Castleford Tigers have signed Warrington Wolves half-back Riley Dean on a season-long loan deal to ease their injury crisis.
The 21 year-old has spent the first half of this campaign on loan at Championship leaders Featherstone but now makes the short trip down the road to The Jungle. Castleford have been hit with injury issues to their spine with captain and hooker Paul McShane ruled out for two months and England full-back Niall Evalds potentially sidelined for the rest of the campaign. Scrum-half Danny Richardson is out with an ACL and won't play this season.
Stand-off Gareth Widdop has switched to full-back with centre Jack Broadbent filling in at No.6. But Tigers boss Andy Last, whose side are just four points off the relegation spot, said: “Riley Dean is a quality young player with some Super League and Championship experience which will be invaluable for us until the end of the season.
