero on the salary cap, should we end up taking him on...
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And made some great additions with players coming back from injury, let people moan, he’ll be the first to pop up when they start winning again.heritage1926 wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 14:00For consecutive weeks, we had at least 12 players out at any time. Take that from any team and they are in the exact same boat as we were.Tigersbarmy wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 13:35 We’ve got a good squad? We won 2 games post lockdown and come 3rd bottom . Must be some squad we’ve got . Be same again long old season ahead .
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Imagine being this guys wife.Tigersbarmy wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 13:35 We’ve got a good squad? We won 2 games post lockdown and come 3rd bottom . Must be some squad we’ve got . Be same again long old season ahead .
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Poor woman.
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Is it my eyes or are we 4th bottom on that list?
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'Serious about Rugby League' predicts us 3rd from bottom!!!!! Only HKR and Leigh below us.
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It's to be expected to be fair. Usually 'journalists' predict the table on teams that have gone out and spent a boat load on new players. I think the only guarantee this year, is Saints finish in the top 2. Rest is to play for.
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Following on from the uncertainty after Saints, I feel we could finish anywhere from bottom to 3rd. Bit of luck we may even push Saints off top spot but I'd be very pleasantly surprised if we did.heritage1926 wrote: ↑12 Jan 2021, 15:11It's to be expected to be fair. Usually 'journalists' predict the table on teams that have gone out and spent a boat load on new players. I think the only guarantee this year, is Saints finish in the top 2. Rest is to play for.
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