Kyle Amor and his Cumbria squad went through their paces at Whitehaven’s LEL Arena ahead of their clash with Wales there on Friday night.
Amor’s testimonial game is creating a lot of interest and the originsl squad has now been whittled down to 21 players.
They include three current Super League players headed by the speedy Tee Ritson who spent the season on loan with St Helens from Barrow.
Brad Singleton from Salford Red Devils is playing for Cumbria for the second time and actually with Amor was with Ireland at the 2017 World Cup through family heritage.
Completing the top tier trio is Whitehaven-born James Donaldson of Leeds and he will be pulling on a Cumbrian jersey for the first time.
Alsdo included will be the Widnes hooker Jordan Johnstone who spent time in Super League this with a loan spell at Castleford Tigers.
One Super League player not involved will be Wigan prop Harvie Hill, pulled out of the Cumbria squad because of his involvement in this week-end’s Grand Final against Catalan Dragons.
Barrow coach Paul Crarey was in charge of last night’s session and he has plenty of quality support from the likes of David Seeds (Kells, Cumbria), Scott McAvoy (Hensingham, Cumbria), Shaun Lunt (Cockermouth, Cumbria),Gary Murdock (Workington Town) and Des Byrne (Whitehaven).
The trimmed Cumbria squad is: Kyle Amor (Hensingham, unattached), Jordan Johnstone (Kells, Castleford Tigers), Brad Singleton (Barrow Island, Salford Red Devils), Brad Walker (Askham, Keighley Cougars), Alistair Leak (Egremont Rangers, Batley), Tee Ritson (Maryport, St. Helens), Gregg McNally (Kells, Oldham), James Donaldson (Wath Brow, Leeds Rhinos), Luke Broadbent (Walney Central, Barrow Raiders), Andrew Bulman (Wath BNrow, Barrow Raiders), Charlie Emslie (Millom, Wath Brow), Luke Cresswell (Barrow Island, Barrow Raiders). Ryan Shaw (Barrow Island, Barrow Raiders), Curtis Teare (Wath Brow, Whitehaven), Jamie Doran (Kells, Whitehaven), Perry Singleton (Barrow Island, Whitehaven), Connor Holliday (Kells, Whitehaven), Jake Carter (Barrow Island, Whitehaven), Jordan Thompson (Hensingham, Workington Town), Steve Scholey (Maryport, Workington Town), Jordan Burns (Workington Town).
