ROAR Issue 9 September 2020 - The official magazine of Castleford Tigers

OFFICIAL MAGAZINE OF CASTLEFORD TIGERS

ISSUE 09 • SEPTEMBER 2020

INSIDE

WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE 2020 CANCELLED

O’BRIEN JOINS ON LOAN

POWELL REVIEWS RESTART MONTH

ADAM MILNER

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CONTACTS The Mend-A-Hose Jungle: 01977 552674 Tigers Den Club Shop: 01977 552499 Ticket Office: 01977 529264 Email: info@castigers.com castlefordtigers.com facebook.com/castlefordtigers twitter.com/ctrlfc STAFF Director of Rugby: Jon Wells

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Head Coach: Daryl Powell Assistant Coach: Danny Orr & Ryan Sheridan

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Head of Strength & Conditioning: Jamie Bell Head Physio: Matt Crowther Head of Youth: Darren Higgins Captain: Michael Shenton BOARD OF DIRECTORS Chairman: Ian Fulton Club President: Brian Ashworth Managing Director: Mark Grattan Directors: Richard Wright Steve Vause

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Dion Lowe John Duff ADMINISTRATION

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Adam: Now A Dad Adam Milner Main Feature

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Michael Shenton A word from the Captain

General Manager: Richard Pell Head of Commercial Operations: Chris Powell Commercial Manager: Craig Jeffels Accounts Manager: Pam Johnson

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Media & Marketing Manager: Matt Holden Ticketing Manager: Mark Gill Daily Draw Manager: Pauline Rhodes

13 Bulletin Board

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16 Match Action Catalans, St Helens, Wigan & Salford

HONOURS Challenge Cup: 1934-35, 1968-69,

23 Academy Update

1969-70, 1985-86

24 Tigresses Latest

John Player Trophy: 1976-77 Regal Trophy: 1993-94 BBC2 Floodlit Trophy: 1965-66, 1966-67, 1967-68, 1976-77 Yorkshire League Champions: 1932-33, 1938-39, 1964-6 Yorkshire Cup: 1977-78, 1981-82,

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1986-87, 1990-91, 1991-92 National League 1 Grand Final Winners: 2005, 2007 Champions: 2007

41 Mick Morgan

2017 League Leaders’ Shield

43 CTSC

MATCH PROGRAMME Editors: Tom Maguire & Matt Holden Photos: SWPix & Magazine designed by Ignition Sports Media Ltd

31 Opposition Preview Warrington, Hull FC and Huddersfield 38 Tigers Community Foundation News

National League 1

Melanie Allatt Photography

28 Daryl Powell

Coach’s Corner

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45 GOB on loan at Cas Gareth O’Brien Interview 44 Player Sponsors www.castlefordtigers.com September 2020

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Adam: Now A Dad ADAM MILNER HAS BEEN WITH CASTLEFORD TIGERS FOR OVER A DECADE NOW, IN THAT TIME HE HAS GROWN FROM BEING A YOUNG PLAYER WANTING TO MAKE HIS MARK TO ONE OF THE SENIOR PLAYERS OF THE DARYL POWELL’S SQUAD. DURING THE LOCKDOWN AND THE SUSPENSION OF THE SEASON ADAM BECAME A FATHER FOR THE FIRST TIME. IN THIS EDITION OF ROAR MILNER DISCUSSES; HIS EARLY EXPERIENCES OF LIFE AS RUGBY PLAYER AND AS A FATHER, BEING A CAS PLAYER FOR OVER 10 YEARS AND HIS HOPES OF THE YOUNG TIGERS ALSO STAYING LONG TERM AT THE CLUB TOO… On April 20th, 2020, Adam and his partner Beth welcomed little Laurie James Milner into the world, roughly a month after Super League had been suspended due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Instead of lacing up his boots and getting ready for matches at The Jungle, Adz has had to get used to changing nappies and caring for his little boy.

“What an experience it has been! I’m starting to like him now, I can say that now because I’d say for about six weeks I was thinking ‘what have I done?’ or ‘what have I got myself in for?’, he’s grown on me now and I love him to pieces. It has been quite some lockdown having the fatherhood experience which I’m starting to enjoy now.

“I think he’s taken my mind off things really because my sole focus was really on him throughout the day and then I would get up in the morning, nip out for an hour or two to do some training.

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But lockdown was tough, times where you might be thinking if the game would be back on with it being such a challenging time for rugby league. So, the birth of my son helped me get my mind off things and keep me on the straight and narrow.”

Welcoming a child into the world is memorable enough, but 2020 for Adam will be one of the most memorable times of his life after his beloved Leeds United secured their promotion to the Premier League and won the Sky Bet Championship trophy by becoming champions.

“Yeah it’s a bit of a tie is that… it’s sure going to be a year to remember for me with the birth of my boy and then Leeds United finally, finally making it to the big time after a long wait. I am doing everything I can at the minute to try and get a season ticket, hopefully if someone can help and get me a season ticket then get in touch because I need one!

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“It was amazing for Leeds to get back to the top, it’s been a long wait and they should have done it last year but they’ve showed the last two years how good of a team they are, consistently at the top and I can’t wait for them to kick start in the Premier League.”

Whilst Adz might be a big football fan it was clear that rugby league was the sport he wanted to play from a young age, but if it wasn’t for family members trying to coax him out to play who knows what he could be doing now?

“I wouldn’t have even started rugby league if it weren’t for my mum and sister. Stanley Rangers was my amateur club and my mum drove down in a little Ford Escort and all the older lads would be playing on a field and I would just be watching out the window with a smile on my face but I just wouldn’t go and join in with them. f

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“I wouldn’t have even started rugby league if it weren’t for my mum and sister…”

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main feature “My mum and sister told me ‘go on Adam, go on Adam’ but I was petrified and didn’t want to join in at all. It took my mum and sister to almost join in the training session with me to get me started. I think since then I’ve never looked back; Stanley was a fantastic club to me, and I hold them in high regard before going on Scholarship with Wakefield and then Bradford for a period of about two months.”

minute and the more time he spends there, the more he’s going to learn and get better for us.”

In the current Castleford Tigers squad, we have what the club likes to call #ONECLUB men, these players have been with the Fords for a number of years and have only ever played for this great club. Adam is one of those men and is closing in on his 250th match as a player for Cas, a remarkable feat that he takes a lot of pride in achieving.

Oh, how things could have played out dramatically different, that brief period with the Bulls Scholarship impressed Adam and it almost resulted in him joining Bradford instead of Castleford.

“In the last few months before the Academy contracts got dished out, I’d been on Wakefield’s Scholarship for two or three years and it was all I ever knew so I thought I’d spend some time at a different setup and see what other clubs are like. To be honest I loved it at Bradford, if Bradford had offered me a better contract at Academy level I would have probably signed at Bradford.”

Well here he is ten years later and he is still with Castleford, his senior journey which began in July 2010 when Adam made his Super League debut after working his way up through the Tigers Academy and into Ian Millward’s First Team squad.

“I remember it quite well actually as I’d just finished my A-Levels at Outwood College, again if it wasn’t for my mum I probably would not have gone to college and just stuck to rugby full time as soon as I finished school but she made me stay to get my A-Levels.

I trained all that week and Terry Matterson told me I was going to be playing, imagine the delight that I had getting given my first opportunity to play Super League.

“As soon as you get that call you’re straight on your phone to the parents and then mum and dad are ringing the rest of the family and then I’ve got a coach full of people coming down to watch my first game.

It seems a long time ago now, but it goes quick, 10/11 years at Cas playing Super League.

“I have a little bit of a laugh and a joke with Danny Orr because when he was playing at Cas he used to say; ‘Make sure you enjoy it, it’ll soon

“It seems a long time ago now, but it goes quick, 10/11 years at Cas playing Super League”

go quick and you’ll soon be coming to the end of your career and you will be saying where has time gone?’. There’s still a lot of life in me yet and I’m still enjoying it.”

During August Castleford Tigers welcomed Gareth O’Brien on a loan for the remainder of 2020, it’s his second spell with the club after featuring in two games back in 2013 and Gaz mentioned Adz as one of the familiar faces he knew stepping back into Cas this time, but not just from his short stint previously as Adz explains.

