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12 March 2022
We are delighted to announce the signing of 23 years old outside-back, Jayden Hatton, who joins us with immediate effect and is likely to feature in our friendly at Keighley Cougars on Sunday (kick-off 3pm).
Jayden, who incidentally is not related to our own Lewis Hatton, came through the scholarship and academy system with his home-town club Widnes Vikings, and made his first team debut there in 2019. After a successful 2021 season with Widnes, Jayden briefly signed full-time terms with Leigh Centurions ahead of the 2022 campaign, but unfortunately he then had to re-consider owing to other commitments. However, he is now eagerly looking forward to getting back into his rugby league with the Lions!
Lions’ Head Coach Allan Coleman said, “It’s great to have got Jayden on board at Swinton. He was a player that we very much liked last year when he was at Widnes. He’s a very strong and powerful player and he will add lots of quality to our squad.”
Jayden added, “I am really pleased to have signed for Swinton because it is a great club. I really want to help the Lions get promoted back to the Championship and I believe the squad here is strong enough to do so. I’m raring to go and I can’t wait for my first game with the lads.”
In other team news we can also announce that we have taken 21 years old half-back Owain Abel on a month’s loan from National Conference League side Pilkington Recs. Owain is already well-known to our Head Coach Allan Coleman, having previously been selected for Allan’s England Under 23s international community team set up.