Hull FC's ex boss Lee Radford lands new job

Castleford Tigers have appointed Lee Radford as their head coach on an initial two-year contract from the 2022 season.

The 42-year-old will replace departing Daryl Powell, who will end an eight-year spell with the club at the end of the ongoing Super League campaign and join Warrington Wolves.

Lee Radford was sacked by Hull FC in March 2020 after leading the Black and Whites to two Challenge Cup successes in seven years as their head coach.

Radford said he's really excited for the opportunity:

"I like what the club is about. From the outside it is a hardworking, honest, hard-faced club and I think you know what you're getting when you come here - I think all those descriptions suit me down to the ground.

"I'm very aware of the brand of rugby that is played at this ground and it's one I'm looking forward to having an effect on as well.

"How they play the brand of rugby they play here, I've always enjoyed watching it from the outside, I've always enjoyed coming up against it and trying to stop it.''

Radford joined the backroom team of his home-town club Hull FC in 2011, was appointed as head coach two years later and in 2016 ended the club's Wembley hoodoo with a Challenge Cup victory over Warrington.

He helped the Black and Whites retain their trophy with a win over Wigan and is now determined to bring long-awaited silverware to Castleford, who were runners-up at both Wembley and Old Trafford under Powell.