Innes Senior (born 30 May 2000) is an international

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 11 ...

footballer who plays as a er and for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League, on a season-long loan from the

Huddersfield Giants Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is sha ...

. He has spent time on loan from

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a market town in the Kirklees district in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confluence into ...

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England, that plays in the Super League. One of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, between 1999 and 2016 the ...

in the Super League, and at

Workington Town Workington Town R.L.F.C. is a semi-professional rugby league club playing in Workington in west Cumbria. Their stadium is Derwent Park, which they share with Workington Comets, a speedway team. They became Rugby League Champions in 1951 and ...

in League 1.

Background

Senior was born in

West Yorkshire, England West Yorkshire is a metropolitan and ceremonial county in the Yorkshire and Humber Region of England. It is an inland and upland county having eastward-draining valleys while taking in the moors of the Pennines. West Yorkshire came into exi ...

. Along with his twin brother

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, Innes is a product of the Giants' academy system and both made their first team debuts over Easter 2018.

Career

Huddersfield Giants

In 2018, he made his Super League début for the

against the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. The team competes in the Super League and are the only team from outs ...

. His twin brother

had made his début in the previous game against

Leeds Leeds () is a city and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds district in West Yorkshire, England. It is built around the River Aire and is in the eastern foothills of the Pennines. It is also the third-largest settlement (by popula ...

. Senior became the first player born in or after the year 2000 to score in the Super League when he scored a try for the Huddersfield club against

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the town centre the River Calder joins th ...

in April 2018. Senior was limited to only six games with Huddersfield in the 2023 Super League season as the club finished ninth on the table and missed the playoffs.

Wakefield Trinity (loan)

On 17 December 2020, it was announced that

and Huddersfield had agreed to extend Senior's loan period to cover the 2021 season. On 28 May 2022, Senior played for Huddersfield in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final loss to

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a large town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. Bolton lies to the north-east and Warrington t ...

. In round 20 of the 2023 Super League season, Senior scored four tries for

as they upset Warrington 42-6.

Castleford Tigers (loan)

On 11 October 2023, it was announced that Senior would join the Castleford Tigers on a season-long loan for the 2024 season. He was assigned squad number 5 and scored four tries during pre-season. He made his Castleford debut in round 1 against the

Wigan Warriors The Wigan Warriors are a professional rugby league club in Wigan, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the Super League. Formed in 1872 as Wigan Football Club, Wigan was a founding member of the Northern Rugby Football Union followin ...

, and scored his first try in round 3 against the

Warrington Wolves The Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England, that competes in the Super League. They play rugby at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2004. Founded as Warrington ...

. In round 4 of the 2024 Super League season, Senior scored two tries for Castleford in their 50-8 loss against his parent club Huddersfield.

References

External links

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