Adrian Vowles Interview - Part 3 : Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:29 am  

CasTigers.net recently caught up with former skipper, Man of Steel and modern day Castleford legend Adrian Vowles. In part 1 of a three part interview, Adrian looks back on his arrival in the UK, a difficult start and looks back a decade to 1999, the season when Cas went so close to English rugby league's biggest prizes. Click here to read. In part two of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, we look back on the years that followed 1999, reflecting on Stuart Raper's departure; the story behind Adrian's transfer to Leeds, coaching role at Wakefield and subsequent returns to Cas, culminating in the Grand Final success of 2005. Click here to read. In the concluding part of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, he looks back on his Cas career as a whole, recalls the day the Tigers' squad "crushed" Mark Lennon's car and discusses the current Tigers' setup and a possible return. Click here to read.

CasTigers.net recently caught up with former skipper, Man of Steel and modern day Castleford legend Adrian Vowles. In part 1 of a three part interview, Adrian looks back on his arrival in the UK, a difficult start and looks back a decade to 1999, the season when Cas went so close to English rugby league's biggest prizes. Click here to read. In part two of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, we look back on the years that followed 1999, reflecting on Stuart Raper's departure; the story behind Adrian's transfer to Leeds, coaching role at Wakefield and subsequent returns to Cas, culminating in the Grand Final success of 2005. Click here to read. In the concluding part of my conversation with Adrian Vowles, he looks back on his Cas career as a whole, recalls the day the Tigers' squad "crushed" Mark Lennon's car and discusses the current Tigers' setup and a possible return. Click here to read.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:19 am  

The guy is an absolute Cas Legend, privelideged that I got to watch him play in a Cas shirt.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:37 am  

Cracking read Stu..

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:44 am  

Great read, looking forward to the next installment

If only i could find a copy of the Wigan and Leeds play off games from that year.....

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 2:16 pm  

I remember his first few games, he kept throwing bullet passes out to the winger. The winger kept missing them and the ball ended up in the stand He did it a lot in his first few games.
But credit to him, aside from his first few games he was awesome and always gave 110%.

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:41 pm  

Biggest thing for Vowles was finding his postion, he came as a standoff but made loose forward his own after a few games at centre.

One of the hardest men to put the shirt on in my opinion.

No pun intended

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 3:52 pm  

A legend. Where is Dale Fritz now though ?

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 7:42 pm  

last I heard he was running his own fitness company in his home town

: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:31 pm  

Cue people with starry eyes going on about the Saints 2nd half Barmy Army chant.....I was there and my throat is still sore!

: Wed Apr 08, 2009 12:59 pm  

Top read and brings back great memories of a fantastic season. Many modern day fans of other clubs will only know Cas as a side that struggles around the bottom of the top flight - 1999 was different being the last time that we really were up there near the top since summer rugby began.

It's criminal that the club failed to invest and kick on from that season to be a side that regularly contested for trophies. Instead we gradually went backwards resulting in the calamitous happenings of 2004 and subsequent yo-yoing.