2024 Castleford Tigers season

Castleford Tigers 2024 season
Super League Rank	10th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
2024 record	Wins: 8; draws: 1; losses: 20
Points scored	For: 459; against: 809
Team information
Chairman	Ian Fulton
Head Coach	Craig Lingard
Captain	Paul McShane & Joe Westerman
Stadium	The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Avg. attendance	7,945
Agg. attendance	103,279
High attendance	10,170
Low attendance	6,965
Top scorers
Tries	Innes Senior (17)
Goals	Rowan Milnes (51)
Points	Rowan Milnes (135)
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The 2024 season was the Castleford Tigers' 99th season in the Rugby Football League and their 17th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2024 Super League and the 2024 Challenge Cup.

This was Castleford's first season under Craig Lingard as head coach. The team was jointly captained by Paul McShane and Joe Westerman. They finished the Super League season in 10th place.

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First-team squad

2024 Castleford Tigers Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Luke Hooley – FB, CE 2 Josh Simm – WG, CE 3 Jack Broadbent – CE, FB, HK, SO 4 Sam Wood – CE 5 Innes Senior – WG 6 Danny Richardson (gk) – SH 7 Jacob Miller – SO, SH 8 Liam Watts – PR 9 Paul McShane (c) – HK, SH 10 George Lawler – PR, SR, HK, LF 11 Elie El-Zakhem – SR 12 Alex Mellor – SR, CE 13 Joe Westerman (c) – LF, PR, SO		14 Liam Horne – HK, LF 15 George Griffin – PR 16 Rowan Milnes (gk) – SO, SH 17 Nixon Putt – PR, SR 18 Josh Hodson – CE 19 Sam Hall – PR, LF 20 Muizz Mustapha – PR 21 Sylvester Namo – PR 22 Charbel Tasipale – SR, CE 23 Jason Qareqare – WG 24 Cain Robb – HK 25 Brad Martin – PR, SR 26 Samy Kibula – PR		27 Albert Vete – PR 28 Will Tate – CE, WG 29 George Hill – LF, HK 30 Luis Johnson – SR 31 Fletcher Rooney – FB 32 Daniel Hindmarsh-Takyi – PR 33 Louis Senior – WG 34 Tex Hoy – FB, SO 35 Corey Hall – CE 36 Sam Eseh – PR 37 Matty English – PR 38 Jenson Windley – SH 39 Akim Matvejev – PR				Head coach Craig Lingard Assistant coach Danny McGuire Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) (gk) Goal kicker

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

No	Player	From	Contract	Date	Ref.
17	Nixon Putt	Central Queensland Capras	2 years	29 September 2023	[2]
11	Elie El-Zakhem	North Sydney Bears	2 years	29 September 2023	[2]
21	Sylvester Namo	Townsville Blackhawks	2 years	1 October 2023	[3]
18	Josh Hodson	Batley Bulldogs	2 years	2 October 2023	[4]
2	Josh Simm	Wynnum Manly Seagulls	2 years	3 October 2023	[5]
4	Sam Wood	Hull Kingston Rovers	3 years	4 October 2023	[6]
1	Luke Hooley	Leeds Rhinos	2 years	5 October 2023	[7]
16	Rowan Milnes	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 years	8 October 2023	[8]
26	Samy Kibula	Batley Bulldogs	1 year [b]	19 October 2023	[9]
30	Luis Johnson	Hull Kingston Rovers	1 year	18 December 2023	[10]
32	Daniel Hindmarsh-Takyi	Northern Pride	2 years	5 February 2024	[11]
34	Tex Hoy	Hull F.C.	1 year	20 April 2024	[12]