“It was brief, Ian Millward was the coach, I think there were two lads from Warrington who came at the same time and I can vaguely remember him turning up and the club was going through a bit of a tough period at that time. I played with and against Gaz at amateur and Academy level, regional camps and stuff and I always remember Gaz O’Brien coming through with Owen Farrell, the two together. It’s good to see what they’ve both done since then, I’ve sort of kept an eye on his career since really. I think he’s fit in well, fullback is a tough position, especially at Cas as a key cog in how we play and attack.

He’s doing a good job at the

“It does mean a lot to me now, I’m coming into my testimonial year whether it’s next year or delayed I’m not too sure but I remember I was ball boy at the game where Cas got relegated – fast forward to 2017 and us winning the league shows what a turnaround it’s been. I’ve sort of been there throughout them years with Cas and how much it means to the lads who have been involved all those years such as me, Oggy and Massey, how much it means to be part of that team that’s gone from fighting relegation to come 10 years on and be fighting for the title.

“I think that makes us proud, seeing people’s appearance milestones – I’m chalking them off at the minute, the higher you go you see some of the legends of this club and you’re in and around them. It’s something I’ll look back on in my career and think I’ve not been too bad.”

With youngsters expected to be given more chances this season with matches coming thick and fast, Adam believes that there is potential that more #ONECLUB men will be with Castleford Tigers in the years to come.

“Cas was known for being a club nearer the bottom but now we’re fighting for silverware year on year, I don’t see why lads, local lads especially, would be wanting to go anywhere else.

Financially Cas might not be able to compete with other clubs but players are wanting to play with top teams and these young lads I don’t see why they wouldn’t have high aspirations of staying at Cas and hopefully going on to win something at their local club.”

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a word from the

captaIn The first month of the restart has been tough with a lot of challenges thrown at us and we were a bit rusty, myself definitely I was rusty, and perhaps we didn’t handle the changes in fixtures or anything else that came alongside it well enough when coming up against three of the most form teams in the comp, it was always going to be a tough start.

How we performed against Saints set the standard for what we can do, what we can achieve against the in-form team in Super League and doing a real good job over there. Jake pulling out on the day of the game, a mix up in the squad and a bit of adversity against us, we showed what we could do and we felt confident heading into the Wigan game but we didn’t perform. It was a really frustrating performance and we thought we were good enough to win that game, a lot of things went against us but we should have had that game.

Heading into the Salford week it had turned into a real ‘must-win’ game, we prepared well and had a great week knowing what they would throw at us and they would be difficult side. That first 15 minutes was unbelievable, to put ourselves under that much pressure early on was crazy and the score line should never have been that. However, we showed real character; when your under the pump, perhaps playing a bit low on confidence and the pressure is on – to hold our nerve and fight our way back into that game shows that this team has got some steel and real metal behind it. I’m really proud of the boys with the way we handled that and fought back in. There are areas for improvement for sure that we are going to continue to work on, but it was a hard-fought win in which we showed some good composure.

The rest of the fixtures will come thick and fast with a three-day turnaround from a league game to our Cup game, our focus will be on the Warrington game first and no doubt Daryl and the rest of the coaching staff are going to think about strategy for the Cup game.

Hopefully, we’re going to have players getting over a few niggles too and we’ll have a healthy squad to allow rotation and some freshness. We know heading into this period was going to be tough for everybody right across the league to fit games in with tight turnarounds, changes of opponents, kick-off times, venues and it’s just the adversity we have to be able to adapt to. We’ve been a little slow at adapting ourselves but I think now we are finding our feet and every one of us in the playing squad are all on board with high training standards and we will have a real good crack at both competitions.

Finally, I would like to say thank you to every supporter who has donated their Season Ticket money back into the club and it’s just another example of how much this team means to people.

Our players, our staff have all made sacrifices for the club and I know our fans have as well, it’s a lot of money that people are giving up but it means so much everyone at the Tigers, especially the players. To see our fans doing that and ensure we have a club come the end of this pandemic, from myself and the rest of Castleford Tigers we are truly grateful to all the supporters who are doing their bit for the team, we understand how much this club means and that’s why we want to get on a roll and have a successful season – not just for ourselves, it’s mainly for our supporters. We want to give something back to the fans that have been so generous and giving the club their money. Thank you again, it’s massively appreciated.

Stay safe and all the best,

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Castleford Tigers are delighted to confirm the capture of one of the brightest talents in the Betfred Super League, Niall Evalds, for next season.

The exciting full back will move to the Tigers on an initial one-year contract for the 2021 season after spending his full career so far at Salford Red Devils where he holds the club’s all-time Super League try-scoring record and played a leading role in his side’s incredible run to the Grand Final last season.

With 100 tries to his name at an average of two in every three games at club level, Evalds has already been capped by the England Knights and was earlier this year called up for an initial meeting with the England senior squad ahead of next year’s Rugby League World Cup under new boss Shaun Wane.

After completing the 2020 campaign with the Red Devils, Evalds will now make the switch to the Mend-A-Hose Jungle where he will form part of an exciting and all-English spine alongside Paul McShane, Danny Richardson and Jake Trueman.

Niall will be sponsored next season by London-based Ergo Real Estate, a new commercial partner for the Tigers, and he told www.castlefordtigers.com: “I’ve still got a job to do with Salford this

season but it’s going to be an exciting year for me next year.

“I’ve been at Salford a long time so this was an opportunity to take up a new challenge at Cas and have to prove myself all over again. I had a phone conversation with Powelly and he spoke about what he expected from me and what he thought the club and himself could offer me personally, hopefully helping me with the international scene and things like that.

“It just appealed to me and the way Castleford play will suit me down to the ground. There’s some quality players over there and a few I’ve played with before, so it’s an exciting move all round.

“Hopefully next year when the crowds are back in I can make my debut at The Jungle and it will be nice to have the crowd there on my side rather than getting booed! I’m excited to see you all, excited to play in front of you all and I hope for all the success with the team next year. I’ll be doing everything I can to make that happen, as will the rest of the team.”

Speaking about the news General Manager of Ritz Castleford Peter Sandford said: “Thanks to Castleford Tigers for giving the Ritz, this opportunity to re-join the partnership. It is with great pleasure we can announce this. As we know just how important Castleford Tigers and the Ritz Bingo are to the Castleford community. We are looking forward to having a long and prosperous relationship. Please watch out for special promotions and events.

NEW RETAIL STORES OPENING HOURS The Tigers can confirm new opening hours for the club’s two retail stores starting from Monday, 7th September.

Tigers Den, Carlton Lanes: Monday – Saturday: 9am to 4pm Xscape Superstore Tuesday – Sunday: 11am to 6pm Please note, opening hours will be reviewed on a weekly basis and any changes will be communicated by the club.

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CASTLEFORD TIGERS 14 CATALANS DRAGONS 40

Dragons comeback outclasses Cas

THE TIGERS GOT OFF TO A LOSING RETURN TO BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE ACTION AS A HUGE TURNAROUND SAW CATALANS TAKE THE POINTS AT HEADINGLEY. It was a game of two quarters in the first half as the Tigers got off to a roaring start in their first match in 21 weeks before being reeled back in as Catalans turned the contest on its head in their second run out behind closed doors.

Despite being forced into a handful of changes from the side which beat St Helens in their last match before lockdown, the Tigers were eager to pick up where they left off and opened the scoring with a quickfire brace from skipper Michael Shenton early on.

However, whilst the Tigers were impressive when they had the momentum, so too were the Dragons when they got on a roll in the second quarter. Winger Tom Davies was the first to hit back with a strong finish in the corner before a sin binning for Peter Mata’utia on the half-hour mark really turned the game on its head.

The centre’s first try came on the back of some great work from Danny Richardson with a jinking run in midfield laying the platform for half back partner Jake Trueman to thread a delicate grubber through for Shenton to finish superbly.

From the kick-off, Richardson’s high kick on the last forced an error from Catalans’ stand-in full back Arthur Mourgue and from the repeat set the Tigers struck again as some excellent hands out to the left flank created space for Eden – who was selected at full back following the departure of Jordan Rankin during lockdown – to pop the pass for Shenton to finish out wide.

Richardson converted both scores and a penalty to make it 14-0 inside 15 minutes for Daryl Powell’s men, who were showing themselves willing to move the ball at every opportunity and target a quick-play-the-ball following the recent rule changes.

