HARDCASTLE NAMED IN ENGLAND PERFORMANCE SQUAD

BRADFORD Bulls Women's captain Amy Hardcastle has been named in England Women's National Performance Squad for 2020!

Head coach Craig Richards has named the star as one of 38 members in his playing squad and follows her recent achievement of being named in the Team of the Decade.

Hardcastle has taken her prolific club form onto the international stage - scoring 14 tries in 17 appearances since making her debut in 2009. 

The Bulls captain was named as the club's Woman of Steel at the End of Season Awards in 2019 and went to Sydney to take part the historic Nines tournament. 

Hardcastle could feature when Bradford take on Featherstone in the Natalie Harrowell Memorial fixture next Sunday, at Bradford Dudley Hill's Neil Hunt Memorial Ground. 

Beth Sutcliffe and Kirsty Moroney's side kick off their 2020 season when they take on Grand Final and Challenge Cup winners Leeds Rhinos on Sunday 29th March.