T'Other Side: Swinton Lions

2020 Matches

Swinton Lions have had two matches postponed: Home to Dewsbury Rams and Leigh Centurions

FIRST TEAM SQUAD

LAST TIME OUT

Head Coach: Stuart Littler

Stuart Littler was promoted to the position of Head Coach in July 2017 when John Duffy moved to Fev. He guided them to survival in the Championship, avoiding relegation by one place in the Championship Shield. Then in 2018 he repeated the survival but only by virtue of the Championship being increased to 14 teams and a play-off against Workington. Last year they finished in 9th place, 10 points clear of the relegation positions.

His playing career was primarily as a centre. He began with Salford in 1998 and stayed there until moving to Leigh in 2011. In 2014 he played for Rochdale on loan and then spent the final two years of his playing career with Swinton in 2015 and 2016. He also played 19 games for Ireland.

Captain: Rhodri Lloyd

Rhodri Lloyd is now in his second year as the Swinton Lions captain. His professional career began with South Wales Scorpions in 2011 (on loan from Crusaders RL) and then in 2012 he was signed by Wigan but during his 4 years there he only played 7 games spending most of his time on loan or dual reg with South Wales (2012 and 2013), Leigh (2013), London Broncos (2013), Whitehaven (2014) Workington (2015) and Swinton (2015). He then signed for Swinton during 2016 and has remained there ever since.

He has played 17 times for Wales including in the 2013 and 2017 World Cups.

New Signings for 2020

Louis Brogan, forward, has been signed from Leigh Miners Rangers ARL. He made his professional début, as a substitute, against Whitehaven on February 2nd. In 2018 he played for the England U19s in the European Championship.

Tayler Brown, prop, has joined Swinton from Warrington Academy.

Mitch Cox, centre or second row, has been signed from Leigh Centurions for whom he made 19 appearances since making his début in 2018.

Sam Grant, centre, has joined from Wigan. Although he never got to play in Wigan’s first team he has played for Leigh (on loan in 2018), London Skolars (on dual reg in 2019) and for Rochdale (on loan in 2019).

Ben Heyes, fullback, has been signed from Thatto Heath ARL. Last winter he was part of GB Community Lions squad for their tour to New Zealand.

Brandon Wood, wing or centre, made his professional début and played 30 games for Rochdale last season. He was a teammate of Louis Brogan in the 2018 European U19 Championship.

Dual Registration and Loans

Swinton Lions again have a dual registration agreement this year with Wigan Warriors but they haven’t used any Wigan players so far this year.

They have not had any loan players so far in 2020.

The Fev Connection

There aren’t any members of the current Rovers squad who have previously played for Swinton.

The only member of the Swinton squad who has played for Fev is Gavin Bennion. He made one substitute for Rovers in 2014 while on loan from Warrington.

Last year Alec Susino (Fev) and Richard Lepori (Swinton) played together for the Italian international team.