Daniel Hindmarsh-Takyi (born 8 October 1998), also known as Dan Hindmarsh, is an English professional

rugby league Rugby league football, commonly known as just rugby league and sometimes football, footy, rugby or league, is a full-contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular field measuring 68 metres (75 yards) wide and 112 ...

footballer who plays as a or for the

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed ...

in the

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. He has previously played for the

London Broncos The London Broncos are a professional rugby league club in London, England. The club competes in the RFL Championship. It was a member of Super League from its inaugural season in 1996 until the end of the 2014 season, when they were relegat ...

in both the

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and the

, and for Northern Pride in the

Queensland Cup The Queensland Cup, currently known as the Hostplus Cup for sponsorship reasons, is the highest-level regional rugby league football competition in Queensland, Australia. It is run by the Queensland Rugby League (QRL) and is contested by fo ...

. He has spent time on loan and dual registration at Oxford RL, the

London Skolars The London Skolars are a professional rugby league club based at the New River Stadium, Wood Green, Haringey in north London. They were founded in 1995 and have been professional since 2003, operating in the Betfred League 1. They also run ...

, the

Coventry Bears The Midlands Hurricanes are a semi-professional rugby league club jointly based in Birmingham and Coventry, West Midlands, England. They were founded as the Coventry Bears in 1998 and entered the third tier of the British rugby league system, ...

and

Newcastle Thunder The Newcastle Thunder are a professional rugby league club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, England. They play in the RFL Championship, Betfred Championship competition, the second tier of rugby league in the United Kingdom. They play their home ...

in League 1, and at the

Sheffield Eagles The Sheffield Eagles are a professional rugby league club that play in the Betfred Championship. The club play their home games at the Olympic Legacy Park (OLP) on the former site of Don Valley Stadium, their former ground. The original club w ...

and

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in the

Background

Hindmarsh-Takyi hails from

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, England. He originally took up

with the

, where he played for a year. In 2015, he joined the

scholarship programme. He was named Academy Player of the Year for 2016.

Playing career

London Broncos

After progressing through the

academy system, Hindmarsh-Takyi signed his first professional deal with the club in July 2017, agreeing to a two-year contract. He spent the 2017 season playing for

Oxford Rugby League Oxford Rugby League was a semi-professional rugby league club based in Oxford, England. The club was formed in 2012 and joined League 1 in 2013, playing for five seasons before agreeing to merge with Gloucestershire All Golds following the ...

in League 1, where he made seven appearances and scored one try. On 18 March 2018, Hindmarsh-Takyi made his

debut against

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in Round 4 of the

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves a ...

. He scored his first try for the Broncos on 19 August against the

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Head ...

in the Super 8s Qualifiers. He played in the 2018

Million Pound Game Million Pound Game (stylized as £1M Game) was an annual playoff final rugby league game that decides which Championship team will be promoted to Super League the following season. Between 2015 and 2018, the game was played as part of The Quali ...

victory over

Toronto Wolfpack The Toronto Wolfpack are a Canadian professional rugby league club based in Toronto, Ontario, who compete in the North American Rugby League. The club originally competed in the British rugby league system but withdrew in the Super League XXV, ...

at the

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. He made a total of 18 appearances in his breakthrough year, and was named Young Player of the Year at the club's end-of-season awards. Following London's promotion to the

for the

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, Hindmarsh-Takyi made his top-flight debut on 27 April against the

Salford Red Devils The Salford Red Devils are a professional rugby league club in Salford, Greater Manchester, England, who play in the Super League. Formed in 1873, they have won six Championships and one Challenge Cup. Their home ground since 2012 has been th ...

. Throughout the season, he also spent time with the Broncos' dual registration partners: the

in the

, and both the

and the

in League 1. In August 2019, it was announced that Hindmarsh-Takyi had signed a new two-year deal with the Broncos, extending his stay until the end of 2021. Hindmarsh-Takyi made four appearances for London in the 2020 season, scoring two tries against

and

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, before the league was abandoned due to COVID-19. For the

2021 season 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. ...

, he was allocated squad number 16. He made twenty appearances and scored one try against

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. He departed the club at the end of the year upon the expiry of his contract.

Northern Pride RLFC

Hindmarsh-Takyi spent 2022 playing for Cairns Brothers RLFC as they won the

Cairns District Rugby League The Cairns District Rugby League was formed on 5 August 1918 and is the administrative body for the game of rugby league football in Cairns, Queensland. The CDRL runs senior, junior and women's club competitions and has its headquarters at Barlow ...

, a tier three Australian competition. The following year, he began playing for parent club

Northern Pride RLFC Northern Pride Rugby League Football Club is a Queensland rugby league club founded in 2007. Based in Cairns, Queensland they compete in the QRL State competition, the Hostplus Cup, formerly the Wizard Queensland Cup. The club represents Fa ...

in the

competition. He made 21 appearances, scoring two tries, and ranked second in the division for post-contact metres. In late 2023, he explored a train and trial deal at

Brisbane Broncos The Brisbane Broncos Rugby League Football Club Ltd., commonly referred to as the Broncos, is an Australian professional rugby league football club based in Brisbane, Queensland. Founded in April 1987, the Broncos play in Australia's elite com ...

, but a move to the

NRL The National Rugby League (NRL) is an Australasian rugby league club competition which contains clubs from New South Wales, Queensland, Victoria, the Australian Capital Territory and New Zealand. The NRL formed in 1998 as a joint partnership ...

ultimately did not come to fruition.

Castleford Tigers

On 5 February 2024, it was announced that Hindmarsh-Takyi had signed for the

in the

on a two-year deal. Director of rugby Danny Wilson said that the Tigers had identified him as a target during the previous season and that "he fits that mould of the type of player we want to bring in to Castleford; young, enthusiastic and wants to achieve."

Whitehaven R.L.F.C. (loan)

On 26 April 2024, it was announced that Hindmarsh-Takyi would join

in the

RFL Championship The Championship, known as the Betfred Championship for sponsorship reasons, is a professional rugby league competition. It is the second-tier competition organised by the Rugby Football League, the governing body for the sport in England, a ...

on a two-week loan deal from Castleford.

References

External links

London Broncos profile

SL profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hindmarsh, Dan 1998 births Living people Castleford Tigers players Coventry Bears players English rugby league players London Broncos players London Skolars players Newcastle Thunder players Northern Pride RLFC players Oxford Rugby League players Rugby league players from Greater London Rugby league props Rugby league second-rows Sheffield Eagles players Whitehaven R.L.F.C. players