Loans in

No	Player	From	Loan type	Arrival	Return	Ref.
5	Innes Senior	Huddersfield Giants	Season-long	11 October 2023	Permanent [c]	[13]
33	Louis Senior	Hull Kingston Rovers	Two-week, rolling	16 April 2024	Permanent [c]	[14]
			Season-long	23 April 2024		[15]
35	Corey Hall	Hull Kingston Rovers	Season-long	23 April 2024	20 September 2024	[15]
36	Sam Eseh	Wigan Warriors	Two-week	23 April 2024	1 May 2024	[16] [17]
			Two-week	7 May 2024	21 May 2024	[18] [19]
37	Matty English	Huddersfield Giants	Two-week, rolling	12 June 2024	15 July 2024	[20] [21]

Transfers out

No	Player	To	Contract	Date	Ref.
16	Adam Milner	Huddersfield Giants	1 year [b] [d]	25 May 2023	[22]
1	Niall Evalds	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 years	23 August 2023	[23]
3	Jordan Turner	Oldham	2 years	23 August 2023	[24]
14	Nathan Massey	Featherstone Rovers	1 year	12 September 2023	[25] [26]
2	Greg Eden	Halifax Panthers	2 years	19 September 2023	[27] [28]
23	Suaia Matagi	Doncaster	1 year	19 September 2023	[27] [29]
15	Alex Sutcliffe	Doncaster	1 year	20 September 2023	[30] [31]
27	Bailey Dawson	Dewsbury Rams	1 year	20 September 2023	[30] [32]
29	Kieran Hudson	Leeds Rhinos	1 year	20 September 2023	[30] [33]
30	Jacob Hookem	Dewsbury Rams	1 year	20 September 2023	[30] [34]
35	Ilikaya Mafi	Doncaster	1 year	20 September 2023	[30] [35]
11	Kenny Edwards	Mackay Cutters [e]	2 years	20 September 2023	[36] [37]
26	Elliot Wallis	Huddersfield Giants	4 years	11 October 2023	[13]
6	Gareth Widdop	Halifax Panthers [f]	1 year	18 October 2023	[38] [39]
33	Aaron Willis	Midlands Hurricanes	1 year	22 October 2023	[40] [41]
—	Jacques O'Neill	Released		22 October 2023	[40] [42]
27	Albert Vete	Released		19 April 2024	[43]
22	Charbel Tasipale	Western Suburbs Magpies	½ year	24 June 2024	[44] [45]

Loans out

No	Player	To	Loan type	Departure	Return	Ref.
29	George Hill	Whitehaven	Two-week, rolling	27 March 2024	10 April 2024	[46]
3	Jack Broadbent	Hull Kingston Rovers	Season-long	23 April 2024	Permanent [c]	[47]
32	Daniel Hindmarsh-Takyi	Whitehaven	Two-week, rolling	26 April 2024	28 June 2024	[48]
1	Luke Hooley	Featherstone Rovers	Two-week	3 May 2024	17 May 2024	[49]
6	Danny Richardson	Hull Kingston Rovers	Season-long	9 May 2024	Permanent [c]	[50]
30	Luis Johnson	Featherstone Rovers	Two-week	13 June 2024	27 June 2024	[51]
26	Samy Kibula	Featherstone Rovers	Season-long	26 July 2024	Ongoing	[52]

Dual registration

Castleford also agreed dual registration partnerships with the Batley Bulldogs in the Championship and the Newcastle Thunder in League 1. ^{[53] [54]}

Club	No	Player	App	T	G	DG	Pts
Batley Bulldogs	1	Luke Hooley	12	6	2	1	29
	17	Nixon Putt	6	0	0	0	0
	20	Muizz Mustapha	2	0	0	0	0
	26	Samy Kibula	6	0	0	0	0
	29	George Hill	1	0	0	0	0
Newcastle Thunder	17	Nixon Putt	1	0	0	0	0
	21	Sylvester Namo	1	0	0	0	0
	32	Dan Hindmarsh	1	0	0	0	0
	—	Alfie Dean [g]	3	0	0	0	0
	—	Jaiden Linford [g]	1	0	0	0	0

