T'Other Side: Whitehaven

   

n.b. Because the above match was played on Wednesday of this week we do not have the attendance, penalty count or Men of the Match.

Head Coach: Jonty Gorley

 

Jonty Gorley became the head coach of Whitehaven last year. He succeeded Gary Charlton. Gorley had previously been assistant coach to Charlton at both Whitehaven and Workington Town. He played for Workington Town as a hooker between 1993 and 1997.

Captain: Karl Dixon

Karl Dixon was signed by Whitehaven from amateur side Wath Brow Hornets for the 2020 season and he was appointed as Whitehaven captain last year.

He usually plays at stand-off but can also fill in at centre.

 

Loans and Dual Reg

 

Whitehaven have had several players on loan during 2023 but there don’t appear to be any currently. As far as we know, they haven’t signed a dual-reg agreement for 2023.

 

 

The Fev connection

Primarily for geographical reasons, there are comparatively few players who have played for both Fev and Whitehaven. We only know of 16 who have done so.

None of the current Whitehaven squad have ever played for Fev and the only member of the current Fev squad who has previously played for Whitehaven is Tyla Hepi.

Outside the current players these three who have played for both are worth a special mention:

Mel Mason, a halfback started his career with Fev in 1970 and stayed here until Leeds signed him in 1975. He later went on to play for Barrow and then Whitehaven. In the 1972-73 season he scored 5 tries in a match against Bramley and was a member of Fev’s Challenge Cup winning team.

Fev signed Papua New Guinea international Jesse Joe Parker in 2010. He was only with Fev for 4 months but in that time he scored 17 tries (including a hat trick against Whitehaven) in just 14 appearances. He went on to play for Whitehaven from 2012 until 2021.

Jamie Rooney broke into the Fev first team, at the age of 18, in the end of season Treize Tournoi competition in 1998. He made a quick impact and became our regular first choice scrum-half over the next 4 seasons before moving into Super League with Wakefield in 2003. Later he played for Barrow, Whitehaven and Gateshead Thunder before returning briefly to Fev in July 2014. In his Fev career he made 121 appearances, scored 66 tries (including 4 hat tricks), kicked 479 goals and 38 drop goals for a total of 1,260 points.