Captain and Leadership announced for 2024

02/02/2024

We are pleased to announce Anthony Thackeray will captain the Sheffield Eagles once again during 2024.

The 37-year-old joined the club during 2019 and went on to captain the club to victory in the inaugural AB Sundecks 1895 Cup final at Wembley Stadium, beating Widnes Vikings 36-18.

Since then, he has become an experienced head within the Sheffield Eagles side helping the club build year-on-year, which eventually saw us earn a fourth place finish last season in the Betfred Championship and a spot in the playoffs.

In 104 appearances for the Sheffield Eagles, Thackeray has so far claimed 70 tries, totally 284 points on the board for the club.

Joining Thackeray will be five players who will hold a leadership role with the club for the upcoming season.

Winger Ben Jones-Bishop enters his third season with the club having had a brilliant year all-round during 2022 and he’ll add valuable experience in the Eagles’ back-line.

As the second current-longest serving player in the club’s rankings with 128 competitive appearances, Cory Aston will add experience from the halves during 2024, whilst Joel Farrell will hold a similar role having made just short of 100 competitive appearances for the Eagles.

Forward Tyler Dickinson, who has made over 70 competitive appearances for the club since joining from Batley Bulldogs in 2021 will add a senior head in the front row, whilst fellow prop Eddie Battye, who has rejoined the Eagles for a second spell during the off-season, will also hold a leadership role for the upcoming season.

All five players will hold leadership roles for 2024, supporting Anthony Thackeray ahead of what will hopefully be another exciting season for the club.

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