Sources: RLRKC – Batley Bulldogs 2024 & RLRKC – Newcastle Thunder 2024

1. In tribute to Adrian Vowles ^[1]
2. With an option for a further year
3. The deal was made permanent at the end of the season
4. Initially joined on loan during the 2023 season, with the deal being made permanent ahead of 2024
5. Edwards initially announced his retirement, but later joined the Mackay Cutters on a two-year deal
6. Widdop initially announced his retirement, but later joined the Halifax Panthers on a one-year deal
7. Castleford Reserves player

Pre-season friendlies

Castleford's first fixture of 2024 was against Keighley Cougars, announced in November 2023. ^[55] They also faced the London Broncos and the Huddersfield Giants, both announced in December. ^{[56] [57]}

Date	Opposition	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Drop goals	Source
Sun 14 January [a]	Keighley Cougars	A	Cougar Park	W	54–0	Simm, Tasipale, I. Senior (2), Hodson (2), Miller, Horne, Johnson, Qareqare	Hooley (7/10)		[58]
Sun 21 January	London Broncos	H	Wheldon Road	D	14–14	Wood, I. Senior (2)	Richardson (1/2), Hooley (0/1)		[59]
Sun 4 February [b]	Huddersfield Giants	H	Wheldon Road	W	20–14	Watts, Wood (2), Simm	Hooley (2/4)		[60]

1. Jake Webster's farewell match, after his testimonial was postponed in 2023
2. Paul McShane's testimonial match

Super League

Main article: 2024 Super League season

Results

On 23 November 2023, the Super League fixtures were announced. ^[61] All fixtures are subject to change, and matches from round 16 onwards may be rescheduled for broadcast on Sky Sports. ^[62]

Round 1: Sat 17 February	Castleford Tigers	4–32	Wigan Warriors	Castleford
17:30 GMT	Goals: Richardson (2/2)  8 (p)', 26 (p)' Sent off: Watts  29'	BBC Sky	Tries: Mago  34' French  38' Marshall  51', 76' Leeming  54' Goals: Smith (5/6)  4 (p)', 35', 40', 55', 78' Keighran (1/1)  30 (p)' Sin bin: Smith 21' to 31'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 10,170 Referee: Tom Grant

Round 2: Sun 25 February	Salford Red Devils	26–22	Castleford Tigers	Salford
15:00 GMT	Tries: Stone  10', 49' Bourouh  13' Macdonald  39' Goals: Sneyd (5/5)  12', 15', 40', 50', 73 (p)' Sin bin: Ormondroyd 64' to 74' Watkins 79' to 80'	BBC Sky	Tries: Wood  23' Broadbent  32' Westerman  56' Horne  78' Goals: Richardson (1/2)  25' Hooley (2/2)  57', 79'	Stadium: Salford Community Stadium Attendance: 4,770 Referee: James Vella

Round 3: Fri 1 March	Warrington Wolves	30–8	Castleford Tigers	Warrington
20:00 GMT	Tries: Ashton  23', 29' Philbin  34' Dufty  42' Thewlis  75' Goals: Ratchford (5/5)  24', 31', 35', 40 (p)', 44' Thewlis (0/1)	BBC Sky	Tries: Simm  10' I. Senior  49' Goals: Milnes (0/2)	Stadium: Halliwell Jones Stadium Attendance: 8,483 Referee: Aaron Moore

Round 4: Fri 8 March	Castleford Tigers	8–50	Huddersfield Giants	Castleford
20:00 GMT	Tries: I. Senior  23', 50' Goals: Hooley (0/2)	BBC Sky	Tries: Swift  7', 69' Clune  14' Halsall  32', 72' Hewitt  40' Cudjoe  63', 77' Naiqama  79' Goals: Russell (7/10)  8', 15', 35 (p)', 40', 70', 74', 78'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 7,040 Referee: Liam Moore

