2019 Castleford Tigers season

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Castleford Tigers 2019 season
Super League Rank5th
Play-off resultElimination semi-final
Challenge Cup Sixth round
2019 recordWins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 15
Points scoredFor: 672; against: 620
Team information
ChairmanIan Fulton
Head Coach Daryl Powell
Captain
Stadium The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Avg. attendance7,253
Agg. attendance101,542
High attendance9,316
Low attendance5,323
Top scorers
Tries James Clare (16)
Goals Peter Mata'utia (56)
Points Peter Mata'utia (125)
←  2018 List of seasons 2020  →

The 2019 season was the Castleford Tigers' 94th season in the Rugby Football League and their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2019 Super League and the 2019 Challenge Cup.

Contents

First-team squad

2019 Castleford Tigers squad
First team squadCoaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)


Transfers and loans

Transfers in

NoPlayerFromContractDateRef.
1 Flag of Samoa.svg Peter Mata'utia Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 3 years [lower-alpha 1] 26 July 2018 [1]
33 Flag of England.svg Chris Clarkson HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 1 year [lower-alpha 2] 15 February 2019 [2]
34 Flag of England.svg Daniel Smith Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 1½ years2 April 2019 [3]
35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cheyse Blair Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 3½ years12 April 2019 [4]

Loans in

NoPlayerFromLoan typeArrivalReturnRef.
32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Rankin Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Season-long11 January 2019Permanent [lower-alpha 3] [5] [6]

Transfers out

NoPlayerToContractDateRef.
3 Flag of New Zealand.svg Jake Webster Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 2 years21 August 2018 [7]
30 Flag of England.svg Brandon Douglas Doncaster colours.svg Doncaster 1 year8 October 2018 [8]
19 Flag of France.svg Gadwin Springer New Zealand Kiwis colours.svg Toronto Wolfpack 1 year18 October 2018 [9]
34 Flag of Samoa.svg Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e Faxcolours.svg Halifax 1 year7 November 2018 [10]
19 Flag of Samoa.svg Ben Roberts Retired20 March 2019 [11]
21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Clark Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions ½ year [lower-alpha 4] 18 July 2019 [12]

Loans out

NoPlayerToLoan typeDepartureReturnRef.
26 Flag of England.svg Kieran Gill Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder Season-long16 November 2018Permanent [lower-alpha 5] [13] [14]
22 Flag of Scotland.svg Joe Wardle Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants Season-long11 January 2019Permanent [lower-alpha 3] [5] [6]
27 Flag of England.svg Calum Turner Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers One-month30 January 201913 March 2019 [15]
24 Flag of England.svg Cory Aston Gthundercolours.svg Newcastle Thunder One-month14 March 201914 April 2019 [16]
27 Flag of England.svg Calum Turner Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers One-month7 June 20197 July 2019 [17]

Dual registration

Castleford also agreed a dual registration arrangement with Halifax R.L.F.C. in the Championship. [18]

ClubNoPlayerAppTGDGPts
Faxcolours.svg Halifax 21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Clark 10000
23 Flag of England.svg Will Maher 20000
29 Flag of England.svg Jacques O'Neill 10000
Source: RLRKC – Halifax 2019
  1. ↑ Mata'utia initially joined on loan during the 2018 season, with the deal being made permanent ahead of 2019
  2. ↑ Clarkson signed a permanent deal following a successful trial period
  3. 1 2 The deal was extended for the 2020 season on 3 October 2019
  4. ↑ On 6 June 2019, the Wigan Warriors had announced the signing of Clark from the 2020 season onwards. Castleford rejected Wigan's approaches to sign Clark with immediate effect, instead allowing him to move to Leigh.
  5. ↑ The deal was made permanent on 3 September 2019

Pre-season friendlies

DateOppositionH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsDrop goalsSource
Sun 30 December Fevcolours.svg Featherstone Rovers H Wheldon Road W56–0 Gill (3), Clare (2), Carr (3), Minikin, Sweeting, Turner Aston (6) [19]
Sun 20 January [lower-alpha 1] Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium W26–24 Shenton, Clare (2), Moors, Foster, McShane Rankin [20]
  1. ↑ Kallum Watkins' testimonial match

