Career Record for Featherstone
Appearances			Tries	Goals	Drop Goals	Points
Total	Start	Sub
82	82	0	43	0	0	172

After a successful promotion winning campaign in 2022 as Leigh’s full-back, Caleb Aekins found himself surplus to requirements due to the restrictions on the number of overseas players in Super League. Leigh's loss was Featherstone’s gain, and he initially signed a two year contract with Rovers and proved to be shrewd acquisition. He played the first half of the season at full-back, and when Mark Kheirallah regained fitness, Aekins switched to the halves for the rest of 2023. A regular try scorer, he earned a nomination for Championship Player of the Year, as Rovers came so close to promotion to the top flight.

Aekins was elevated to senior status within the team for the following year, after the departure of so many star names during the off season. A confident start at full back was interrupted by a family bereavement which forced him to return for a while to Australia. When he came back, he was once again pressed into playing in the halves as emergency cover. It was in his natural position at fullback though, where his solid defence, neat footwork and pace off the mark were more appreciated. A two year extension to his contract was a formality. At the beginning of 2025, he must have hoped for an uninterrupted run in the Number 1 shirt, but almost immediately, with Rovers unforeseeably short-handed in the halves, Aekins once again found himself operating as a makeshift halfback, often with the equally makeshift Danny Addy. He proved himself once again a model of consistency and played in every single game. At the end of 2025 with all Featherstone players declared free agents after a financial crisis, it seemed inevitable that a player of Aekins quality would be snapped up by a club in the newly expanded Super league and he left for Bradford. Rovers lost a talented player who was always good to watch, dangerous on attack and calm and intelligent as the last line of defence.

Caleb Aekins was born in New Zealand and before arriving in the UK he had played three seasons for Penrith and one year Canberra in the NRL. Through his heritage, he qualified to play for Wales, who he represented at the 2022 World Cup.

His UK career statistics can be found here:
https://stats.rugbyleaguerecords.com/playersummary.php?tselect=10460