Round 5: Sat 16 March	Catalans Dragons	40–14	Castleford Tigers	Perpignan
18:30 CET	Tries: Mourgue  15' Abdull  20' Johnstone  36' Laguerre  43' Davies  49' Ikuvalu  65' Rougé  68' Goals: Mourgue (6/7)  22', 37', 45', 51', 66', 68'	BBC Sky	Tries: Westerman  34' Simm  54', 77' Goals: Milnes (1/3)  35'	Stadium: Stade Gilbert Brutus Attendance: 8,159 Referee: James Vella

Round 6: Thu 28 March	Castleford Tigers	6–26	Leeds Rhinos	Castleford
20:00 GMT	Tries: Simm  71' Goals: Richardson (1/2)  72'	BBC Sky	Tries: Momirovski  42', 52' Miller  66', 74' Goals: Martin (5/5)  43', 53', 63 (p)', 67', 76'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 9,026 Referee: Aaron Moore

Round 7: Fri 5 April	Castleford Tigers	36–24	Salford Red Devils	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: I. Senior  15', 32', 57', 77' Hall  25' Martin  60' Goals: Richardson (6/7)  17', 26', 33', 58', 61', 66 (p)'	BBC Sky	Tries: Brierley  12', 48' Lafai  38' Macdonald  44' Goals: Sneyd (4/5)  8 (p)', 13', 39', 45' Sin bin: Bourouh 23' to 33'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: Not given Referee: Chris Kendall

Round 8: Fri 19 April	Wigan Warriors	36–14	Castleford Tigers	Wigan
20:00 BST	Tries: French  8' Marshall  35', 58' Hampshire  44', 48' Miski  72' Goals: Keighran (2/2)  9', 36' Smith (4/4)  45', 49', 59', 74'	BBC Sky	Tries: L. Senior  19' Milnes  79' Goals: Milnes (3/3)  20', 40 (p)', 80'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 13,029 Referee: James Vella

Round 9: Fri 26 April	Castleford Tigers	40–0	London Broncos	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: Miller  2' Milnes  25' McShane  28' Mellor  30' I. Senior  36', 43' L. Senior  50' Goals: Milnes (6/7)  3', 26', 29', 31', 38', 45'	BBC Sky		Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 6,996 Referee: Jack Smith

Round 10: Sat 4 May	Leigh Leopards	28–28	Castleford Tigers	Leigh
17:30 BST	Tries: Moylan  27' Ipape  37' Charnley  40' Leutele  52' Lam  69' Goals: Moylan (4/5)  29', 38', 40', 53'	BBC Sky	Tries: L. Senior  11', 78' Hoy  16' Wood  61' I. Senior  72' Goals: Milnes (4/5)  18', 62', 73', 79'	Stadium: Leigh Sports Village Attendance: 8,035 Referee: James Vella

Round 11: Fri 10 May	Castleford Tigers	4–60	St Helens	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: L. Senior  38' Goals: Milnes (0/1) Sent off: Horne  48'	BBC Sky	Tries: Mata'utia  4' Lomax  24' Welsby  42', 57' Percival  52' Blake  54', 72', 80' Bell  63', 68' Dodd  75' Goals: Percival (8/12)  44', 49 (p)', 56', 58', 65', 69', 77', 80' Sent off: Makinson  13'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 7,869 Referee: Jack Smith

Round 12: Fri 24 May	Castleford Tigers	30–22	Hull F.C.	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: Horne  7' Hoy  9' Milnes  31' Qareqare  50' C. Hall  55' Goals: Milnes (5/5)  8', 10', 33', 51', 56'	BBC Sky	Tries: Barron  23' Sutcliffe  37' Chan  65' Trueman  74' Goals: Reynolds (3/4)  24', 66', 75'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 8,269 Referee: Aaron Moore

Round 13: Sat 1 June	Leeds Rhinos	32–4	Castleford Tigers	Leeds
17:30 BST	Tries: Handley  10' Croft  23' Frawley  42' Martin  46', 68' Goals: Martin (6/6)  12', 25', 35 (p)', 44', 47', 70'	BBC Sky	Tries: El-Zakhem  64' Goals: Milnes (0/1)	Stadium: Headingley Stadium Attendance: 14,529 Referee: Chris Kendall

