Greg Eden

Greg Eden (born 14 November 1990) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a winger or fullback for Hunslet RLFC in the RFL Championship.

He has previously played for the Castleford Tigers, the Huddersfield Giants and Hull Kingston Rovers in the Super League, the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL, and the Halifax Panthers in the RFL Championship.

[16] In June 2016 Eden agreed upon a two-year contract with hometown Super League side Castleford Tigers for the upcoming season starting in 2017.

[18] He played at fullback in the 2017 Super League Grand Final defeat by the Leeds Rhinos at Old Trafford, after Zak Hardaker was suspended two days before the game following a failed drugs test.

[31][32] In the second half of the season, Eden was primarily utilised as a stand-off or fullback due to the concurrent injury absences of Jake Trueman, Gareth O'Brien, Niall Evalds and Ryan Hampshire.

[35][36][37] Eden played 15 games for Castleford in the Super League XXVIII season and scored nine tries as the club finished 11th on the table narrowly avoiding relegation.

[42] On 13 January 2025 Greg confirmed on Instagram that he had left Featherstone Rovers[43] On 24 Jan 2025 it was reported that he had signed for Hunslet RLFC in the RFL Championship[44] In September 2012 Eden was selected in the England Knights squad.

[45] Eden made his international début for England Knights on 28 October 2012 in the 62-24 Alitalia Cup series win over Scotland at the Meggetland Stadium in Edinburgh.

[46][47] Eden scored his 100th try for Castleford on 14 April 2022 against Wakefield Trinity, becoming the 12th player to achieve this in the club's history and just the 2nd in the Super League era.

Eden's 100 tries for Castleford in 94 appearances places him second for the fastest century at a single club in Super League, behind Josh Charnley's 100 in 91 games for the Wigan Warriors.

Castleford's most tries scored in a match record is 5-tries, and is jointly held by; Derek Foster against Hunslet on 10 November 1972, John Joyner against Millom on 16 September 1973, Stephen Fenton against Dewsbury on 27 January 1978, Ian French against Hunslet on 9 February 1986, St. John Ellis against Whitehaven on 10 December 1989, and Greg Eden against Warrington on 11 June 2017.

Eden playing for the Salford Red Devils in 2014