When Powell’s side did finally get their hands on the ball, a nicely worked move put Eden through a gap on the opposition try line but his pass dribbled into touch with Olpherts unmarked outside him, leaving Jason Baitieri to finish things off as he latched onto a Josh Drinkwater kick late on to rub salt into the wound.

Castleford Tigers Eden, Olpherts, Mata’utia, Shenton, Clare, Trueman, Richardson, Griffin, McShane, Millington, Holmes, McMeeken, Milner.

Interchange: Sene-Lefao, Foster, O’Neill, Hepi Tries: Shenton (2) Conversions: Richardson (2/2) Penalty: Richardson (1/1) Sin Bin: Mata’utia

Boosted by the extra man, Catalans took full advantage as Alrix Da Costa and Israel Folau both crossed in consecutive to give them the lead at the break before an error from Derrell Olpherts behind his own line gifted an easy score for Ben Garcia early in the second half put the Dragons 22-14 in front.

Down by two scores with the clock ticking, the Tigers needed to find some spark in their attacking play once again but they were starting to look a little ragged after all their defensive work.

Having squandered a great opportunity in the first half when Jesse Sene-Lefao couldn’t gather with the line begging, this time it was James Clare who couldn’t bring the ball in with a try at his mercy.

An error from Trueman at the play-theball with Cas in prime field position just about summed things up for his side’s efforts in the last hour and it proved to be the last hurrah for the Fords as the Dragons came on strongly once again with a further three tries.

It was that man Folau at the heart of it as he registered his second and third assists of the game in a matter of minutes, first gathering a high ball before finding an offload back on the inside for Joel

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Tomkins to touch down before a quick pass sent his wingman Davies over for his double after the Tigers were sloppily pinged for offside at a short kick-off.

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Catalans Dragons Mourgue, Davies, Langi, Folau, Yaha, Maloney, Drinkwater, Bousquet, Garcia, Moa, Whitley, Tomkins, Casty. Interchange: Da Costa, Jullien, Baitieri, Kasiano Tries: Davies (2), Da Costa, Folau, Garcia, Tomkins, Baitieri Conversions: Maloney (5/7) Penalty: Maloney (1/1)

ST HELENS 10-0 CASTLEFORD TIGERS

Brilliant Cas come up short

CASTLEFORD WERE DENIED A FIRST WIN LEAGUE WIN AGAINST ST HELENS ON THEIR OWN PATCH SINCE OCTOBER 1990 IN A LOW SCORING BUT HIGH-QUALITY AFFAIR IN THE BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE. Despite the defeat, it was a superb performance from the under-strength Tigers on Sunday afternoon as they went toe-to-toe with the defending champions as an unbelievable defensive display was eventually underdone with a try three minutes from the hooter to condemn them to an undeserved 10-0 defeat.

Skipper Michael Shenton also found room in the opposite centre channel in a swift Cas counter-attack as Daryl Powell’s men had the better of things in the opening quarter, with Shenton coming closest to opening the scoring as he knocked on stretching to ground McShane’s delicate kick into the in-goal.

Having started the week expecting to face different opponents, both teams had to make the adjustment for the encounter at the Totally Wicked Stadium with the Tigers swapping original opponents Hull FC for arguably the biggest test in the competition – seeking a first away win at Saints in 33 attempts.

It took until the half hour mark for Saints – coming into the clash on the back of big wins over Catalans and Leeds – to threaten the Tigers line. A run of four penalties for the home side gave them a spell of territory in prime field position but the Fords held firm, with Kyle Amor and Matty Lees both held up over the line as Cas worked valiantly.

They were also forced into a late tactical shuffle on game day as Jake Trueman was ruled out with a back spasm. That meant a switch to the halves for Paul McShane and a call up for Calum Turner to the bench, whilst Liam Watts and Nathan Massey returned to the side to bolster the forward pack. New signing Gareth O’Brien took his place at full back after only a handful of training sessions and impressed with his new teammates, although close season signing Sosaia Feki was given an extra week before making his debut.

With Peter Mata’utia also absent through suspension, the Cas attack looked a little clunky at times against a superb and well-drilled Saints outfit, with much of the early responsibility falling on Danny Richardson who began brightly at the heart of the Tigers attack with several pinpoint kicks forcing his former club to bring the ball away from their own line, whilst his cut-out pass saw stand-in centre Alex Foster given the space to make the first break of the match inside five minutes.

try saving tackles during that 10-minute period as he prevented Lees and then Aaron Smith from posting the game’s opening try.

The Tigers were sapped of energy by this period and it brought about a change in midfield as Turner entered the fray in the halves to allow McShane to move up to his normal position of hooker, but their work rate in the opening hour was beginning to take its toll. Derrell Olpherts did well to break up a Saints attack on the left edge and return the ball to half way but Cas couldn’t use the chance to build a foothold in the game as Shenton was penalised for a push on Theo Fages as he chased another Richardson kick.

It was potentially a case of next score wins heading into the final 10 minutes as Saints searched for a killer blow and Cas waited patiently for a chance to pull off a big upset. Olpherts again did well to take a nicely timed cut-out pass from O’Brien over the half way line before a huge hit from Oliver Holmes forced an error from Tommy Makinson to give the Fords the field position they’d been searching for.

With Cas struggling to find the fluency to score from long distance, it looked to be their last chance to take the spoils and again it was Richardson’s kicking game that almost paid dividends, only for his grubber to ricochet six inches too long with Shenton lurking.

It summed up a superb first half defensive performance that will have delighted head coach Powell, with his team doing an excellent job of winning the territorial battle for large periods and restricting the metres of the opposition’s outside backs on their home patch, and in the end the two sides had to settle for a 0-0 scoreline at the break, despite a late half chance for Jesse Sene-Lefao as he came close to touching down another clever kick into the in-goal, this time from Richardson.

Cas got the second half off to an ideal start with a 40/20 from Richardson in their first set but couldn’t sustain the pressure as they coughed up possession on the resulting attack despite O’Brien linking into the line well down the left.

Saints were also struggling to break down the defence in front of them but received a boost when Grant Millington was sin binned for a tackle off the ball on Jonny Lomax.

Lachlan Coote took the opportunity to open the scoring with the penalty goal and added another to give the Saints a 4-0 advantage heading into the final quarter, but Cas did superbly to limit the damage whilst Millington was off the field, with O’Brien coming up with two

It did indeed prove to be the opportunity that slipped away as Saints secured the spoils shortly afterwards. First, Alex Walmsley powered through the middle on the next set only to be halted by a textbook one-on-one tackle from the covering O’Brien before Olpherts got back to deny Regan Grace on the next play. However, the momentum was building and eventually the Tigers rear-guard cracked as Fages supported a break from Coote in the final three minutes to eventually seal it as Saints returned to the top of the Super League table.

St Helens Coote, Makinson, Naiqama, Percival, Grace, Lomax, Fages, Walmsley, Roby, Graham, Taia, Bentley, Knowles. Interchange: McCarthyScarsbrook, Lees, Amor, Smith.

Tries: Fages. Conversions: Coote (1/1) Penalty: Coote (2/2)

Castleford Tigers O’Brien, Olpherts, Foster, Shenton, Clare, McShane, Richardson, Watts, Milner, Griffin, Holmes, McMeeken, Massey. Interchange: Millington, Sene-Lefao, O’Neill, Turner.

Sin Bin: Millington

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WIGAN WARRIORS 30 CASTLEFORD TIGERS 22

Tigers defeated by table toppers

CASTLEFORD’S WAIT FOR THEIR FIRST WIN SINCE THE BETFRED SUPER LEAGUE RESTART CONTINUED AS THEY LOST 30-22 TO WIGAN. Kick-off came on the back of another unusual week for the Tigers as they were once again hit by fixture changes due to the COVID-19 pandemic, this time stepping into the breach to take on the league-leading Warriors at short notice, with Wigan’s original opponents Catalans withdrawing from this weekend’s action following positive coronavirus tests in the Dragons camp.

That meant a Tigers side originally due to have a bye this weekend were called into action at the Halliwell Jones Stadium and they were unable to maintain their charge against a more ruthless Warriors side despite opening up a 12-0 advantage midway through the first half.

bouncing back to Oliver Holmes only for the back rower to be unluckily stopped from grabbing the game’s first try by the post pad. However, from the resulting possession, Cas went to the left edge and good work from Richardson and Trueman created the space for full back Gareth O’Brien to dummy through a gap for his first try for the club.

as Oliver Holmes and Michael Shenton moved outwards and Jesse Sene-Lefao came on from the bench, but Cas initially showed no ill-effects from now having two forwards playing in the centre position as an attack down their right flank saw O’Brien send Derrell Olpherts in at the corner with a lovely cut-out pass to level the scores.

