Workington Town have added a new Australian outside back to their squad for the rest of the season.
Tanna Featherstone, 20, has been with Cronulla Sharks and South Sydney Rabbitohs but has arranged a release and opted to move to the UK with Town.
He arrived in Manchester yesterday morning and trained last night ahead of Sunday’s trip to Dewsbury when he will be in contention for a place.
Coach Jonty Gorley said: “We first looked at Tanna during the off season when we were recruiting but at the time we thought we were ok for wingers/outside backs, so we left it but continued to keep in touch.
“Now that we’ve suffered some long-term injuries to Oscar Doran (hamstring) and Spencer Fulton (HIA) and a recent HIA that’s taking longer than we thought to Alex Donaghy, we decided to see if we could make the move happen.
“Ash contacted Tanna last week to see if he was still interested in coming to Town.
“He said he was and we had the deal done in a couple of days and it was made a lot easier with Tanna being a UK passport holder.
“He’s a winger who has some pace and brings energy with his carries and he can come up with some good reads on an edge defensively.
“Tanna has played for Cronulla and Souths in the NSW Jersey Flegg competition, which is a very good level of rugby so comes with a good pedigree.”
The club thanked their Blue Knights Group for their support in bringing the player to the UK.
A carpenter by trade, Featherstone was regarded as a star with the Cronulla Sharks Under-19s where he trained five nights a week.