Super League

Regular season

Results

DateRoundOppositionH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsDrop goalsAttendance
Fri 1 February1 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road W20–4 McShane, Eden (2) McShane (4)7,494
Thu 7 February2 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC A KCOM Stadium W26–18 Shenton (2), Sene-Lefao, Clare, Moors McShane (2), Rankin 11,244
Sat 23 February3 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos A Trailfinders Sports Ground W40–6 Mata'utia, Trueman, Moors, Sene-Lefao, Watts, Eden, Rankin McShane (5), Rankin 2,053
Fri 1 March4 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers H Wheldon Road W32–16 Rankin, Watts, Eden (2), Clare, Clarkson McShane, Rankin (3)8,770
Thu 7 March5 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L10–24 Eden, Minikin Rankin 9,231
Sun 17 March6 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road W24–20 Massey, Rankin, Eden, Sene-Lefao Rankin (4)7,750
Fri 22 March7 Saintscolours.svg St Helens H Wheldon Road L12–42 Shenton, Trueman Rankin (2)8,042
Thu 28 March8 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L20–21 (GP) Watts, Minikin, Clarkson, Foster Turner (2)12,295
Fri 5 April9 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road W38–28 Holmes, Turner, Clark, Cook, Milner, Egodo, Mata'utia Mata'utia (5)6,839
Thu 11 April10 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium L18–20 Eden, Cook Mata'utia (5)4,684
Thu 18 April11 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity H Wheldon Road W28–26 Clare (2), Sene-Lefao, Aston, Minikin Mata'utia (4)9,316
Mon 22 April12 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L16–37 Eden (2), Aston Mata'utia (2)10,120
Sat 27 April13 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L4–6 Mata'utia (2)10,058
Fri 3 May14 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road L14–26 Aston, Egodo, Minikin Mata'utia 5,323
Thu 16 May15 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium W30–8 Sene-Lefao (2), Eden, Clare, Trueman Mata'utia (5)13,286
Sun 26 May16 Saintscolours.svg St Helens N Anfield L16–36 Millington, Clarkson, Eden Mata'utia, Rankin 26,812
Fri 7 June17 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road W27–26 (GP) Minikin, Watts, Millington Mata'utia (7) Mata'utia 7,483
Thu 13 June18 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC H Wheldon Road L18–31 Minikin, Moors, Eden Mata'utia (3)6,344
Fri 21 June19 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L16–26 Smith, Minikin, Rankin Mata'utia (2)2,829
Sun 30 June20 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos H Wheldon Road W42–10 Egodo (2), McMeeken (2), Rankin, Trueman, Clare, Clarkson Rankin (5)6,860
Fri 5 July21 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road L10–18 Clare (2) Rankin 8,147
Fri 12 July22 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W36–16 Egodo, Holmes, Clare (3), Rankin (2) Mata'utia (4)6,244
Sun 21 July23 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road W27–18 Clare, Minikin, Trueman, Egodo Mata'utia (5) Trueman 6,965
Sun 4 August24 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L26–27 (GP) Mata'utia, Rankin, Clare, Minikin Mata'utia (5)8,004
Sat 10 August25 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos H Wheldon Road W20–6 Egodo (2), Holmes, O'Neill Ellis (2)5,497
Sun 18 August26 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium W24–0 Clare, Milner, McMeeken, Sene-Lefao Ellis (4)4,636
Fri 30 August27 Saintscolours.svg St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium L0–410,315
Thu 5 September28 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC H Wheldon Road W44–12 Blair, Trueman (3), Clare, Rankin, Cook Ellis (8)6,712
Thu 12 September29 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L8–26 Blair Ellis (2)11,001
Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2019 & Rugby League Project

    League table

    PosTeam
    		PldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
    1 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens (C, L)292603916395+52152Semi Final
    2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 2918011699539+16036Qualifying Final
    3 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 2917012783597+18634
    4 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 2916013709533+17632Elimination Final
    5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 2915014646558+8830
    6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 2915014645768−12330
    7 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 2913016553745−19226
    8 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 2912017650644+624
    9 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 2911018608723−11522
    10 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 2911018571776−20522
    11 HKRcolours.svg Hull KR 2910019548768−22020
    12 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos (R)2910019505787−28220Relegated to Championship
    Source:
    (C) Champions; (L)     League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated

    Playoffs

    DateRoundOppositionH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsDrop goalsAttendanceSource
    Thu 19 SeptemberElimination play-off Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W14–12 Milner, Rankin Mata'utia (3)5,627 [21]
    Thu 26 SeptemberElimination semi-final Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L0–224,800 [22]

    Challenge Cup

    Results

    DateRoundOppositionH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsDrop goalsAttendanceSource
    Fri 10 May6 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC A KCOM Stadium L12–28 Clare, Aston Mata'utia (2)6,230 [23]

    Player statistics

    Summary

    NoPlayerAppTGDGPts
    1 Flag of Samoa.svg Peter Mata'utia 313561125
    2 Flag of England.svg James Clare 30160064
    3 Flag of England.svg Greg Minikin 3090036
    4 Flag of England.svg Michael Shenton 1230012
    5 Flag of England.svg Greg Eden 21130052
    6 Flag of England.svg Jake Trueman 3180133
    7 Flag of England.svg Luke Gale 00000
    8 Flag of England.svg Liam Watts 3040016
    9 Flag of England.svg Paul McShane 28112028
    10 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Grant Millington 262008
    11 Flag of England.svg Oliver Holmes 1530012
    12 Flag of England.svg Mike McMeeken 2230012
    13 Flag of England.svg Adam Milner 2830012
    14 Flag of England.svg Nathan Massey 271004
    15 Flag of Samoa.svg Jesse Sene-Lefao 2570028
    16 Flag of Samoa.svg Junior Moors 1330012
    17 Flag of England.svg Alex Foster 61004
    18 Flag of England.svg Matt Cook 2130012
    19 Flag of Samoa.svg Ben Roberts 10000
    20 Flag of England.svg Jamie Ellis 5016032
    21 Flag of New Zealand.svg Mitch Clark 91004
    22 Flag of Scotland.svg Joe Wardle 00000
    23 Flag of England.svg Will Maher 90000
    24 Flag of England.svg Cory Aston 940016
    25 Flag of Nigeria.svg Tuoyo Egodo 1280032
    26 Flag of England.svg Kieran Gill 00000
    27 Flag of England.svg Calum Turner 51208
    28 Flag of England.svg Lewis Peachey 10000
    29 Flag of England.svg Jacques O'Neill 111004
    30 Flag of England.svg Robbie Storey 00000
    31 Flag of England.svg Lewis Carr 00000
    32 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Jordan Rankin 241019078
    33 Flag of England.svg Chris Clarkson 2040016
    34 Flag of England.svg Daniel Smith 191004
    35 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Cheyse Blair 182008
    Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2019

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