2017 Castleford Tigers season


The 2017 season was the Castleford Tigers' 92nd season in existence and 10th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the Super League XXII and the 2017 Challenge Cup.

Castleford Tigers 2017 season
Super League XXII Rank1st
Play-off resultRunners-up
Challenge CupQuarter-finals
2017 recordWins: 26; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scoredFor: 1,042; against: 578
Team information
ChairmanIan Fulton
Head CoachDaryl Powell
Captain
StadiumThe Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Avg. attendance8,933
Agg. attendance142,920
High attendance11,500
Low attendance6,849
Top scorers
TriesGreg Eden (41)
GoalsLuke Gale (145)
PointsLuke Gale (355)
Home colours
Away colours
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First-team squad edit

2017 Castleford Tigers squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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



Transfers and loans edit

Gains edit

No Player From Contract Date
5   Greg Eden   Brisbane Broncos 2 years 13 June 2016[1]
27   Tuoyo Egodo   London Broncos 2 years 17 October 2016[2]
32   Daniel Igbinedion   Oxford Rugby League 2 years 18 October 2016[3]
15   Jesse Sene-Lefao   Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 2 years 20 October 2016[4]
35   Jake Trueman   Bradford Bulls 2 years 25 January 2017[5]
33   Kevin Larroyer   Hull Kingston Rovers 1 year[a] 15 February 2017[6]
34   Alex Foster   Bradford Bulls[b] 1 year[a] 16 February 2022[7]
1   Zak Hardaker   Leeds Rhinos 4½ years[c] 27 June 2017[8]

Loans in edit

No Player From Loan type Arrival Return
1   Zak Hardaker   Leeds Rhinos Season-long 8 November 2016[9] Permanent[d]

Losses edit

No Player To Contract Date
14   Lee Jewitt   Townsville Blackhawks 1 year 6 April 2016[10]
1   Luke Dorn Retired 13 May 2016[11]
20   Frankie Mariano   Featherstone Rovers 1 year 1 September 2016[12]
21   Ryan Boyle   Halifax RLFC 1 year 19 October 2016[13]
5   Denny Solomona Retired[e] 13 December 2016[14]
31   Brandon Westerman Released 22 January 2017[15]
6   Rangi Chase   Widnes Vikings 2 years 7 July 2017[16]

Loans out edit

No Player To Loan type Departure Return
26   Kieran Gill   Oldham RLFC Season-long, recall 31 August 2016[17] 2 May 2017[18]
22   Will Maher   Batley Bulldogs Season-long, recall 13 October 2016[19] 20 September 2017[20]
23   Tom Holmes 2 May 2017[18]
28   Conor Fitzsimmons   Workington Town Season-long 31 October 2016[21] 20 September 2017[20]
19   Ben Crooks   Leigh Centurions Season-long 7 November 2016[22] Permanent[f]
25   Jy Hitchcox   Batley Bulldogs Season-long, recall 11 November 2016[23] 2 June 2017[24]
27   Tuoyo Egodo   Oldham RLFC Season-long, recall 24 January 2017[25] 16 June 2017[26]
33   Kevin Larroyer   Bradford Bulls Season-long, recall 15 February 2017[6] 2 May 2017[18]
24   Brandon Douglas   Dewsbury Rams Season-long, recall 15 March 2017[27] 13 May 2017[28]
6   Rangi Chase   Widnes Vikings Season-long 15 May 2017[29] Permanent[g]
24   Brandon Douglas   Halifax RLFC Season-long, recall 19 May 2017[28] 16 September 2017
27   Tuoyo Egodo   York City Knights Season-long, recall 23 June 2017[30] 20 September 2017[20]
  1. ^ a b With an option for a further 2 years
  2. ^ Released without appearing for Bradford after the Bulls entered administration, having most recently played for the London Broncos
  3. ^ Hardaker initially joined on loan from Leeds, with the deal being made permanent during the season
  4. ^ The deal was made permanent on 27 June 2017
  5. ^ Solomona controversially retired from rugby league, aged 23 and with 2 years left on his contract, in order to join rugby union side Sale Sharks
  6. ^ The deal was made permanent on 4 October 2017
  7. ^ The deal was made permanent on 7 July 2017

Pre-season friendlies edit

Date Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Source
Mon 26 December   Hull FC H Wheldon Road W 42–10 McMeeken, Hardaker, Minikin (2), Eden (3), Egodo, Million McShane (2/6), Hardaker (0/1), Turner (1/2) [31]
Sun 15 January   Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue L 30–32 Gale, Minikin, McShane, Eden, Million Gale (4/4), Eden (1/1) [32]
Fri 27 January   Batley Bulldogs A Mount Pleasant L 12–38 Gill, Sheehan Sweeting (2/2) [33]
Sun 29 January   St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium W 22–6 Chase, Hardaker, Sene-Lefao, Millington Gale (3/4) [34]