Richardson converted and was on target again shortly afterwards as Nathan Massey this time barged over from close range after some more stubborn defence had forced a Wigan mistake inside their own territory.

However, with 30 minutes left on the clock, the Tigers struggled to find the precision needed for the rest of the encounter and instead it was the Warriors who landed the decisive blows.

Zak Hardaker kicked an easy penalty to nudge the Warriors back in front as Smithies returned to the field and back rower Liam Farrell then found a gap in the defence to open up a two-score advantage heading into the last quarter.

Both sides started the contest solidly with some early handbags between opposite half backs Danny Richardson and Jackson Hastings setting the tone for a confrontational opening 10 minutes.

Wigan – boosted by the return of senior players Thomas Leuluai, George Burgess and Ben Flower this week – had the better of the territory early on without being able to find a way through a solid defensive line from the Fords and eventually it was the Tigers who opened the scoring towards the end of the first quarter with two quickfire tries before Wigan hit back.

Cas did have a brief opportunity to reply after coming up with possession from an unexpected short kick-off but Paul McShane opted for a grubber kick on the third tackle that bobbled in Wigan’s direction and 60 seconds later the game was all but put to bed as Harry Smith’s 40/20 paved the way for Joe Bullock to crash over next to the posts to take it out to 30-16.

Skipper Shenton, now playing on the wing, got a score back for his team as he touched down Trueman’s grubber kick with six minutes remaining but it wasn’t enough to get Cas back into the contest.

First, a pinpoint high kick from Jake Trueman set up back-to-back sets on the opposition line, the ball initially

However, the Cherry and Whites responded almost immediately with a spell of sustained pressure of their own that brought about three tries in a 10-minute period to turn the contest on its head, Sam Powell, Joe Burgess and Flower all finding the line to give a 16-12 score line at the break as Cas struggled to wrestle the momentum away from a slick Wigan outfit.

The second half began with a long stoppage in play as James Clare was stretchered off with a neck injury that saw Morgan Smithies sin binned for a crusher tackle after just three minutes.

It forced Daryl Powell into a reshuffle

Wigan Warriors French, Marshall, Hardaker, Bibby, J Burgess, Leuluai, Hastings, Bullock, Powell, Byrne, Isa, Farrell, Havard. Interchange: G Burgess, Flower, Smith, Smithies.

Tries: Powell, J Burgess, Flower, Farrell, Bullock Conversions: Hardaker (4/5) Penalty: Hardaker (1/1) Sin Bin: Smithies

Castleford Tigers O’Brien, Olpherts, Foster, Shenton, Clare, Trueman, Richardson, Watts, McShane, Griffin, Holmes, McMeeken, Massey. Interchange: Millington, Milner, Sene-Lefao, Smith.

Tries: O’Brien, Massey, Olpherts, Shenton Conversions: Richardson (3/4)

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THE TIGERS GOT THEIR RESTART UP AND RUNNING WITH VICTORY OVER SALFORD IN A HIGH-SCORING THRILLER AT EMERALD HEADINGLEY STADIUM. In a must-win game for both sides in the race for the play-offs, it proved to be one of the most entertaining Betfred Super League fixtures since the competition got back underway as Castleford came from 18 points behind to secure a vital 37-30 victory with Danny Richardson and Paul McShane pulling the strings as a duo in the absence of Jake Trueman.

A first win in four attempts over the summer looked a long way off early on for the Tigers as Salford got off to a flyer and raced into an 18-0 lead with Kevin Brown intercepting a loose pass from the Tigers to set them on their way inside three minutes.

Brown then put full back Niall Evalds over with a lovely inside ball shortly afterwards before Joey Lussick took full advantage of some overwhelming possession to burrow over from dummy half and leave Cas with a mountain to climb inside the first quarter.

However, the Tigers came roaring back with some inspired attacking play of their own, with Man of the Match Richardson and McShane at the heart of it. It was Richardson who got his side back in the contest initially with some instinctive play on the last tackle as he got on the end of a Liam Watts offload and threaded a low kick in behind the Salford defence before regathering himself for a try that he converted.

Skipper Michael Shenton was the next to find the try line as he was put through a hole by Paul McShane after the space was created with a lovely run-around play. It was all Cas at this stage and McShane turned from provider to scorer as he capped a good spell of possession by powering over from close range – the video ref giving the nod – before the hooker made it two in two minutes with arguably the try of the game with 31 minutes on the clock.

Watts again started that move with another pass out of the tackle on half way and McShane capitalised on the space to send Gareth O’Brien racing into the backfield. Richardson pushed up in support and with the Salford defence converging, he popped a perfect inside ball to send McShane galloping under the sticks.

A fourth goal from Richardson gave the Tigers an incredible 24-18 advantage heaving turned the match on its head but Salford locked the scores up at the break when Luke Yates charged over a minute before half-time to leave things delicately poised once again.

After eight tries in the first half between the sides, it was no surprise that they continued to flow when play got back underway. This time it was the Tigers who came out of the blocks quickest with another superb score built around a

third key offload from Watts in midfield as he rode the tackle before flicking away a perfect pass. Richardson was on his shoulder to make the break and he had Mike McMeeken on his outside to finish off.

Salford winger Rhys Williams hit back with a strong finish in the left corner that left Cas again questioning some soft defence, and with both kickers maintaining their perfect records with the boot the game was level heading into the final quarter.

It was the Tigers who were finishing the stronger of the two sides though and Richardson ended the game’s first real attritional period by coolly slotting over a drop goal with 15 minutes left on the clock to nudge his side back in front for a third time. It then fell on the half back to secure the spoils as he stepped up to strike another killer blow eight minutes from time as he spotted the call of Grant Millington to thread a delicate kick through the defensive line for an easy try.

Richardson’s conversion gave the Tigers a two-score lead for the first time at 37-30 and there was no way back for the Red Devils as Cas claimed a vital two points.

Salford Red Devils Evalds, Inu, Welham, Kear, Williams, Lolohea, Brown, Dudson, Lussick, Yates, Greenwood, McCarthy, Flanagan. Interchange: Pauli, Ikahihifo, Burke, Ackers.

Tries: Brown, Evalds, Lussick, Yates, Williams Conversions: Inu (5/5)

Castleford Tigers O’Brien, Olpherts, Foster, Shenton, Eden, Mata’utia, Richardson, Watts, McShane, Griffin, Holmes, McMeeken, Massey. Interchange: Millington, Milner, Moors, Turner.

Tries: McShane (2), Richardson, Shenton, McMeeken, Millington Conversions: Richardson (6/6) Drop Goal: Richardson

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Read about how the club’s scholarship setup have been developing and keeping fit throughout lockdown.

Since the suspension of all scholarshiplevel training and games in midMarch, the club would like to take this opportunity to recognise the efforts that have been taken by all players and coaches at this level to adapt and build for future seasons.

Throughout lockdown, all scholarship players have made the most of the opportunity to train and stay on top of their game thanks to Strength and Conditioning Coach Callum Bethel, who has helped lead running and homebased gym sessions throughout this difficult period. Also vital in this aspect was the work of Reece Carr who held regular Yoga and Pilates classes via video as part of a rounded performance training regime.

Elsewhere, Scholarship Coaches Richard Humphries and Richard Leese selflessly dedicated their time to help individual players work on their own skillsets and also to run video analysis sessions remotely alongside Tigers’ first team players Liam Watts, James Clare, Peter Mata’utia, and Jesse Sene-Lafeo.

The club also welcomes coaches Steve Copley, Richard Garbett, and Mental Skills Coach Keith Sloan to the scholarship setup ahead of next years’ programme.

Away from the performance side, the players have continued their off-field professional development thanks to nutrition education and cooking tasks provided by students from Leeds Beckett University, as well as improving their speaking and self-reflection skills while working on club heritage tasks led by Scholarship Team Manager Brian Stanley.

