CasTigers.net recently caught up with former skipper, Man of Steel and modern day Castleford legend Adrian Vowles. In part 1 of a three part interview, Adrian looks back on his arrival in the UK, a difficult start and looks back a decade to 1999, the season when Cas went so close to English rugby league's biggest prizes.
In part two of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, we look back on the years that followed 1999, reflecting on Stuart Raper's departure; the story behind Adrian's transfer to Leeds, coaching role at Wakefield and subsequent returns to Cas, culminating in the Grand Final success of 2005.
In the concluding part of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, he looks back on his Cas career as a whole, recalls the day the Tigers' squad "crushed" Mark Lennon's car and discusses the current Tigers' setup and a possible return.
CasTigers.net recently caught up with former skipper, Man of Steel and modern day Castleford legend Adrian Vowles. In part 1 of a three part interview, Adrian looks back on his arrival in the UK, a difficult start and looks back a decade to 1999, the season when Cas went so close to English rugby league's biggest prizes.
In part two of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, we look back on the years that followed 1999, reflecting on Stuart Raper's departure; the story behind Adrian's transfer to Leeds, coaching role at Wakefield and subsequent returns to Cas, culminating in the Grand Final success of 2005.
In the concluding part of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, he looks back on his Cas career as a whole, recalls the day the Tigers' squad "crushed" Mark Lennon's car and discusses the current Tigers' setup and a possible return.
Joined: Oct 14 2004 Posts: 3398 Location: Cambridge
I remember his first few games, he kept throwing bullet passes out to the winger. The winger kept missing them and the ball ended up in the stand He did it a lot in his first few games.
But credit to him, aside from his first few games he was awesome and always gave 110%.
Cue people with starry eyes going on about the Saints 2nd half Barmy Army chant.....I was there and my throat is still sore!
Disco - Expansion of the game is a good thing, undoubtedly, but in the main what people simply want to assert is that you don't kill the roots to spread the tree.
The Curtism - The battles are fought on the field and the friends are made in the bar. There's no hatred among real men.
Joined: Jan 27 2005 Posts: 1523 Location: Not far from t'Jungle
Top read and brings back great memories of a fantastic season. Many modern day fans of other clubs will only know Cas as a side that struggles around the bottom of the top flight - 1999 was different being the last time that we really were up there near the top since summer rugby began.
It's criminal that the club failed to invest and kick on from that season to be a side that regularly contested for trophies. Instead we gradually went backwards resulting in the calamitous happenings of 2004 and subsequent yo-yoing.
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He did it a lot in his first few games.