Super League edit

Regular season edit

Results edit

Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source
Fri 10 February 1   Leigh Leopards H Wheldon Road W 44–16 Gale (2), Sene-Lefao, Minikin (2), Moors, Eden Gale (8) 8,522 [35]
Fri 24 February 2   Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 30–22 Sene-Lefao, Hardaker, Eden (2), Gale, Minikin Gale (3) 11,374 [36]
Thu 2 March 3   Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road W 66–10 Eden (3), Minikin (3), McMeeken, Hardaker, McShane, Webster, Gale, Shenton Gale (9) 11,500 [37]
Sun 12 March 4   Widnes Vikings A Halton Stadium W 34–0 Minikin (2), Shenton, Eden (2), Cook Gale (5) 6,396 [38]
Sun 19 March 5   Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L 12–13 Gale, Minikin Gale (2) 5,221 [39]
Sun 26 March 6   Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road W 43–26 Hardaker, Millington, Monaghan, Eden (2), Moors, Shenton Gale (7) Gale 8,126 [40]
Fri 31 March 7   Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road W 52–16 Roberts, Webster, McMeeken, Gale (3), Milner, Monaghan (3) Gale (6) 8,035 [41]
Thu 6 April 8   Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium W 27–10 Webster, Gale, Sene-Lefao, Eden Gale (5) Gale 12,423 [42]
Fri 14 April 9   Wakefield Trinity H Wheldon Road W 42–24 Roberts, Webster (2), O Holmes, Millington (2), Eden Gale (7) 10,349 [43]
Mon 17 April 10   St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium L 22–26 Eden (2), Roberts (2) Gale (3) 6,171 [44]
Sun 23 April 11   Hull FC A KCOM Stadium L 24–26 Minikin, Roberts (2), Shenton, McMeeken McShane (2) 12,801 [45]
Sat 29 April 12   Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road W 54–4 Milner, Shenton, Cook, McMeeken, Minikin (2), Gale, Millington, Webster Gale (8), McShane 9,333 [46]
Thu 4 May 13   Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium W 26–21 Monaghan, Minikin, Eden, Sene-Lefao McShane (5) 5,566 [47]
Sun 21 May 14   Leeds Rhinos N St James' Park W 29–18 Gale, Eden (3), T Holmes Gale (4) Gale 30,046 [48]
Fri 26 May 15   Widnes Vikings H Wheldon Road W 32–22 Eden (3), Springer, Minikin, Cook Gale (4) 7,648 [49]
Mon 29 May 16   Leigh Leopards A Leigh Sports Village W 38–0 Sene-Lefao (2), Eden (4), Webster Gale (5) 5,905 [50]
Sun 4 June 17   St Helens H Wheldon Road W 16–12 Gill, McMeeken, T Holmes McShane (2) 8,515 [51]
Sun 11 June 18   Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road W 36–16 Eden (5), Minikin, McMeeken Gale (4) 8,577 [52]
Fri 23 June 19   Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium W 23–12 Eden, Hardaker, Millington Gale (5) Gale 18,029 [53]
Fri 30 June 20   Hull FC H Wheldon Road W 24–22 Gale, McMeeken, Hardaker Gale (6) 8,371 [54]
Thu 6 July 21   Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W 25–24 Eden, Millington, McMeeken, Webster Gale (4) Gale 6,430 [55]
Fri 14 July 22   Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road W 38–14 Eden (2), Roberts, Monaghan (2), Hardaker Gale (7) 7,094 [56]
Sat 22 July 23   Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 32–24 Hitchcox (2), Hardaker, Minikin, McShane Gale (5), Hardaker 8,657 [57]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Castleford Tigers 23 20 0 3 769 378 +391 40 Super League Super 8s
2   Leeds Rhinos 23 15 0 8 553 477 +76 30
3   Hull F.C. 23 13 1 9 541 483 +58 27
4   Salford Red Devils 23 13 0 10 576 500 +76 26
5   Wakefield Trinity 23 13 0 10 572 509 +63 26
6   St. Helens 23 12 1 10 516 420 +96 25
7   Wigan Warriors 23 10 3 10 539 518 +21 23
8   Huddersfield Giants 23 9 3 11 519 486 +33 21
9   Warrington Wolves 23 9 2 12 426 557 −131 20 The Qualifiers
10   Catalans Dragons 23 7 1 15 469 689 −220 15
11   Leigh Centurions 23 6 0 17 425 615 −190 12
12   Widnes Vikings 23 5 1 17 359 632 −273 11
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super 8s edit