Head of Youth Performance Darren Higgins praised players and coaches alike for their work at this unprecedented time: “The scholarship players have been an absolute credit to themselves and the club during the last 4 – 5 months and have kept their foot on the pedal as their journey as aspiring professional players has continued.

This process has been led exceptionally well by our scholarship volunteer workforce who have gone above and beyond in order to provide provision for the players in these challenging circumstances. The commitment and dedication to our young players by these staff members has been truly outstanding and is something we are truly appreciative of. In addition to this Steve Armitage has been working incredibly hard and doing a fantastic job behind the scenes with the recruitment side of programme on the back of 18 months hard work by him and our talent identification scouts.”

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Women’s Super League and Challenge Cup CANCELLED THE RFL ANNOUNCED NEW TRAINING SESSIONS AND LOCAL FRIENDLIES AS WAYS OF MAINTAINING MOMENTUM IN WOMEN’S RUGBY LEAGUE FOLLOWING THE DECISIONS NOT TO RESTART THE CORAL WOMEN’S CHALLENGE CUP AND TO CANCEL THE BETFRED WOMEN’S SUPER LEAGUE COMPETITION IN 2020.

Marc Lovering, Participation and Development Director, the RFL says: “The cancellation of the competitions is a huge sadness for the players, coaches, volunteers and all of us committed to the continued growth of Women’s Rugby League, after such high hopes for a best ever season.

“We have taken time to explore every possible option for the competitions. We have been in close dialogue with clubs and foundations throughout the interruption caused by the Covid-19 situation.

“The complex work needed with Government and other partners to build return to play strategies in contact sports has meant that full contact Rugby League, with rule adaptions, is only likely to return in October – and then only in the form of local friendlies with limited travel. We are therefore timed out of delivering these prestigious competitions safely and with integrity.

“Together our focus is on group training activities at clubs leading to the October friendlies and, for the players in the Performance squads, dedicated England training sessions and a programme of support for players and coaches ahead of the start of next season and the World Cup year.

“We will continue to support clubs with training and player recruitment resources. We also remain very grateful to our sponsors at a national and club level for the support they have continued to show Women’s Rugby League in this challenging and unprecedented time.

“We hope the whole sport shows its support for the Women’s friendly fixtures in October, and for the England Performance Squads as they step up their training at this crucial time.”

2019 was record year for Women’s Rugby League.

Title sponsors were achieved for both major competitions; media coverage exceeded all records including the first ever live Sky coverage of the BWSL Grand Final; and England Women made two ground-breaking trips to the Southern Hemisphere to play in the World Nines and then to Papua New Guinea.

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ENGLAND PERFORMANCE TRAINING SESSIONS Sessions for the England Senior Women and new England Knights squads will take place across September and October at bases in Yorkshire and in Lancashire, led by the England Performance Unit (EPU), Head Coach Craig Richards, and National Women’s and Girls’ Talent Manager Stuart Barrow.

Throughout the lockdown period elite players have received support from Craig Richards and the EPU – this will continue to ramp up with further support and resources to these players and their club coaches.

Social impact of the growth to date in Women's and Girls' Rugby League A new research project is underway, following the success of the RL Dividend Report, to evidence the wider social impacts of the growth to-date of women’s and girls’ Rugby League. Surveys have been shared with players, coaches, volunteers, and stakeholders across the sport, and a series of interviews and research sessions will take place. The resulting report will highlight the impact of the expansion and increased profile on individuals, clubs, and communities.

Everyone involved in, or with an interest in, the impact and continued growth of women’s and Girls’ RL is encouraged to respond. In addition, a Women’s & Girls’ Rugby League Fan Survey is now online.

Mental wellbeing support Rugby League Cares and partners, including Sporting Chance, have worked hard to extend support services and resources to female players.

COACH SUPPORT AND PEER MENTORING Webinars for coaches of Women’s and Girls’ RL will continue, as well as direct support to individuals alongside club visits. The RFL has delivered coaching webinars specifically for women’s and girls’ coaches, and offered up a direct link to support them. Club visits are planned and virtual support is already taking place.

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Under the RFL Return to Play Guidance, all women’s teams have the opportunity to play friendly fixtures in October and a large number have already indicated their plans to do so to the RFL. Clubs will be supported by the RFL Development Team to link these activities to player recruitment for season 2021.

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LINDSAY ANFIELD ON SEASON CANCELLATION ROAR: The news regarding the women’s season is clearly disappointing but was it expected?

Lindsay Anfield: It was expected but it was good to have it confirmed.

We can now start planning what we’re going to do between now and Christmas and then start looking at next year already.

R: And it’s a shame that as a sport, we can’t continue to build on the momentum that the Women’s Super League began to gather in 2019…

LA: It’s really disappointing. You can’t blame anybody but you want that momentum to continue in the way it had last year. We felt that with the squad we had and the backing we had in the community from the Cas fans, we thought we would have gone from strength to strength this year. But hopefully it will pick up in 2021 and maybe

people will be even more interested to watch rugby given they’ve been starved of all sports for a fare few months.

R: Looking ahead, 2021 could turn out to be a huge season for women’s rugby not only with the return of the Women’s Super League but also the 2021 World Cup… LA: There’s already been a lot of publicity ahead of the World Cup. It’s going to be a big year not only for women’s rugby league but the entire sport. We’ve just got to make sure that we capitalise on that as a club and prepare ourselves for the season in 2021.

R: There’s still a lot of time between now and the new year.

What’s the plan for the players? I guess this gives them time to fix any injuries ahead of 2021?

LA: There’s a few of them who have had issues. Hollie Dodd with her hamstring, Kelsey Gentles with the shoulder. Claire Garner’s been spending all this time sorting her knee out. You would imagine that come the start of next season everybody will be 100%. I know it never works out like that but you’d like to think we’ll be in a really good place. The Gyms are back open now so hopefully they can put some muscle mass back on that they lost throughout the year.

R: And I guess the season cancellation could also help the youngsters in the team as they’ll have more time to settle in?

LA: At the start of pre-season you get your new players and it’s been good to have a full year of training together. Everybody will be pretty well established; everybody will know each other. That will certainly be a bonus.

R: Friendlies will be able to take place from October, is that something that interests you or the players?

LA: The players aren’t that bothered about playing friendlies. They would rather just focus on getting ready for next year rather than breaking that up and throwing a friendly in. In pre-season we will be looking for friendlies but the girls aren’t interested in playing them in October behind closed doors as well. We’ll just have to see.

Catalans have been in touch saying that when restrictions are lifted, they would like to arrange a fixture.

We could carry on the Cup that we started and it may make for an interesting friendly. They contacted me that a fixture between the two might give the girls something to look forward to and prepare for. It may also give the younger girls an opportunity to come up against a strong international outfit which would be great for them

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August 6th was a special day for England international Kelsey Gentles as she celebrated her roots on Jamaican Independence Day. The Castleford Tigers player marked the occasion by turning up to the team’s training session kitted out in green, yellow and black colours.

“I am really proud of being half Jamaican,” said the winger. “I’m just as proud of being Jamaican as I am being British.

“It’s a really good day for everyone who’s Jamaican and for everyone who shares that heritage. It’s a time for all of us to come together. In Leeds we’ve got a large Jamaican and Caribbean community so we’re all celebrating.

“Being Jamaican is something that I’m really proud of and my family are really proud of.

My dad has always made sure that me, my brothers and sisters have known about our heritage from a really young age.”

Gentles is also happy to see her sport of rugby league growing in popularity in the Caribbean nation. The player admitted she will be supporting the Reggae Warriors in the 2021 World Cup. “Jamaican rugby league is something that I’m really proud of,” said the 21-year-old.

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“BEING JAMAICAN IS SOMETHING THAT I’M REALLY PROUD OF AND MY FAMILY ARE REALLY PROUD OF. MY DAD HAS ALWAYS MADE SURE THAT ME, MY BROTHERS AND SISTERS HAVE KNOWN ABOUT OUR HERITAGE FROM A REALLY YOUNG AGE.”

will be supporting them. Some people are shocked that Jamaica has a rugby league team because it’s predominantly a white sport. To have a rugby league team of Jamaican heritage is something to be proud of as a country.

“I follow a lot of sport pages on my social media and they do show teams playing. The women have a sevens team that was playing in New York not that long ago and the men, they’re playing regularly, the sport is in the schools now. It’s only going to get better and better. I bet in a few years they will have a really good team.”