Round 14: Fri 14 June	Castleford Tigers	8–10	Wigan Warriors	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: Hoy  33' Goals: Milnes (2/3)  52 (p)', 59 (p)' Sin bin: Robb 54' to 64'	BBC Sky	Tries: Marshall  7', 61' Goals: Smith (1/3)  65 (p)'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 6,965 Referee: Ben Thaler

Round 15: Thu 20 June	Castleford Tigers	12–13	Hull Kingston Rovers	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: Wood  13' Milnes  59' Goals: Milnes (2/2)  14', 60'	BBC Sky	Tries: Opacic  17' Minchella  20' Goals: Lewis (2/3)  18', 21' Drop goals: Litten  75'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 7,897 Referee: Aaron Moore

Round 16: Fri 5 July	St Helens	6–8	Castleford Tigers	St Helens
20:00 BST	Tries: Royle  38' Goals: Percival (1/2)  51 (p)'	BBC Sky	Tries: I. Senior  55' Goals: Milnes (2/3)  68 (p)', 72 (p)'	Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium Attendance: 9,808 Referee: Tom Grant

Round 17: Fri 12 July	London Broncos	20–34	Castleford Tigers	London
20:00 BST	Tries: Rourke  23' Lovell  37' Stock  60' Bienek  70' Goals: O. Leyland (2/4)  61', 71' Sin bin: Kennedy 8' to 18'	BBC Sky	Tries: Hoy  4' I. Senior  10', 33' Mellor  29', 53' Milnes  55' Goals: Milnes (5/6)  5', 11', 34', 54', 57'	Stadium: Stonebridge Road [a] Attendance: 2,050 Referee: James Vella

Round 18: Sun 21 July	Castleford Tigers	24–18	Catalans Dragons	Castleford
15:00 BST	Tries: Horne  6', 24' Miller  15' Hoy  72' Goals: Milnes (4/4)  6', 16', 25', 74'	BBC Sky	Tries: Johnstone  32' Ikuvalu  45' Mourgue  68' Goals: Mourgue (3/3)  33', 46', 69'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 7,331 Referee: Marcus Griffiths

Round 19: Sat 27 July	Salford Red Devils	30–22	Castleford Tigers	Salford
15:00 BST	Tries: Macdonald  25' Brierley  37' Ryan  61' Partington  66' Hankinson  69' Goals: Sneyd (5/5)  26', 38', 62', 67', 70'	BBC Sky	Tries: Qareqare  15', 49' El-Zakhem  56' Johnson  72' Goals: Milnes (3/4)  16', 50', 73' Sin bin: Horne 33' to 43' Namo 65' to 75'	Stadium: Salford Community Stadium Attendance: 3,146 Referee: Chris Kendall

Round 20: Thu 1 August	Castleford Tigers	10–20	Leigh Leopards	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: Rooney  4' Westerman  63' Goals: Milnes (1/2)  65' Sin bin: Namo 78' to 80'	BBC Sky	Tries: Hardaker  23' Charnley  31', 52' Ipape  46' Goals: McIntosh (0/2) Hardaker (2/3)  48', 54'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: Not given Referee: Marcus Griffiths

Round 21: Fri 9 August	Hull Kingston Rovers	36–6	Castleford Tigers	Kingston upon Hull
20:00 BST	Tries: Hiku  10' Burgess  16', 65' Lewis  31' Hall  36' Evalds  67' May  74' Goals: Lewis (4/8)  17', 46 (p)', 66', 75' Sin bin: Sue 51' to 61'	BBC Sky	Tries: Mellor  6' Goals: Milnes (1/1)  7' Sin bin: Putt 42' to 52'	Stadium: Craven Park Attendance: Not given Referee: Liam Rush

