{"id":241254,"date":"2025-11-03T11:46:20","date_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:46:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/241254\/"},"modified":"2025-11-03T11:46:20","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T11:46:20","slug":"championship-club-land-prolific-overseas-hooker-in-major-2026-boost","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/241254\/","title":{"rendered":"Championship club land prolific overseas hooker in major 2026 boost"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Championship club Doncaster have signed former Featherstone Rovers hooker Connor Jones ahead of the 2026 Championship season.<\/p>\n

Jones joins the South Yorkshire club on a two-year deal after a lengthy spell with Featherstone in the second tier. He becomes the Dons\u2019 third signing for next season following former Castleford Tigers prop Muizz Mustapha and ex-Sheffield Eagles man Cory Aston through the door at the Eco-Power Stadium.<\/p>\n

Jones is Australian and started his career in the Queensland Cup with Northern Pride before making the move over to Post Office Road in 2019. He made the move to Salford Red Devils in 2020 where he made seven appearances, but he returned to Featherstone the year after and he has racked up 152 outings for the club.<\/p>\n

In that time the hooker touched down on 86 occasions, with Jones scoring more than 20 tries a season on two separate occasions.<\/p>\n

He represents a big loss for Featherstone, but he\u2019ll be keen to take that form to his new club, with Doncaster having ambitions to push up the league ladder after being overlooked for a spot in next year\u2019s Super League.<\/p>\n

Doncaster sign Australian hooker from Championship club<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m really excited,\u201d Jones said. \u201cMeeting with Carl [Hall, CEO] and Rich [Horne, head coach] and listening to the plans they\u2019ve got for Doncaster really excited me.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhile I\u2019ve loved my time at Featherstone over the last five or six years and I hope they get sorted, locking in a couple of years and a bit of security is pleasing for me.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve always enjoyed coming and playing at Doncaster so I\u2019m really excited to join up with the boys and see how we go next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

Head coach Horne added: \u201cWe were never going to turn down the opportunity to bring in a player of Connor\u2019s calibre.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s another quality player to add to the group with plenty of experience of what it takes to be successful at this level.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a really good signing for us.\u201d<\/p>\n

Serious About Rugby League has launched a brand new podcast which can be watched in full on our YouTube channel here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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