When asked whether she would ever consider representing Jamaica on the international stage she said: “Honestly, I wouldn’t mind. I work with Alex Simmons at Rugby AM and he’s mentioned that he would like me, Sophie Robinson and any other girls with that Jamaican heritage to go over and play with the women who are already representing Jamaica.

“I’m loving being able to play for England, that’s not an opportunity that many get, but being able to play for Jamaica would make me just as proud.”

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COACH’S CORNER SINCE THE LAST ISSUE OF ROAR WE HAVE HAD A REALLY INTERESTING TIME AS YOU WILL ALL BE AWARE, FIRSTLY WE HAVE PLAYED CATALAN DRAGONS WHERE WE WERE PLAYING REALLY WELL AND IN TOTAL CONTROL UNTIL WE HAD PETE MATA’UTIA SIN BINNED. AFTER THAT WE WERE REELED IN BY CATALAN AND WERE DISAPPOINTED WITH THE EFFORTS FROM OURSELVES FOR THE REST OF THE GAME. We looked back at that game in review and thought what might have been, without wanting to make excuses, Catalan benefited from playing the week before, which after lockdown was a benefit that was significant in my opinion.

We certainly need to make sure we keep 13 players on the field moving forward, with the rule changes this is certainly going to have a big impact on games. The tables have been turned a little bit on us since we resumed the season as we have had two players sin binned in matches we’ve played, where prelockdown it was exactly the opposite in three of the games that we played. Discipline, no doubt, is going to play a huge part in the remainder of this season.

In the weeks after the Catalan game things became extremely complicated, having been scheduled to play Hull in two games we then ended up playing St Helens with a limited preparation time. This is something I think we are going to have to get used to for the rest of 2020 as teams are hit with the virus that is impacting the world in such a huge way.

Our luck deserted us again leading into this game as losing Jake Trueman on the morning of the game creating a really difficult situation for the team , we had to move Paul McShane from the hooker position into the half back role vacated by Jake’s absence which had an impact on the teams fluency.

However, I thought we were superb in this game without getting the result and our defensive effort was absolutely outstanding, we attacked with a lot of control and toughness without being able to score the

points that we needed to win the game. I do think however that this game has set us up to be a force in what remains of this truncated season, where I feel we have the ability to reach another Grand Final, I am confident we have the ability to be champions in what is becoming a really difficult season to predict.

Another strange turn around with our game against Wigan in which we had a few days’ notice to step in as the standby squad and we were disappointed after that game, there was some big turning points in it for sure and they scored barge over tries but we were way off it and it wasn’t good enough. We needed to respond in our match against Salford which was a mad one after going 18-0 down but to fight our way back was incredible and to win a tight, intense, end-to-end game was highly important for us. Key players stepped up such as Paul McShane, Liam Watts and Danny Richardson and the second half was a real battle and we were pleased to win it.

We are now looking forward to showing how good we can be as a team, we have some top quality players to come back over the coming weeks and we will need them, particularly as we work towards October where the games come thick and fast and the challenge to be good, in both Super League and the Challenge Cup is going to be significant.

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THURSDAY 10TH SEPTEMBER

WARRINGTON WOLVES

THREE TO WATCH

CHRIS HILL Wire’s leader in the pack will have better starts to a Super League season, having being red-carded just 23 minutes into the season opener versus Wigan! Since his return however, it’s been business as usual as the club captain led his team to five wins from six on the back of his strong defence and he’ll be hoping to lead his side to even greater heights this season.

CASTLEFORD RETURN TO FACE WARRINGTON WITH BOTH SIDES LOOKING TO CLIMB TOWARDS THE TOP OF THE SUPER LEAGUE TABLE. The two teams met earlier this year in a tight affair at the Halliwell Jones Stadium. A frantic final ten minutes saw all four halfbacks miss drop goal attempts as Blake Austin managed to convert one in the waning moments to allow Warrington to eek out a 9-8 victory.

Since then, Warrington have been hard at work on- and off the field: Securing the marquee signing of former NRL superstar Greg Inglis for the 2021 season in May. However, Inglis’ place remains far from guaranteed on the basis of Warrington’s excellent form since the resumption of the Betfred Super League: In contrast to the slow start made by the Tigers, their opponents have won three games from three, running out 40-10 winners over Hull KR in round eight before, being given a sterner test against Huddersfield until Blake Austin again managed to seal a win courtesy of a late drop goal. The half-back was in fine form again as his hat trick of tries helped his side

overcome Wakefield on their return to the Halliwell Jones Stadium in round ten.

Daryl Powell’s side will know that securing a result won’t come easy against a perennial Betfred Super League contender, but will look to take heart from March’s narrow defeat as well as their performance from this time last year which saw them knock Wolves out of the playoffs on their home ground.

STEFAN RATCHFORD Having filled in everywhere from the wing to scrum-half during his time in Warrington, England international Ratchford is Wire’s jack-of-all-trades.

Having settled at fullback under coach Steve Price, Warrington’s #1 presents a threat from anywhere on the field with his running from deep and his formidable place kicking will look to punish any ill-discipline against Castleford.

TOBY KING After breaking into the first team in 2014, King has been performer weekin, week-out at centre for Warrington, appearing in two Grand Finals and three Challenge Cup Finals. While often overlooked by some in favour of the bigger names in the backs, his dominance in the air and strong offloading game will command the absolute respect from the Tigers’ defence when they go head to head.

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ALBERT KELLY In their return match following the period of self-isolation against Huddersfield, Albert Kelly put in a man of the match style performance which included him getting on the scoresheet early and grabbing an assist. Kelly returns home to Australia at the end of the season and will surely be a big miss for Hull, a side he has scored over 40 tries for.

A PLACE IN THE 2020 CHALLENGE CUP QUARTERFINALS IS UP FOR GRABS AS CASTLEFORD TIGERS TAKE ON HULL FC IN THE REARRANGED FINAL MATCH OF ROUND SIX ON SUNDAY, 13TH SEPTEMBER KICKING OFF AT 3PM LIVE ON THE BBC. This match was postponed from the 22nd of August following positive Covid-19 tests within the Black & Whites playing squad and coaching staff. It means just a tight three-day turnaround for both clubs who will both feature in Super League’s Round 12 matches on Thursday, 10th September at the Totally Wicked Stadium.

This Sunday Cup clash will also take place at the Totally Wicked Stadium meaning it’s two visits to the home of St Helens in one week.

Castleford Tigers and Hull FC have previously met each other on three occasions in the last five years in the Challenge Cup in 2015, 2017 and 2019, with the Airlie Birds coming out victorious in each encounter.

Both Head Coach and captain at the Tigers have set their sights high on silverware this season and have spoke strongly about wanting to do well in the Cup this season, it’s a difficult task to play another intense rugby league match just three days later but both Powell

and Shenton’s mindset is to knuckle down and get on with it.

In recent seasons the Fords and the Black & Whites have developed something of a second rivalry away from their neighbouring sides after many exciting and close contests over the years. With both sides looking to come out of September looking strong, this game should lay a marker of intent down for either side’s ambitions as we head into the busy period of the season.

JACK BROWN The youngster in Andy Last’s pack has impressed in his four senior appearances so far including a try in only his second carry of the ball against Huddersfield. He’s spoken out saying he would like more regular Super League action and is only going to get better.

MAHE FONUA The Tongan star rejoined the Airlie Birds for the 2020 season and adds both size and power to the centre/ wing position, in the Cup he has proved to be a key figure for Hull, scoring twice in 2017’s Challenge Cup final.

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DARNELL MCINTOSH To call the Giant’s winger “a youngster” would do him a disservice after three years and nearly 40 first team tries in the Claret and Gold, however at just 23, McIntosh has his brightest years ahead of him. His hattrick against Leeds in round eight was just one example of his searing pace and try-scoring instinct which make him so dangerous.

THE TIGERS AND GIANTS GO HEAD TO HEAD FOR THE FIRST TEAM THIS SEASON AFTER A BACK AND FORTH SERIES OF GAMES IN 2019.

Cas will be hoping to banish memories of a close 20-18 defeat at the John Smith’s Stadium and hope for a repeat of last August’s 0-24 victory or the enthralling 27-26 Golden Point victory at The Jungle thanks to Peter Mata’utia’s 87th minute drop goal.