Results edit

Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source
Thu 3 August 1   St Helens H Wheldon Road L 12–26 Milner, Monaghan Gale (2) 6,849 [58]
Fri 11 August 2   Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium W 23–4 Hardaker (2), McShane, Hitchcox Gale (3) Gale 2,811 [59]
Thu 17 August 3   Wakefield Trinity H Wheldon Road W 45–20 Hardaker (2), McMeeken, Webster (4), Eden Gale (6) Gale 11,235 [60]
Fri 1 September 4   Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium W 24–16 Webster, Roberts, Eden, Gale Gale (4) 6,284 [61]
Fri 8 September 5   Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road W 38–24 Eden, Roberts (2), Webster, Foster, Minikin Gale (7) 9,557 [62]
Sun 17 September 6   Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium W 38–20 Eden, Trueman (3), Minikin (2), Shenton McShane (5) 15,706 [63]
Fri 22 September 7   Hull FC H Wheldon Road L 16–48 Egodo (3) McShane (2) 7,974 [64]

League table edit

Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Castleford Tigers (L) 30 25 0 5 965 536 +429 50 Semi-finals
2   Leeds Rhinos (C) 30 20 0 10 749 623 +126 40
3   Hull F.C. 30 17 1 12 714 655 +59 35
4   St Helens 30 16 1 13 663 518 +145 33
5   Wakefield Trinity 30 16 0 14 714 679 +35 32
6   Wigan Warriors 30 14 3 13 691 668 +23 31
7   Salford Red Devils 30 14 0 16 680 728 −48 28
8   Huddersfield Giants 30 11 3 16 663 680 −17 25
Source: [1]
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders Shield

Playoffs edit

Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source
Thu 28 September Semi-Final   St Helens H Wheldon Road W 23–22 (GP) Hardaker, Gale, Milner Gale (5) Gale 11,235 [65]
Sat 7 October Grand Final   Leeds Rhinos N Old Trafford L 6–24 Foster Gale 72,827 [66]

Challenge Cup edit

Results edit

Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source
Sat 13 May 6   St Helens H Wheldon Road W 53–10 Shenton, Webster (2), McShane, Minikin (2), Massey, Eden (3) Gale (6) Gale 5,216 [67]
Sun 18 June QF   Hull FC A KCOM Stadium L 24–32 Roberts (2), Hardaker, Minikin Gale (4) 11,944 [68]

Player statistics edit

Summary edit

No Player App T G DG Pts
1   Zak Hardaker 30 13 1 0 54
2   Greg Minikin 29 22 0 0 88
3   Jake Webster 28 16 0 0 64
4   Michael Shenton 29 7 0 0 28
5   Greg Eden 31 41 0 0 164
6   Rangi Chase 8 0 0 0 0
7   Luke Gale 30 14 145 9 355
8   Andy Lynch 21 0 0 0 0
9   Paul McShane 33 4 17 0 50
10   Grant Millington 30 6 0 0 24
11   Oliver Holmes 10 1 0 0 4
12   Mike McMeeken 32 9 0 0 36
13   Adam Milner 29 4 0 0 16
14   Nathan Massey 30 1 0 0 4
15   Jesse Sene-Lefao 34 6 0 0 24
16   Ben Roberts 29 12 0 0 48
17   Junior Moors 23 2 0 0 8
18   Matt Cook 23 3 0 0 12
19   Gadwin Springer 21 1 0 0 4
20   Larne Patrick 7 0 0 0 0
21   Joel Monaghan 16 8 0 0 32
22   Will Maher 2 0 0 0 0
23   Tom Holmes 12 2 0 0 8
24   Brandon Douglas 0 0 0 0 0
25   Jy Hitchcox 10 3 0 0 12
26   Kieran Gill 1 1 0 0 4
27   Tuoyo Egodo 1 3 0 0 12
28   Conor Fitzsimmons 0 0 0 0 0
29   Luke Million 0 0 0 0 0
30   Declan Sheehan 0 0 0 0 0
31   Brandon Westerman 0 0 0 0 0
32   Daniel Igbinedion 0 0 0 0 0
33   Kevin Larroyer 7 0 0 0 0
34   Alex Foster 19 2 0 0 8
35   Jake Trueman 3 3 0 0 12
Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2017

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External links edit