Castleford Tigers quartet make royal visit to meet King Charles III
Four of Castleford Tigers’ star players have travelled to London to meet with King Charles III to help launch aid for a very worthy cause.
Papua New Guinean stars Liam Horne, Jeremiah Simbiken, Judah Rimbu and Sylvester Namo have all made the trip from West Yorkshire down to London to meet with the King.
The quartet will also meet the PNG ambassador who, along with the King, will be supporting the charitable organisation Mission Aviation Fellowship (MAF).
MAF are a Christian mission organisation who use planes to overcome logistical barriers and their work is massively important to millions of people who would otherwise not have access to essential services and items that many of us take for granted.
King Charles III will be commissioning a new humanitarian aid plane which will be used by MAF and help to continue their brilliant work to aid the lives of many, including those who live in Papua New Guinea.
Castleford Tigers’ PNG quartet make royal visit as club launches shirt to pay tribute to island nation
Castleford Tigers have a strong affinity with Papua New Guinea and it’s now just down to their four current players who hail from the island nation.
The club have a longstanding connection with PNG and have even launched their own 2025 ‘Tribute Shirt’ which celebrates the club’s “unique and enduring connection” between themselves and the PNG community.
The shirt will debut at Magic Weekend, which is just a month away now, where Castleford Tigers will take on rivals Wakefield Trinity.
Among those who will don the shirt are the Papua New Guinean quartet of Castleford who all met with the King today, as announced by the club on social media.
Providing information on MAF, Castleford explained: “MAF are a Christian mission organisation that uses planes to overcome logistical barriers. Their pilots personnel deliver relief workers, doctors, pastors, school books, food, medicines – everything that can only be safely and speedily transported by air for millions of people.
“Jungles, mountains, swamps, insecurity and dilapidated infrastructure are all barriers to receiving physical and spiritual care and a hope for the future.”