This season, the Giants’ capture of NRL Grand Finalist Aidan Sezer from Canberra Raiders for 2020 has paid dividends, with the Aussie half back’s passing and kicking game creating tries a plenty and pushing him towards being a leading Man of Steel contender this season.

Before the suspension of the season, the Giants had already claimed some sizeable scalps, boasting away victories over Catalans and St. Helens but have stumbled slightly since the restart of the season, suffering two agonising one point losses to Leeds and Warrington, before falling to Hull in round 10.

A rash of injuries in recent weeks has pushed some of Huddersfield’s promising young talent to the forefront and Simon Woolford’s side will still have ambitions of competing for a top four place this year with their combination of youthful pace and veteran experience posing a tough test for the Tigers as both teams look to march back up the league table.

AIDAN SEZER #HailSezer was abuzz on social media just a few hours after the former Raider’s Huddersfield debut, his try and six goals inspiring the Giants to a famous win in Perpignan. The new number seven has been a revelation in the backs and one of the premier half backs in this year’s competition.

Whether Castleford will be able to secure the win when they meet will have much to do with whether they can keep him quiet!

JOE WARDLE A familiar name to many Cas fans after the Scotland international’s short stay at The Jungle before linking up with his old club and younger brother Jake in 2019. A powerful runner and dominant tackler in the centres or second row, he’ll be hoping to get one over his former Tigers’ teammates with a win.

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WEDNESDAY 30TH SEPTEMBER

THREE TO WATCH

HULL FC

JOSH GRIFFIN

Hull’s metre maker in the backs has been in phenomenal form for 2020.

A former Tiger himself back in 2012, Griffin has fitted in nicely for the Black and Whites where his hard running style and elusive feet have made him a difficult player to pin down! There’s also family bragging rights at stake as Hull’s centre Josh will go toe-to-toe with his older brother George in the Castleford squad. We’d hate to be Mrs. Griffin ahead of this game!

HULL AND CASTLEFORD DO BATTLE IN WHAT MANY WILL BE HOPING LIVES UP TO THE BILLING AS YET ANOTHER CLASSIC ENCOUNTER. The two Yorkshire sides met on four occasions in 2019, with the Tigers managing to secure a convincing league wins at The KCOM stadium and The MendA-Hose Jungle, while the Black and Whites were able to extract a measure of revenge by knocking the Fords out the Challenge Cup in last year’s sixth round.

Games between Hull and Cas have historically been high scoring, back and forth affairs with both sides having ambitions to secure a first Betfred Super League win.

This year’s clash will mark the first meeting of the sides without Daryl Powell pitting himself against opposite number Lee Radford in nearly six years, after the latter’s sacking in March following FC’s slow start to the year. Instead, assistant Andy Last has taken the reigns and will be tasked with putting Hull’s season back on track. The former Hull player has been highly regarded for his coaching abilities, with many years’ experience as an assistant and academy and development coach laying the foundation for him to stamp his own style on this talented squad.

Last’s task will not be an easy one.

A heavy 54-18 loss to Salford in the first game back from lockdown provided a stern reminder of how much work remains to climb into the playoff places. They were then due to meet the Fords in August before a series of positive Covid-19 tests necessitated a postponement and squad-wide quarantine for Hull, disrupting both team’s preparations. However, Hull rebounded in style in round ten with a convincing 12-31 win over Huddersfield, giving them plenty of optimism ahead of their rearranged showdown with the Tigers.

DANNY HOUGHTON

Hull lad, born and bred, Houghton brings a wealth of experience to this FC side as he attempts to captain them to a first Super League title. After over 350 first team appearances, Hull’s number nine has no shortage of individual awards, having secured the Man of Steel in 2016, whilst his ferocious defence and tackling saw him win Super League’s Hit Man for the most tackles on five separate occasions. This year he’ll be hoping to inspire a turn around and a chance to triumph on the biggest stage at Old Trafford.

JAMIE SHAUL

Another player to grow up on Humberside, Shaul worked his way through FC’s successful academy and has been a mainstay at the back for many years, with his lightning pace alongside his defensive reliability playing a vital role in the spine of Hull’s back-to-back winning Challenge Cup sides. He was since rewarded with an England cap against France in 2018 and will relish the chance to go against his fellow internationals when he lines up opposite the Tigers.

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Motorpoint Presents

Saturday Night At The Movies!

CLUB SPONSOR’S MOTORPOINT WILL BE HOSTING A SPECIAL DRIVE-IN CINEMA SHOWING OF ‘PRETTY WOMAN’ AT THEIR CASTLEFORD BRANCH ON SATURDAY 3RD OCTOBER TO RAISE MONEY FOR THE TIGERS FOUNDATION AND THE PRINCE OF WALES HOSPICE.

The event will be hosted by Tigers’ sponsors Motorpoint at their branch just outside Glasshoughton, at J32 of the M62. Motorpoint have had tremendous success hosting similar events in the past at their venues up and down the country and this year, Julia Roberts and Richard Gere are in town for the nineties classic “Pretty Woman” as wealthy Edward falls for the irrepressible Vivian over the course of a few days while he is visiting Los Angeles on business.

The screening will start at 8pm but be sure to arrive early once doors open at 6pm to get prime position and to enjoy the pre-show entertainment! As

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well as gourmet food and drink options on offer, there are plenty of prizes to be won by taking part in Motorpoint’s “drive-in bingo”!

Tickets are priced at just £20 per car with all proceeds being split between the club’s charitable arm, the Castleford Tigers Foundation, and The Prince of Wales Hospice, one of the club’s official charity partners that is continuing to work tirelessly through the COVID-19 Pandemic to care for patients in the five towns area with lifelimiting illnesses and their families.

Jill Kirkham, Fundraising Manager at the Hospice said; “We’re so grateful to Motorpoint for continuing to support us in these challenging times. It has been very difficult for the Hospice to fundraise in recent months and Motorpoint have gone above and beyond to ensure we can still bring funds in by creating this fabulous event. We can’t wait to settle down with our popcorn to watch such an iconic film, Pretty Woman is such a feel good movie, and a great choice for the drive-in cinema.”

As well as food and drink available on the night, there will be plenty of entertainment while you park up, with pre-show music to get you in that feel-good mood. One lucky person will also be able to win the “Best Seats in the House” for their family or friends on the night. There’s also lots of prizes to be won in Drive in Bingo, so eyes down and get ready to honk your horn when you’ve got a winner!

Foundation Community Director Simon Fox, welcomed the initiative: “Motorpoint have been extremely generous in organising and hosting this fabulous concept to raise vital funds. I’m sure fans will really look forward to such a unique ‘Tigers Family’ occasion from the comfort and safety of their own car with family and friends. Every penny raised will go into supporting our community even further at a crucial and challenging time for the Castleford district.”

Wealthy Edward falls for the irrepressible Vivian over the course of a few days while he is visiting Los Angeles on business.

Motorpoint Castleford’s General Manager Chris Goodison, added: “We’re really looking forward to welcoming Tigers’ fans to Motorpoint Castleford in early October to our drive-in cinema. The perfect sociallydistanced night out, we’re hoping it will help to raise lots of money to continue the amazing work done by the Castleford Tigers Foundation and The Prince of Wales Hospice in the town.”

Tickets are available to book online at castlefordtigers.com/tickets

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Hi Cas Fans Three losses on the trot, not the ideal restart to say the least but to be fair when you break the games down Cas could have won all three.

When we got the all clear to go and play, everyone was excited as it seemed an age since the last match against Saints, Catalans was first up.

Superb start and everything going to plan with Cas 14-zilch up and a dropped ball with the line wide open stopped a 20-0 score line and Peanut got 10 minutes in the bin and bang, half time came and we find ourselves 16-14 down.

As I’ve said many times momentum is a major factor in games and Cas couldn’t find a way back in, a disappointing loss in a game we usually would came away with the two points. Next up, Champions Saints on their own bidding, can we bounce back? You bet we can! A marvelous defensive 80 minutes, ending in a 10-0 defeat and when you game break it down you look at key moments.

The first was Tommy Makinson’s grab on Wattsy’s privates, to be fair to Mega he didn’t dramatize the situation, but Cas wouldn’t benefit from any sanction on Makinson. With the score 2-0, Grant Millington got 10 minutes for an alleged late tackle on Jonny Lomax, who theatrically crashed to the floor and stopped down to give the video ref time to review the tackle. No apologies from Lomax but at least Makinson offered an apology and probably felt a right d***.

