New Whitehaven role for broken-neck victim James Newton

WHITEHAVEN hooker James Newton is to become the club's strength and conditioning coach after abandoning his bid to return to playing following a broken neck on the advice of specialists. The 33-year-old former captain sustained the horror injury - known as a 'hangman's fracture' - during a home game against Halifax Panthers on the final day of t

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