Round 22: Sun 18 August	Huddersfield Giants	20–12	Castleford Tigers	Leeds
18:30 BST	Tries: Halsall  4' Hewitt  13' Marsters  48' Goals: Connor (4/4)  5', 14', 49', 76 (p)' Sin bin: Lolohea 23' to 33' Rogers 51' to 61'	BBC Sky	Tries: Qareqare  58', 68' Goals: Milnes (2/2)  60', 70'	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,293 Referee: Aaron Moore

Round 23: Fri 23 August	Castleford Tigers	6–28	Warrington Wolves	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: Hooley  53' Goals: Hooley (1/1)  54'	BBC Sky	Tries: Taylor-Wray  24' Bateman  45' Nicholson  64' Ashton  73' Thewlis  76' Goals: Thewlis (4/6)  25', 39 (p)', 47', 78' Sin bin: Yates 14' to 24'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 7,449 Referee: Tom Grant

Round 24: Sat 31 August	Hull F.C.	20–39	Castleford Tigers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Tries: Sao  10' Barron  36', 39' Tuimavave  49' Goals: Charles (2/4)  12', 51' Sin bin: Aydin 62' to 72'	BBC Sky	Tries: I. Senior  4' Milnes  13' Windley  16' Hoy  26', 74' Namo  67' Goals: Milnes (7/7)  5', 15', 17', 27', 63 (p)', 68', 76' Drop goals: Milnes  71' Sin bin: Namo 47' to 57' Horne 55' to 65'	Stadium: MKM Stadium Attendance: 10,271 Referee: Liam Rush

Round 25: Fri 6 September	Castleford Tigers	12–34	Leigh Leopards	Castleford
20:00 BST	Tries: C. Hall  33' Milnes  63' Goals: Milnes (2/2)  34', 64' Sin bin: Windley 52' to 62'	BBC Sky	Tries: O'Donnell  8' Charnley  14' Amone  35', 53' O'Brien  45' Leutele  55' Goals: Moylan (5/6)  9', 16', 35', 54', 57' Sin bin: Asiata 61' to 71'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 9,053 Referee: Aaron Moore

Round 26: Fri 13 September	St Helens	40–4	Castleford Tigers	St Helens
20:00 BST	Tries: Burns  3' Bennison  9', 26', 62' Lomax  43' Paasi  55' Makinson  65' Delaney  79' Goals: Bennison (3/7)  4', 45', 57' Mata'utia (1/1)  80'	BBC Sky	Tries: Rooney  40' Goals: Milnes (0/1)	Stadium: Totally Wicked Stadium Attendance: 12,058 Referee: Jack Smith

Round 27: Thu 19 September	Huddersfield Giants	34–10	Castleford Tigers	Huddersfield
20:00 BST	Tries: Hewitt  18', 60' Rushton  21' McGowan  26' Lolohea  37' Clune  48' Goals: Russell (5/6)  19', 22', 38', 49', 62'	BBC Sky	Tries: Qareqare  55' Mellor  73' Goals: Milnes (1/2)  74'	Stadium: Kirklees Stadium Referee: James Vella

1. The fixture was held away from Plough Lane as the pitch was being resurfaced

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Wigan Warriors (C)	27	22	0	5	723	338	+385	44	Advance to Semi-finals
2	Hull KR (Y)	27	21	0	6	719	326	+393	42
3	Warrington Wolves	27	20	0	7	740	319	+421	40	Advance to Eliminators
4	Salford Red Devils	27	16	0	11	550	547	+3	32
5	Leigh Leopards	27	15	1	11	566	398	+168	31
6	St Helens	27	15	0	12	596	388	+208	30
7	Catalans Dragons	27	15	0	12	474	427	+47	30
8	Leeds Rhinos	27	14	0	13	530	488	+42	28
9	Huddersfield Giants	27	10	0	17	468	660	−192	20
10	Castleford Tigers	27	7	1	19	425	735	−310	15
11	Hull FC	27	3	0	24	328	894	−566	6
12	London Broncos (R)	27	3	0	24	317	916	−599	6	Relegated to Championship

