Innes Senior (born 30 May 2000) is an international

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footballer who plays as a er 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

Huddersfield Giants The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England. Huddersfield play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league sy ...

in the

, and has spent time on loan at

Wakefield Trinity Wakefield Trinity is a professional rugby league club in Wakefield, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home fixtures at the DIY Kitchen Stadium, Belle Vue (Wakefield), Belle Vue and currently compete in the Super League, the top tier o ...

in the

and at

Workington Town Workington Town is a semi-professional rugby league club based in Workington, West Cumbria, England. The club plays home games at Derwent Park and competes in the RFL League One, League One, the third tier of British rugby league system, Briti ...

in League 1.

Background

Senior was born in

Huddersfield Huddersfield is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees in West Yorkshire, England. It is the administrative centre and largest settlement in the Kirklees district. The town is in the foothills of the Pennines. The River Holme's confl ...

, West Yorkshire, England. Along with his twin brother

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, Innes is a product of the

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' academy system and both made their first team debuts over Easter 2018.

Career

Huddersfield Giants

In 2018, he made his

début for the

against the

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. His twin brother

had made his début in the previous game against

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. Senior became the first player born in or after the year 2000 to score in the Super League when he scored a try for the Huddersfield club against

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 ...

in April 2018. On 28 May 2022, Senior played for Huddersfield in their 2022 Challenge Cup Final loss to

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. Senior was limited to only six games with Huddersfield in the 2023 Super League season as the club finished ninth on the table and missed the playoffs.

Wakefield Trinity (loan)

On 17 December 2020, it was announced that

and Huddersfield had agreed to extend Senior's loan period to cover the 2021 season. In round 20 of the 2023 Super League season, Senior scored four tries for

as they upset Warrington 42-6.

Castleford Tigers (loan)

On 11 October 2023, it was announced that Senior would join

on a season-long loan for the 2024 season, in a swap deal with Elliot Wallis. He was assigned squad number 5 and scored four tries during pre-season. He made his Castleford debut in round 1 against

Wigan Warriors The Wigan Warriors is an English professional rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club competes in the Super League, the top tier of the British rugby league system. Formed in 1872, the club is a founding member of the Ru ...

, and scored his first try in round 3 against

Warrington Wolves Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league club based in Warrington, England. They play home games at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and compete in Super League, the top tier of British rugby league system, British rugby league. Warringto ...

. In round 4, Senior scored two tries against his parent club Huddersfield, and in round 7, he scored four tries against

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 ...

. In May, Innes signed a two-year deal to remain with Castleford from the 2025 season alongside his twin brother

, who had also joined Castleford on loan a month prior. He finished the season as Castleford's top tryscorer with 17 tries, in addition to playing every minute of every game.

Castleford Tigers

Senior remained at Castleford for the 2025 season having signed a two-year deal in May 2024. He scored his first try of the campaign away at

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club play their home games at Headingley Rugby Stadium, AMT Headingley Rugby Stadium and compete in the Super League, the top tier of British rugby lea ...

in round 3 with a 75-metre break down the touchline. In round 6 against

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, Senior was controversially sin-binned for adjudged head contact with

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and received a two-match ban. He made his return from suspension against former club

, scoring two tries in a man-of-the-match display.

Club statistics

References

External links

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