Castleford Tigers have announced the appointment of Matty Faulkner as the new head coach of their women’s team.
Faulker has left Hull FC to take on a dual role, having also been named as education and pathway manager at the Tigers.
He has been the analyst for England Women since 2018, while having a range of community, youth and player performance roles at Hull KR, the City of Hull Academy and then Hull FC.
Faulker takes charge of Castleford Women after a turbulent year which saw head coach Lindsay Anfield and a host of players depart before the start of the season.
Marie Colloy and Kirsty Moroney took charge for the campaign, in which the Tigers reached the Super League play-off semi-finals, before stepping down.
Faulker’s other role at the club will see him work across their youth development and college programme, with a focus on pathways to their first-team squads.
“I’m excited to be joining Castleford Tigers,” said Faulkner. “I’ll be doing recruitment for our college programme as education & pathway Manager, and as head coach of the Women we’re going to build a girls programme so we have a pathway for girls to come through and be Tigers players.
“It’s time for me to move onto something different and try my hand at something new in a new area, give myself another challenge.
“That is the reason I’m joining Cas, I want to make a difference to what we do, support the coaching team and lead the Women’s team as best I can.”
