Rugby starlet’s Warrior dream
ARUGBY career could blossom for a 14-year-old after he was selected by a rugby league club.
Whitworth Community High School student, Noah Wilde, has been playing the sport since he was 10 and is now hoping that Wigan Warriors Rugby League Club will help him dream.
The sports enthusiast has played football since he was around three and his step-father then introduced him to rugby which sparked his passion for achieve his the sporting leading him to play for Rochdale Rugby Union and the rugby league with Waterhead Warriors in Oldham.
Noah, from Whitworth, said: “You don’t really think it is going to happen to you.
“The scout told me to keep on enjoying my rugby and he would be interested in seeing what I could do in the future.
“I know that they also look at your behaviour, both on and off the pitch, including at school.
“I think this will be a turning point for me, both for how I am at school and in my life.
“I realise I have to be at my best in school because this is a real opportunity for me.”
For the last season, Noah has been playing as a loose forward for Mayfield in Castleton because it was a bit closer to home.
He said: “It has been good there and our coach tipped us off to say there would be scouts watching us play and I got scouted.
“I was watched throughout the game and, at the end, they sat me down with my mum and dad and said that I could go to a couple of training sessions with Wigan Warriors and from there I got picked.
“I now go every week on a Monday and Wednesday evening and I hope to get a scholarship for the academy and to play for the first or second team.”
Noah said his parents were excited for his future and wanted him to do well.
He intends to work hard and hopefully secure a scholarship for the Wigan Warriors Academy.