Jack Broadbent joins the Tigers

Castleford Tigers are thrilled to announce the signing of young outside back Jack Broadbent who has signed a two-year contract with the Club!

The Fords’ recruitment news is proudly brought to you and sponsored by the club’s official recruitment partner ORB Recruitment.

A former Batley Boys junior, Broadbent has developed and come through Leeds Rhinos’ Academy and impressed when he broke into their First Team following his debut in 2020. Across 22 appearances he scored nine times before making the move to Featherstone Rovers for most of the 2022 season on loan, where again he has shone picking up eight four-pointers in twelve games.

Adding further options to an exciting Castleford backline, the 22-year-old has begun life as a Tiger in pre-season this week following a few weeks off due to featuring for England Knights at the end of the domestic season.

Broadbent, who will be proudly sponsored by Zenith Flooring in 2023, has also impressed with the Knights programme scoring twice against Jamaica at The Jungle in 2021, and then also picking up a score against Scotland this past October.

Now ready for a new challenge, the exciting youngster is delighted to be part of the Tigers!

“I’m delighted to join Cas, I’ve had my first week here now and I’m having a blast!”, Broadbent told castlefordtigers.com

“The lads have made me feel really welcome and so have the coaches, I’m aching a bit after that first week of getting back into training, but I’ve really enjoyed it. The training has been good, and the standards are really high.”

With several familiar faces such as Alex Sutcliffe, Alex Mellor, Callum McLelland and Muizz Mustapha, the transition has been easy for Broadbent coming into the Cas camp.

“I feel like I’ve fitted in really well and you can definitely feel that it’s a close-knit team and hopefully we can do that on the field and take that into the season and into our rugby. 

“I’m really good friends with a couple of the boys and they’ve been telling me about the club before I came over and they’ve been giving me a bit of an insight. I’m happy to be back with them!” 

After spending most of the 2022 campaign on loan away from his parent club Leeds, Jack is looking to establish himself as a Super League talent.

“It probably didn’t go the way I wanted it to at Leeds last year and ended up on loan with Featherstone. I feel like I had a strong end to the season under Brian McDermott and I felt like I learned a lot during that time.  

“This is my first permanent move and I’m looking to make that step up and become a week-in, week-out Super League player.” 

Broadbent is already no stranger though to scoring tries at The Mend-A-Hose Jungle. Back in 2018, he scored a brace for Yorkshire against the Australian Schoolboys, in 2021 he picked up a try at centre for the Rhinos in Super League, and as previously referenced he got another two scores for England Knights against Jamaica!

“I can’t wait to pull that shirt on for the first time and I’ve got some fond memories playing down here for the England Knights and Yorkshire against Australia so I’m looking forward to scoring a few in front of the Cas fans hopefully.” 

Safe to say he knows his way to the try line, but he is comfortable playing anywhere across the backline and has already told his coach he will be putting his hand up to play anywhere.

“I would say I’m a bit of a wiry player who likes to get about and get involved. I’ve got a high work rate and want to work hard for the team. I like to put myself about and I don’t really like not touching the ball for too long. 

“At a young age, I think it’s good to have that versatility and being able to play in that number of positions because I probably wouldn’t have played half as many games if I could only play one position. I would say I probably prefer centre and maybe try and nail that down but wherever the team need me, and Lee asks me to play, I’m never going to say no.” 

Speaking about the newest addition to his 2023 squad, the Fords Head Coach Lee Radford said: “Jack is at the right age and right stage of his career to join us here at Cas. This is an opportunity for him to springboard personally and hopefully, we are going to reap the rewards of that. What he has been doing has been noticed and we are aiming to take that next step with him.

“I love his utility; he’s been in training a week and has bounced from one position to another and been at the front of some of the stuff we have done as well – credit where it is due. When we’ve come to sign him, I was made aware of his professionalism and how hard he trains, and I’m not disappointed so far.

“I’d say he is a mature kid for his age, again for the group it will hopefully be beneficial for us.”

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