Youngquest makes Cas switch

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Youngquest makes Cas switch

Youngquest: caught the eye of the Tigers

You only have to look at his stats. He's in the top five metre makers in Super League this year and we're delighted to have captured him.

Terry Matterson
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Australian winger Nick Youngquest is leaving Crusaders to join their engage Super League rivals Castleford Tigers next season.

The much-travelled Youngquest has signed a two-year deal with the Tigers, who have also already recruited Danny Orr from Harlequins and Warrington's Richard Mathers for 2011.

Sydney-born Youngquest, 27, made 37 appearances in Australia's National Rugby League with Cronulla, St George Illawarra, Penrith and Canterbury and played for French side Pia before joining Gateshead in 2009.

He moved to Crusaders at the start of this term and appeared in 24 of their 27 games in the regular season, scoring nine tries to help the Wrexham club reach the play-offs, in which they play Huddersfield on September 11.

Pace

"Nick is a real flyer and he brings a lot of pace to the team," said Castleford coach Terry Matterson. "He's also a good finisher as well.

"We're really pleased to have signed him as we see him as one of the best wingers in the league.

"You only have to look at his stats. He's in the top five metre makers in Super League this year and we're delighted to have captured him."

Youngquest is looking forward to the next chapter in his career.

"The Tigers are a club with a lot of history and I guess there will be more expectations of me than when I came to Crusaders," he said.

"I'm ready for that and looking forward to a new challenge."

Matterson confirmed that Tigers are also interested in signing St Helens' former Leeds, Huddersfield, Warrington and Hull KR prop Nick Fozzard, who is out of contract at Knowsley Road.

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Richard Wright says...

How can we ( cas ) be signing players on longer contracts than one year when we can''t afford a new ground and therefore not get our licence re-newed?

Posted 12:40 9th September 2010
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