ROUGHYEDS boss Sean Long has named his squad numbers for the upcoming 2024 season.
Included in the first 17 are ten new faces signed in the off-season such as Danny Craven, Adam Lawton and Mo Agoro.
Taking the number 1 shirt is Logan Astley, who the club signed from Wigan Warriors on a two-year deal last month.
The numbers assigned to our other new recruits are as follows:
Jordan Turner (3), Mo Agoro (5), Danny Craven (6), Craig Kopczak (8), Matty Wildie (9), Joe Wardle (11), Adam Lawton (12), Elijah Taylor (13), Owen Farnworth (16).
Of the players retained from the previous season, Kian Morgan is the only player to maintain the same jersey, with him set to wear number four once more in the upcoming 2024 season.
The numbers for our other retained players are: Nick Rawsthorne (2), Jamie Ellis (7), Pat Moran (10), Jordan Paga (14), Josh Johnson (15), Emmerson Whittel (17), George Hirst (20).
Long gave an insight into the thinking behind the number selections, which were done before pre-season started on November 14.
“You can’t read too much into them because it’s in pre-season on the training field where I will be deciding who starts and who doesn’t,” he said.
“You might have a gauge of what the team is going to be, but if number 23 or number 25 is really impressing in training then he will play.
“Sometimes you ask the lads what number they would prefer as well, and we have a lot of competition in the squad so everybody is fighting for the starting jerseys.”
Squad numbers in full:
1, Logan Astley; 2, Nick Rawsthorne; 3, Jordan Turner; 4, Kian Morgan; 5, Mo Agoro; 6, Danny Craven; 7, Jamie Ellis; 8, Craig Kopczak; 9, Matty Wildie; 10, Pat Moran; 11, Joe Wardle; 12, Adam Lawton; 13, Elijah Taylor; 14, Jordan Paga; 15, Josh Johnson; 16, Owen Farnworth; 17, Emmerson Whittel; 18, Jay Chapelhow; 19, Jumah Sambou; 20, George Hirst; 21, Mackenzie Turner; 22, Ted Chapelhow; 23, Jack Johnson; 24, Ben O’Keefe; 25, Bailey Aldridge; 26, Brad Gallagher; 27, Cian Tyrer; 28, Kieran Tyrer
