CASTLEFORD TIGERS are in a rebuilding stage at present following their dismal 2023 Super League season.
The West Yorkshire club finished second bottom of the Super League table following just six wins all year, with head coaches Lee Radford, Andy Last and Danny Ward all taking the reins at one stage during the season.
Now, Craig Lingard has been appointed as head coach with new players such as Elie El-Zakhem, Nixon Putt and Josh Hodson all being brought in.
Castleford’s recruitment drive is almost over, but one man waiting for the club to clear a quota place is Wests Tigers forward James Roumanos.
Earlier in the year, League Express revealed that Roumanos was the Tigers’ interest, but the club were unable to sign him before the August deadline.
Interest from the Tigers has continued as Lebanon international Roumanos, who has five caps, is set to join Castleford following a player quota move, League Express can reveal.
That quota player is widely believed to be Albert Vete, with the club trying to find an alternative elsewhere for a season-long loan that would see the former Hull KR prop removed from Castleford’s quota.
However, League Express understands that Vete has asked for another chance at The Jungle following a dismal first year with the club.
24-year-old Roumanos has yet to play a game for Wests Tigers since joining the club, but he did debut for the Manly Sea Eagles back in 2022.