Source:
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated; (Y) Runners up

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2024 Challenge Cup

As a Super League club, Castleford entered the 2024 Challenge Cup in the Sixth Round, scheduled to be played in late March. ^[63] In the Sixth Round draw on 11 March, they drew the Batley Bulldogs. ^[64] In the draw for the quarter-finals on 25 March, Castleford were paired against the Wigan Warriors. ^[65]

Sixth round: Sat 23 March	Batley Bulldogs	14–28	Castleford Tigers	Batley
15:00 GMT	Tries: Manning  9' Moore  32' Goals: D. Gibbons (3/3)  10', 13 (p)', 33'	BBC Sky	Tries: Simm  23' Milnes  27' I. Senior  40', 71' McShane  43' Miller  64' Goals: Milnes (0/1) McShane (2/5)  28', 44' Sin bin: Mellor 56' to 66'	Stadium: Mount Pleasant Attendance: 2,015 Referee: Marcus Griffiths

Quarter-final: Sun 14 April	Castleford Tigers	6–60	Wigan Warriors	Castleford
15:00 BST	Tries: I. Senior  32' Goals: Richardson (1/1)  34'	BBC Sky	Tries: Marshall  4', 18', 50', 57' O'Neill  7' French  13' Keighran  22' Miski  45', 69' Leeming  47' Wardle  66' Dupree  78' Goals: Smith (6/12)  8', 15', 20', 23', 49', 80'	Stadium: Wheldon Road Attendance: 4,097 Referee: Liam Moore

Player statistics

Summary

Appearances and points in all competitions

No	Player	App	T	G	DG	Pts
1	Luke Hooley	11	1	3	0	10	0	0
2	Josh Simm	7	5	0	0	20	0	0
3	Jack Broadbent	10	1	0	0	4	0	0
4	Sam Wood	16	3	0	0	12	0	0
5	Innes Senior	29	17	0	0	68	0	0
6	Danny Richardson	5	0	11	0	22	0	0
7	Jacob Miller	26	3	0	0	12	0	0
8	Liam Watts	22	0	0	0	0	0	1
9	Paul McShane	11	2	2	0	12	0	0
10	George Lawler	15	0	0	0	0	0	0
11	Elie El-Zakhem	26	2	0	0	8	0	0
12	Alex Mellor	26	5	0	0	20	1	0
13	Joe Westerman	26	3	0	0	12	0	0
14	Liam Horne	27	4	0	0	16	2	1
15	George Griffin	9	0	0	0	0	0	0
16	Rowan Milnes	24	8	51	1	135	0	0
17	Nixon Putt	7	0	0	0	0	1	0
18	Josh Hodson	5	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	Sam Hall	15	1	0	0	4	0	0
20	Muizz Mustapha	14	0	0	0	0	0	0
21	Sylvester Namo	15	1	0	0	4	3	0
22	Charbel Tasipale	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
23	Jason Qareqare	17	6	0	0	24	0	0
24	Cain Robb	18	0	0	0	0	1	0
25	Brad Martin	10	1	0	0	4	0	0
26	Samy Kibula	6	0	0	0	0	0	0
27	Albert Vete	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
28	Will Tate	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
29	George Hill	13	0	0	0	0	0	0
30	Luis Johnson	10	1	0	0	4	0	0
31	Fletcher Rooney	3	2	0	0	8	0	0
32	Dan Hindmarsh	8	0	0	0	0	0	0
33	Louis Senior	4	5	0	0	20	0	0
34	Tex Hoy	17	7	0	0	28	0	0
35	Corey Hall	14	2	0	0	8	0	0
36	Sam Eseh	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
37	Matty English	4	0	0	0	0	0	0
38	Jenson Windley	5	1	0	0	4	1	0
39	Akim Matvejev	2	0	0	0	0	0	0

Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2024

Appearances

Positions key:

