Castleford veteran Ryan McGoldrick has had a transfer request accepted by his club, having not yet been offered a new contract.

The Australian utility player has been with the Tigers for seven seasons, and coach Ian Millward said that he felt that he could not stand in the 31-year-old's way.

"Ryan approached us out of the blue about leaving," Sky Sports News quotes Millward as saying.

"Although as a senior player, we'd ideally have him leading us from the front for the rest of the season, with him out of contract we have reluctantly accepted his transfer request.

"With Ryan being a player that has given seven years of service to this club it would be wrong to deny him of this opportunity to continue his Super League career beyond the current season."

McGoldrick could sign for a new club immediately.