{"id":368094,"date":"2026-01-13T21:47:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368094\/"},"modified":"2026-01-13T21:47:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T21:47:10","slug":"josh-hardcastle-finds-new-club-following-featherstone-rovers-exit-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/368094\/","title":{"rendered":"Josh Hardcastle finds new club following Featherstone Rovers exit \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>                                        <a href=\"https:\/\/www.totalrl.com\/josh-hardcastle-finds-new-club-following-featherstone-rovers-exit\/\" title=\"Permanent Link to Josh Hardcastle finds new club following Featherstone Rovers exit\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img width=\"675\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/AM20144-675x360.jpg\" class=\"bestwp-post-thumbnail-single wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>JOSH HARDCASTLE has returned to his roots following his exit from Featherstone Rovers.<\/p>\n<p>Hardcastle was one of ten Featherstone players still left in limbo before the RFL\u2019s decision to deny Rovers entry into the Championship for 2026.<\/p>\n<p>Now the 33-year-old has rejoined amateur side Featherstone Lions \u2013 the club where his rugby league career began.<\/p>\n<p>Being a Featherstone fan and a player for almost a decade, Hardcastle was emotional when giving his response to Featherstone\u2019s exit from the second division.<\/p>\n<p>He said: \u201cIt\u2019s been a real rollercoaster. Having been a fan as a kid going home and away, to playing nine seasons for my hometown club, it has been a real privilege.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only your support on the field, but after my stroke (in 2023) the financial support and help I received will always be most appreciated at a time when we needed it the most,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JOSH HARDCASTLE has returned to his roots following his exit from Featherstone Rovers. Hardcastle was one of ten&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":368095,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-368094","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368094","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=368094"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/368094\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/368095"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=368094"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=368094"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=368094"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}