Joe Arundel

Joe Arundel (born 22 August 1991) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a centre or second-row for Wakefield Trinity in the Betfred Super League and the England Knights at international level.

Joe Arundel
Personal information
Full nameJoseph Arundel
Born (1991-08-22) 22 August 1991
Castleford, West Yorkshire, England
Height6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
Weight14 st 11 lb (94 kg)[1]
Playing information
PositionCentre, Second-row
Club
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2009–12 Castleford Tigers 42 15 2 0 64
2009(loan) → Gateshead Thunder 4 2 0 0 8
2013–15 Hull FC 18 9 1 0 38
2013(loan) → York City Knights 3 2 0 0 8
2014(loan) → Doncaster 4 1 0 0 4
2014(loan) → Bradford Bulls 12 5 0 0 20
2015(loan) → Featherstone Rovers 1 0 0 0 0
2015(loan) → Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 24 4 12 0 40
2016– Wakefield Trinity 70 16 0 0 64
2018(loan) → Dewsbury Rams 1 0 0 0 0
2019(loan) → Newcastle Thunder 1 1 0 0 4
Total 180 55 15 0 250
Representative
Years Team Pld T G FG P
2011 England Knights 1 0 0 0 0
As of 21 September 2019
Source: [2][3]

He has played for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League, spending time on loan from Castleford at Gateshead Thunder in the Co-operative Championship. Arundel moved to Hull F.C. in the top flight, and spent time away from Hull F.C. at the York City Knights, Doncaster and Featherstone Rovers in the Championship, and at the Bradford Bulls and the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League. A permanent move to Wakefield Trinity followed, with loan moves away at the Dewsbury Rams in the 2018 RFL Championship and the Newcastle Thunder in League 1.

Background

Arundel was born in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England.

Career

He has played for the Castleford Panthers, the Castleford Tigers, Gateshead Thunder (loan), Hull FC, the York City Knights (loan), Doncaster (loan), the Bradford Bulls (loan), and the Wakefield Trinity (Wildcats) (two spells, the first one on loan) (Heritage № 1352) in the Super League.[4][5]

Arundel made his début for Castleford Tigers in a Super League game against Huddersfield Giants in 2008.[6]

Arundel played in nine games for Castleford in 2010 and impressed scoring 2 tries. He was handed the number 4 jersey for the 2011 season.

On 25 April 2014, Arundel signed for the Bradford Bulls for the rest of the season on loan along with Hull FC teammate Jay Pitts.

A goal kicking Centre, Arundel is excellent in defence and has a tremendous work rate[7][8]

References
  1. "The official Engage Super League web site". web page. Super League. Retrieved 20 August 2011.
  2. loverugbyleague
  3. Rugby League Project
  4. "Castleford RLFC A to Z Player List (All Time)". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  5. "Statistics at thecastlefordtigers.co.uk". thecastlefordtigers.co.uk ℅ web.archive.org. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 16 February 2012. Retrieved 1 January 2015.CS1 maint: unfit url (link)
  6. "Castleford hand Arundel contract". BBC. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2010.
  7. "Bulls pick up Pitts and Arundel". RUGBY-LEAGUE.COM. 25 April 2014. Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.
  8. "Hull FC send Joe Arundel and Jay Pitts to Bradford Bulls on loan until the end of the season". Hull Daily Mail. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2017.


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