FB = Fullback	RW = Right wing	RC = Right centre	LC = Left centre	LW = Left wing	SO = Stand-off	SH = Scrum half
PR = Prop	HK = Hooker	SR = Second row	LF = Loose forward	R = Replacement	18 = 18th man	(* = Non-playing)

Appearances and positions in each fixture

No	Player	SL					CC	SL		CC	SL
		1	2	3	4	5	R6	6	7	QF	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
1	Luke Hooley	FB	FB	FB	FB	R	R					18*			18*											RC	RC	RC	RC	RC
2	Josh Simm	R		RW	RW	RW	RW	RW	RW
3	Jack Broadbent	RC	RC	RC	R	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
4	Sam Wood	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC		LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC
5	Innes Senior	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW	LW
6	Danny Richardson	SO	SO				18*	SO	SO	SO	18*
7	Jacob Miller	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH		SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH			SH	SH
8	Liam Watts	R					R	PR	PR		PR	PR	PR	PR	R	R	PR		R	R	R		R	PR	R	PR	PR	PR	PR	R
9	Paul McShane						HK	HK				HK	HK	HK	SH											R	R	HK	HK	HK
10	George Lawler	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR		PR											SR	SR	SR	SR	HK				R	R	SR	SR
11	Elie El-Zakhem	SR	SR	SR				SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR
12	Alex Mellor			SR	RC	SR	LC	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	LC	SR	SR	SR	SR	LC	LC
13	Joe Westerman	LF	LF	LF	LF	LF	PR	LF	LF	LF		PR	PR	PR	LF	LF		PR	LF	LF	LF	LF	PR	LF	LF	PR	PR	PR		PR
14	Liam Horne	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	LF	R	HK	HK	HK	R	R	R	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK	HK		HK	HK	HK	HK		LF	LF
15	George Griffin												18*	R	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR
16	Rowan Milnes		R	SO	SO	SO	SO				SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	18*	SO	SO	SO	SO
17	Nixon Putt	PR	PR	R	R											R	R							SR
18	Josh Hodson						RC	RC	RC	RW	RC				R*			18*
19	Sam Hall	R	R	R	R	PR	PR	R	PR		PR	R	R		PR	PR	18*	R		18*	18*	R
20	Muizz Mustapha	R	R	PR															PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR	PR		R	R	PR	R
21	Sylvester Namo				PR				R	R					R	R	R	R			R	R	R	R	R	R	R			R
22	Charbel Tasipale	SR	SR		SR	RC				RC	SR
23	Jason Qareqare	RW	RW												RW	RW	RW	RW	RW	RW	RW	RW		RW	RW	RW	RW	RW	RW	RW
24	Cain Robb	18*	18*		18*	R	R	18*	R	R	R	R	R	R		R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R			18*	R
25	Brad Martin			18*		SR	SR		R	R	R	R	R	18											R				R	18*
26	Samy Kibula		R	R		R			R	PR	R
27	Albert Vete				R	R	R	R
28	Will Tate																								LC	LC	LC
29	George Hill					18*				18*	LF	LF	LF	LF	R	18*	LF	LF	R*			18*	LF	R	R	LF	LF	LF	18*
30	Luis Johnson			R	SR		SR	R*	18*	PR									18*	R	R	R	SR	RC	18*	R
31	Fletcher Rooney																						RW	18*				18*	FB	FB
32	Dan Hindmarsh									R	R												R	R	PR	R		R	R
33	Louis Senior										RW	RW	RW	RW
34	Tex Hoy											FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB
35	Corey Hall											RC	RC	RC	RC	RC	RC	RC	RC	RC	RC	RC	RC		RC			LC
36	Sam Eseh													R
37	Matty English																R	R	R	R
38	Jenson Windley																						18*			SO	SH	SH	R	R
39	Akim Matvejev																												R	PR

Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2024 & RLP – Castleford Tigers 2024

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External links

• Castleford Tigers official website