Rising stars get chance to shine at Castleford

Leeds Rhinos Transition Coach Chev Walker has named an exciting looking line up to face Castleford Tigers in Brad Singleton's Testimonial game this Sunday, kick off 3pm. 

The back line includes the players who reached the Academy and Reserve Grand Finals last season whilst there is some experience in the pack with new signing Jeremiah Mata'utia being joined by Tom Nicholson-Watton and Ben Littlewood. Harley Thomas, Oscar Brown, Jacob Hardy, Marcus Qareqare, Jacob Stead, Joe Diskin and Oliver Smart have all trained in pre-season with the first team are included, along with Joe Butterfield, who is amongst the replacements. 

On the bench are first year academy players Robin Smith, Jacob To'oala and Sonny Hetherington . 

The squad in full is:

1. Harley Thomas
2. Tom Richardson
3. Jacob Hardy
4. Oscar Brown
5. Marcus Qareqare
6. Dylan Hutchinson
7. Harry Smith
8. Jacob Stead
9. Joe Diskin
10. Jeremiah Mata'utia
11. Ben Littlewood
12. Oliver Smart
13. Tom Nicholson-Watton

14. Elliot Fox
15. Joe Butterfield
16. Hughie Tinkler
17. Dacx Jones-Buchanan
18. Harvey Butterworth
19. Robin Smith
20. Wade White
21. Jacob To'oala
22. Sonny Hetherington