Coach Ryan Carr says other young players will follow Tylor Sharpe from Castleford Tigers’ youth system into the first team.

Sharpe, who has played for Tigers’ academy and reserves this season, scored a try on his Betfred Super League debut in last Saturday’s 48-18 home drubbing by Warrington Wolves. That was the only silver lining for Carr after his side collapsed from 16-6 ahead midway through the first half and the team boss insisted: “It’s a sign of things to come at our club.”

He vowed: “We’re doing a lot of work in the background on our pathways and development. We want to be a development club and produce local kids, we want them wanting to play for Cas and getting a pathway to be able to do that.”

Tylor Sharpe, standing, combines with Castleford Tigers teammate Krystian Mapapalangi to tackle Albert Hopoate of Warrington Wolves. Picture by Allan McKenzie/SWpix.com.

Carr felt Sharpe’s contribution was “really good”. He said: “I was stoked for him. I was happy he got a try. I was hoping we could give him a debut to remember, but unfortunately, we didn’t.”

The coach added: “He has got a lot of upside. He’s a young kid; physically he’s only going to get better and better and I thought he competed really hard. He played really well in his first game and there are some other players that probably have played a lot more games than he has who need to have a real good look at where their game is at.”

Sharpe got his chance after Mikaele Ravalawa was loaned to Doncaster and Jason Qareqare joined hamstring victim Semi Valemei on the injury list. Scrum-half Tom Weaver was hurt during the game and has already been ruled out of Friday’s visit of Hull KR.

Carr said: “I found out about Gary [Qareqare] last Tuesday, so it was next man up mentality. It’s a hamstring or lower leg injury and he’s out for a fair while - possibly [the rest of this season]. Tom got knocked out, so he won't be available [this] week.”