Joshua Hardcastle (born 28 August 1992) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre[3] or on the wing[4] for Featherstone Rovers in the Championship.

Josh Hardcastle
Personal information
Full nameJoshua Hardcastle
Born (1992-08-28) 28 August 1992 (age 32)
Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Weight14 st 7 lb (92 kg)
Playing information
PositionCentre, Wing
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2017– Featherstone Rovers 85 33 0 0 132
Source: [1][2]
As of 4 November 2022

Background

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Hardcastle was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

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Hardcastle was in the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats junior system and played in the Challenge Cup for the Featherstone Lions.[5][6]

He has also played in Australia[7] for the Whitsunday Brahmans in an amateur Queensland competition.[8]

Hardcastle played for Featherstone in their 2021 Million Pound Game loss against Toulouse Olympique.[9]

References

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  1. ^ Rugby League Project
  2. ^ loverugbyleague
  3. ^ "Hardcastle leads race to be Featherstone's top try scorer". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 25 May 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  4. ^ "FEATHERSTONE ROVERS 30-4 OLDHAM". Rugby-League. 23 April 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Hardcastle agrees two-year contract with Featherstone Rovers". Yorkshire Evening Post. 19 January 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  6. ^ "Featherstone hoping more can follow in "revelation" Hardcastle's footsteps". Total RL. 17 February 2017. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  7. ^ "Hardcastle impresses in Featherstone's cup win". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  8. ^ "Battered and bruised, Brahmans bring home the points from Mackay". Seniors Newspaperdate=8 May 2014. Retrieved 27 July 2017.
  9. ^ "Toulouse promoted to Super League after beating Featherstone". www.skysports.com.
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