Castleford Tigers Women and Castleford RUFC are pleased to announce the formation of a new partnership as the Women’s Super League RL club will use the Rugby Union club’s facilities at Willowbridge Lane, Whitwood, Castleford as their base for training and matches in 2018. It shows a determination on the part of both clubs to provide quality opportunities for women and girls to play both performance and developmental rugby league in the Five Towns area.
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The Tigresses have already played five games at the union ground and have been impressed by the facilities and the welcome provided. Head Coach, Lindsay Anfield said “Everyone at Cas RUFC has been great with us. They have been very supportive and have made all our team and opponents very welcome. The club have fantastic facilities; training and playing from here will be a positive move.
We’re continually looking to move forward as a club, setting the bar for women’s rugby league as high as possible with the service we offer our players. After such a successful first season, we aim to progress further through this partnership, creating a clear pathway for girls in the area to reach the top level of rugby league, and follow in the footsteps of the men.”
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Lindsay Anfield added; “We have worked hard to set up a development squad for our Super League team and we’re inviting local girls from 14 upwards to come down to play 6 a-side Touch Rugby and to see what we can offer next season and going forward.
“We’ll meet at 6.30 for a 7.00pm kick off and will play under floodlights. Girls can come on their own or in groups, it will be a friendly atmosphere and we will organise teams on the night.”
Food and drinks will be available afterwards.
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Dave Watson of Castleford RUFC added his view that this will be a great opportunity for both clubs: “We have been only too pleased to help Lindsay and the Tigers Women out and we’ve enjoyed them being down at our club. We’re delighted that they’ll be down for their next season. There are some great rugby league teams around us and obviously Castleford is a RL town. There is an awful lot of talent that is still largely untapped and many of our current girls, playing in our successful U13s, U15s and U18s, play both codes – and do well at it.
“We’re launching our own ladies’ team as this is part the development plan for our own club but working with Tigers Women will benefit both clubs and we’d hope to become known as the place to provide opportunities for girls and women to continue with their sporting life at and beyond school and college.”
Report courtesy of Castleford Tigers Women
