{"id":469461,"date":"2026-03-11T10:40:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:40:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469461\/"},"modified":"2026-03-11T10:40:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-11T10:40:15","slug":"george-hirst-castleford-tigers-sign-wigan-warriors-forward-after-loan-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/469461\/","title":{"rendered":"George Hirst: Castleford Tigers sign Wigan Warriors forward after loan deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Castleford Tigers have signed second-row forward George Hirst from fellow Super League side Wigan Warriors.<\/p>\n

The 25-year-old initially joined Cas in February on a one-month loan deal<\/a> but has now agreed a permanent contract until the end of the 2028 campaign.<\/p>\n

Hirst had joined Wigan from Oldham ahead of last season but spent most of the campaign on loan with the Roughyeds and made a further 20 appearances.<\/p>\n

“I’ve loved my time here so far and the lads and staff have been brilliant with me since I arrived,” he said., external<\/a><\/p>\n

“I’m happy with how things have started and I feel like I’ve settled in well. I just want to keep improving each week, build strong combinations with the boys and make sure I’m performing consistently for the team.”<\/p>\n

Hirst has made two appearances for Castleford since joining on loan, with both coming in Super League.<\/p>\n

Wigan boss Matt Peet added:, external<\/a> “George has been a pleasure to work with during his time at Wigan.<\/p>\n

“He has always conducted himself with professionalism and he has been a valued member of our environment.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Castleford Tigers have signed second-row forward George Hirst from fellow Super League side Wigan Warriors. The 25-year-old initially…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":469462,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-469461","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\/469461","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=469461"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/469461\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/469462"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=469461"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=469461"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=469461"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}