A late call up is not ideal, but hey, we just get on with it! Wigan next up and I know you train for certain opponents but when the call comes to play, we play and crossed the Pennines to take on Warriors with another cracking start, 12-0 up, and too many errors in our game cost us dearly. I always say after scoring points you have got to complete your next set, alas we did not and coughed up

possession and went onto lose. Hopefully one or two players will be coming back and we can fight to get back into the top four with a good run and then a Challenge Cup tie with Hull FC to look forward to. How I’d love it if we could get back to Wembley!

Finally, there is always people having their opinion on the game when there is a rule change and the one doing the rounds now is because of the ‘six-again’ we’ve seen the end of the big forwards. Rewind to 1966/67 season and the four-tackle rule came in, ‘this will be the end of the big forwards’ was the big cry, the winners of the Challenge Cup that year was Featherstone Rovers. Their pack contained Arnie Morgan – 18 stone, Malcolm Dixon – 19 stone and Les Tonks – 20 stone, remember there was only two subs in those days...

Cheers, stay safe everyone.

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CASTLEFORD TIGERS SUPPORTERS CLUB DONATE TACKLE SHIELDS TO THE TIGERS PDRL TEAM Castleford Tigers Supporters Club (CTSC) continue to help the club in 2020 and have donated the training equipment for the Tigers Foundation’s Physical Disability Rugby League team, ready to be used whenever they return to training. As an added bonus for the CTSC, on the front of each shield is the club’s logo.

Derek Whale, the Chair of the Supporters Club is pleased to have made another brilliant donation to a team at the club and to support our #ONECLUB mentality that every Tigers team is associated with.

“We look to help out all the teams at Castleford Tigers other than perhaps just the men’s First Team, so we have supported the other teams in different ways and we decided this would be a good thing to do to help out our PDRL side. It’s a great way to continue spreading the Supporters Club’s message and try and get more people involved with our logo branded on these tackle shields.”

The addition of the logo on the shields allows the members of the CTSC to proudly point and say, ‘I helped contribute to that’, something which is key as Derek details.

“It’s important to our members that they see what the money their donations and memberships goes towards, it’s something tangible that they can see.”

2019 when they took on the Yorkshire Three Peaks and raised almost £800 themselves. Vice-Captain of the Tigers’ PDRL team Mike McGann speaks about how the CTSC’s donation made their efforts on the hills with his friends Steve Burrows, Pete Girt and Dave Shaw even more worth it.

“They wanted to donate around £500 to it and then they decided that if it could go towards something our team could use, they would be able to put their logo on it also, so it added up to about £1,300 in the end.

“Initially we only thought it was only going to be a couple of shields, but we’ve ended up with eight which is brilliant and will truly benefit the team when we eventually manage to get back to training. It’s a truly fabulous donation from the CTSC and we can’t thank them enough.

“It’s a great bit of advertising for them and to have a physical thing out of their kindness that we will be able to use has

really pleased me because when I even think about those Three Peaks it brings pain to my body, it’s made it even more worthwhile!”

Mike himself feels like he has come full circle after being one of the early members back in the day of the CTSC. “I’ve been a member of the Supporters Club ever since it’s inception so I’ve been fortunate enough to see the Supporters Club start and then be on the other side of it and receiving a donation is fantastic from a personal point of view.”

Community Director of Castleford Tigers Foundation Simon Fox commented on the donation saying: “This is a very kind and welcome gesture from the ever generous CTSC. Their support for our growing PDRL team is significant and will allow them to develop their game as individuals and overall confidence a collective. As we approach World Cup year this is a timely intervention.”

The Supporters Club’s monthly events due to the Covid-19 pandemic have unfortunately been stopped, traditionally these are run with all the efforts going towards their fundraising. Occasions such as the annual Race Night have not gone ahead but that does not mean the CTSC is resting on their laurels.

“We have still been doing things online with our Facebook forum, our Twitter account too and we still have regular meetings and keeping up to date with things. So, whilst we are not hosting our traditional monthly events, we are keeping active within the Tigers supporter base. Our original aim for 2020 to reach £100k raised since the CTSC was founded in 2004 will be pushed back now to 2021.”

The donation from our Supporters Club comes on the back of the PDRL side raising funds in the Summer of

To find out more out information ab rs Castleford Tige b Supporters Clu please visit: ctsc.org.uk L-R: Derek Whale, Elisabeth Jones, Mike McGann and Rachel Brocklehurst

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gob on loan at

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During August Castleford Tigers welcomed the loan signing of Toronto Wolfpack fullback Gareth O’Brien, the 28year old was available for selection within the first week of joining and spoke to ROAR about joining the Fords for the remainder of 2020...

“The move happened quite quickly with a phone call off my agent asking if I would like to come to Castleford on loan until the end of the year and I think everyone knows the struggles going on at Toronto at present. I’m very thankful for the opportunity to get back playing rugby.”

It is not however Gareth’s first stint as a Tiger, back in 2013 whilst at Warrington Wolves, where he came through their Academy system, he was sent out on loan to a few clubs and Castleford was one of them. Whilst it was a short period, he has a couple of strong memories from that time.

“Seven years ago, now I think I played only two games with a draw against Catalans here at The Jungle and the week after against Bradford I ended up getting knocked out before heading back to Warrington. Short but sweet, but hopefully I can string a few more games together here and I’m looking forward to it.

“I remember kicking a drop goal I think it was for a draw at least against Catalans maybe, if I remember… we got a point out of it at least but I’m looking forward to putting on the shirt and getting out there with the boys.”

Gareth became more widely known in the rugby league world during his time at Salford where he proved to be a pivotal player for them and created one of Super League’s most memorable moments, kicking the dramatic golden

point extra time drop goal to ensure the Red Devils’ survival in the top flight back in 2016. So, following on from his Salford days and his earlier stint at The Jungle, Gareth knew a few Tigers before joining in his first training session.

“I know a few of the boys already, obviously played at Salford with Derrell and Grif but a few of the lads are still here from 2013 that I got to know.

Shenny, Oggy, Adz so I’ve got a fair few familiar faces and it’ll be good to link up with them.”

Following Toronto Wolfpack’s withdrawal from competition in 2020 the Canadian club’s players were free to pursue other opportunities for the remainder of the season or potentially further. The club’s decision to pull out of Super League was a result of financial difficulties caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, their players who are under contract for 2020 and beyond have been left without pay. After three months without a paycheck coming in members of the Wolfpack squad, including Gareth, took to social media to make a plea to the RFL. “We felt we had been quiet for long enough and being patient hopefully the situation would sort itself out, we took a decision as players to speak out a little bit and get our message across. It’s not been great with uncertain times and boys have had to go back to work, I was fortunate enough to have some savings to fall back on but it’s an ongoing

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situation. There are investors who will potentially take the club over and fingers crossed we can come through this dark spell and come through the other side.”

Gareth followed up on joining in the social media plea for the Wolfpack players pay, stating his entire focus was now on playing for the Tigers.

“I am 100% committed to Castleford for the rest of the year, the way I see it is that my job is here and I’m a Castleford player until the end of November and as much as I want Toronto’s situation to sort itself out, my focus is on Cas and doing the best I can to contribute to hopefully a successful season.”

The fullback position has become an important cog in most teams’ spines and particularly for the Fords who take pride in their attacking style, so when playing at fullback Gareth will be looking to add his own attacking flair into the mix.

“it will be great to link up with Danny, Truey and Macca at nine, I’m looking forward to getting to know them a bit better and how they play and working together.

Hopefully, we can create some tries”

“Castleford over the years since I’ve played them they are a highly attacking side, it will be great to link up with Danny, Truey and Macca at nine, I’m looking forward to getting to know them a bit better and how they play and working together. Hopefully, we can create some tries.

“There is great competition for places and just because I’ve come on loan doesn’t mean I’ll be playing every week, far from it, I’ve got to earn my shirt just like everyone else. Whenever I’m selected, I’ll be ready to play, I’ve not played in a little while but I’m beyond excited to get back in action.”

O’Brien has impressed in his first month back with Cas, in the high-quality battle against St Helens, his first game in five months, he showed terrific positional play and it only took him two matches to get on the scoresheet, getting a try against Wigan.

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