T'Other Side: Halifax

T'Other Side: Halifax

Head Coach: Richard Marshall

Richard Marshall

Now into his third year as coach at Halifax, after a widely acknowledged highly successful first year but last year did not go quite so well.

His playing career started at Halifax where he spent six seasons. When he left Fax he had spells at Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, London Broncos, Leigh Centurions and Swinton, retiring in 2007.  He played two games for Ireland in the 2003 European Nations Cup. Richard’s playing position was prop or second row.

Captain: Scott Murrell

Scott Murrell

Scott Murrell is without doubt the real controlling force on the pitch for Halifax. He clearly commands huge respect from the other Halifax players. He started his career with Leeds Rhinos but made his first team debut for London Broncos in 2004 whilst on loan from Leeds. In 2006 he moved to Hull Kingston Rovers who were, at that time, in National League One. After securing promotion to the Super League at the end of that season he remained with Hull KR for a further 6 seasons before signing for Halifax in 2013. In 2010 he made an appearance off the bench for England.

UP FRONT

Halifax have a powerful set of forwards. Mitch Cahalane is an Australian who came up through the Penrith Panthers system. He joined Halifax in 2015 and has been an ever present on the starting team so far this season. Alongside him is Adam Tangata, another Aussie. He also joined Fax in 2015. He was a member of the Canberra Raiders U20s side and he is a Cook Islands international. A third, rather younger, prop who more often starts on the bench is Elliot Morris who made his first grade debut last year

AT THE BACK

This season, former Fev favourite Will Sharp has been the regular fullback. He is Nigerian born and started his career with Harlequins RL before joining Fev. He has twice made representative appearances for Cumbria. Winger, James Saltonstall, played for England Academy back in 2011 and then in 2013 and 2014 for Italy. This season he is Fax’s leading try scorer with 14 touchdowns in 14 appearances. Steve Tyrer is the second most prolific try scorer with 11 and has also taken all the goal kicks so far this year.

The Fev connection

In the Fax squad are three players who have played for Rovers. Ben Kaye was a very popular hooker for three years and Gareth Moore filled the scrum half position for two years. Will Sharp was a great favourite during his time with Fev from 2013 to 2015. He scored many crucial tries including the last minute ones against Sheffield which took Fev into the play-offs in 2013 and the one which beat Batley in 2015 when Fev snatched victory by scoring 22 points in the last six minutes!

In the Rovers squad are two players who have played at Halifax. Richard Moore was there in 2015 and 2016 and Anthony Thackeray in 2012 and 2013.