Exclusive: Former Castleford Tigers utility man Ryan McGoldrick finds new club aged 41

Ryan McGoldrick is well known in one part of West Yorkshire.

That area would be Castleford, where he spent seven seasons between 2006 and 2012, scoring 36 tries and kicking ten goals in 136 appearances.

From there, he left for Hull FC, registering eight appearances and then a further 21 for the Salford Red Devils in 2013.

McGoldrick finished his career in the UK with Oxford Rugby League before departing for his native Australia.

Since then, the utility man – who could play anywhere along the backline as well as at loose-forward – has found himself a new club Down Under.

That club is the Darlington Point Coleambally Roosters – quite the mouthful – in the Group 20 competition in regional New South Wales, Australia.

Aged 41, McGoldrick clearly still has got it and one of his former teammates at Castleford, Jonathan Walker, spoke to Serious About Rugby League about just how good it has been to play alongside him.

“He hasn’t changed buddy still looks after me,” Walker said.

“He helps me get a few tries and we’ve got each other’s backs.

“Ryan keeps playing on – he has put a little weight on though! But he is still pretty fit.”

Darlington Point won the title in 2021 with McGoldrick in the ranks, though the year did get messed around with the COVID-19 pandemic.