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| Full name | Joshua Hardcastle | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 28 August 1992 Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 14 st 7 lb (92 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Centre, Wing | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Joshua Hardcastle (born 28 August 1992) is a professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre [3] or on the wing [4] for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.
Hardcastle was born in Pontefract, West Yorkshire, England.
Hardcastle was in the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats junior system and played in the Challenge Cup for the Featherstone Lions. [5] [6]
He has also played in Australia [7] for the Whitsunday Brahmans in an amateur Queensland competition. [8]
Hardcastle played for Featherstone in their 2021 Million Pound Game loss against Toulouse Olympique. [9]
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