Cain Robb (born ) is an English professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as rugby league in English-speaking countries and rugby 13/XIII in non-Anglophone Europe, is a contact sport, full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular Rugby league playin ...

footballer who plays as a for 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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. He has previously played for Whitehaven RLFC and the

Swinton Lions The Swinton Lions are a professional rugby league club based in Swinton, Greater Manchester, England, which competes in the RFL League 1 . The club has won the Rugby Football League Championship, Championship six times and three Challenge Cups ...

in the

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on loan from

Castleford Castleford is a town within the City of Wakefield district, West Yorkshire, England. It had a population of 45,106 at a 2021 population estimate. Historic counties of England, Historically in the West Riding of Yorkshire, to the north of the t ...

Background

Robb was born in

Leeds Leeds is a city in West Yorkshire, England. It is the largest settlement in Yorkshire and the administrative centre of the City of Leeds Metropolitan Borough, which is the second most populous district in the United Kingdom. It is built aro ...

, West Yorkshire, England. Robb played junior rugby league for West Hull ARLFC and Beverley Braves. He joined the

development system at scholarship level.

Playing career

Castleford Tigers

Robb made his

debut for

on 11 July 2021 against the

Salford Red Devils The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, England. They play home games at Salford Community Stadium in Barton upon Irwell and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugb ...

. He was one of five debutants, with senior players rested ahead of the

Challenge Cup final The Challenge Cup of rugby league was instituted in the 1896–97 and the final was contested between Batley and St. Helens at Headingley, Leeds. In the seasons during the Second World War the final was played over two legs, with the aggregate s ...

, and was voted Fans' Man of the Match for his performance. In his second senior appearance three weeks later, he was once again named Fans' Man of the Match. Ahead of the 2024 season, pundit and former Tigers director of rugby Jon Wells predicted Robb to be a rising star in Super League and likened his playing style to Daryl Clark. On 21 May, he signed a two-year contract extension with Castleford. In June, he was voted Man of the Match in consecutive weeks against

Wigan Wigan ( ) is a town in Greater Manchester, England. The town is midway between the two cities of Manchester, to the south-east, and Liverpool, to the south-west. It is the largest settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Wigan and is its ad ...

and

Hull KR Hull Kingston Rovers (often abbreviated to Hull KR) are a professional rugby league club based in Kingston upon Hull, Yorkshire, England. The club play home games at Craven Park, Hull, Craven Park and compete in Super League, the top tier of B ...

, and head coach

Craig Lingard Craig Lingard (born 11 December 1977) is an English rugby league coach and former professional rugby league footballer. He is the head-coach of Sheffield Eagles in the RFL Championship. Lingard played as a for the Batley Bulldogs in the Champ ...

said, "His teammates love him because of that effort and desire. He is getting smarter in his game, he has been sensational the past few weeks." Robb suffered successive shoulder and head injuries in August to cut his season short. He made 18 appearances and was noted as Castleford's standout young player.

Swinton Lions (loan)

On 3 August 2023, it was reported that he had joined Swinton, in the

RFL Championship The Rugby Football League Championship, (known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons) is the second highest division of rugby league in British rugby league system, Britain (with one team in the league also being based in France) ...

, on loan until the end of the 2023 season.

Salford Red Devils (loan)

On 20 June 2025 it was reported that he had signed for

in the

on loan

Statistics

References

External links

Castleford Tigers profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robb, Cain 2003 births Living people 21st-century English sportsmen Castleford Tigers players English rugby league players Rugby league hookers Rugby league players from Leeds Salford Red Devils players Swinton Lions players Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players