Gadwin Springer (born 4 April 1993) is a French professional

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footballer who last played as a for

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in the

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and

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at international level. He previously played for the

Catalans Dragons The Catalans Dragons (French language, French: ''Dragons Catalans'', Catalan language, Catalan: ''Dracs Catalans'') are a professional rugby league club from Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales department, France. Despite being based in France the ...

and the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road (currently known as the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for sponsorship reasons) and compete in the Super League, t ...

in the

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. Springer spent time on loan from

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at Halifax and

Toronto Wolfpack Toronto Wolfpack RLFC is a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario. The club is the first and only professional rugby league club in North America, and as of 2023 competes in the self sponsored Canada Cup, an invitation ...

in the

. He played for

in 2021 and signed for Toulouse in November 2021. He was the first South American to ever appear in Super League.

Background

Springer was born in

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and did not discover

until he moved from South America to the south-west of France in 2005. Springer originally moved to Villeneuve but developed his rugby in the

Toulouse Olympique Toulouse Olympique or TO XIII is a professional rugby league club in Toulouse, south-west France. Founded in 1937, two years after the French Rugby League Federation, the club is a six-time winner of the French Rugby League Championship. The clu ...

academy before being signed for Catalans Dragons.

Club career

Catalans Dragons

Springer was signed by

from the

academy and made his Super League début on 14 March 2014 as a substitute against St. Helens.

Castleford Tigers

On 12 June 2015 Springer joined

on a -year contract. He was a member of Castleford's squad which won the League Leaders Shield in 2017, making 21 appearances during the season, and was named as 18th man for the 2017 Super League Grand Final.

Halifax

On 6 November 2020 it was announced that Springer would join Halifax Panthers for the 2021 season

Featherstone Rovers

On 26 July 2021, it was reported that he had signed for

in the

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Toulouse Olympique

In September 2021 it was reported that Springer would join Villeneuve Leopards in the French

Elite One Championship Super XIII is the top level rugby league competition in France, sanctioned by the French Rugby League Federation. The season runs from September to April, which is in contrast to the majority of other major domestic rugby league competitions ...

at the end of his contract with Featherstone. Subsequently

won promotion to Super League and on 3 November it was announced that Springer had signed for Toulouse for their 2022 Super League season.

Featherstone Rovers (re-join)

On 30 June 2022, Springer signed a contract to return to Featherstone ahead of the 2023 season.

International career

Gadwin was selected for

for their 2015 European Cup campaign. He made his international début against Ireland in Albi. He also played for France in their mid-tournament test match against England. He was a part of what was considered a 'weakened' French side due to injury and it showed with an appalling showing against their opponents. Springer played in France's lone international fixture of 2016, an end of year test match against England in Avignon.

References

External links

Toronto Wolfpack profile

Castleford Tigers profileCatalans Dragons profileSL profileFrance profile
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