2017 Castleford Tigers season

Castleford Tigers 2017 season
Castleford Tigers 2017 season
Super League XXII Rank	1st
Play-off result	Runners-up
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
2017 record	Wins: 26; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scored	For: 1,042; against: 578
Team information
Chairman	Ian Fulton
Head Coach	Daryl Powell
Captain	Michael Shenton;
Stadium	The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Avg. attendance	8,933
Agg. attendance	142,920
High attendance	11,500
Low attendance	6,849
Top scorers
Tries	Greg Eden (41)
Goals	Luke Gale (145)
Points	Luke Gale (355)
Home colours	Away colours

Super League XXII Rank1st

Play-off resultRunners-up

Challenge CupQuarter-finals

2017 recordWins: 26; draws: 0; losses: 6

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

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]

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]

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	Batley Bulldogs	Season-long, recall	13 October 2016^[19]	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]

Date	Opposition	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	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)	^[33]
Sun 15 January	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	L	30–32	Gale, Minikin, McShane, Eden, Million	Gale (4/4), Eden (1/1)	^[34]
Fri 27 January	Batley Bulldogs	A	Mount Pleasant	L	12–38	Gill, Sheehan	Sweeting (2/2)	^[35]
Sun 29 January	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	22–6	Chase, Hardaker, Sene-Lefao, Millington	Gale (3/4)	^[36]

Date	Round	Opposition	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Drop goals	Attendance	Source
Fri 10 February	1	Leigh Centurions	H	Wheldon Road	W	44–16	Gale (2), Sene-Lefao, Minikin (2), Moors, Eden	Gale (8)		8,522	^[37]
Fri 24 February	2	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	30–22	Sene-Lefao, Hardaker, Eden (2), Gale, Minikin	Gale (3)		11,374	^[38]
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	^[39]
Sun 12 March	4	Widnes Vikings	A	Halton Stadium	W	34–0	Minikin (2), Shenton, Eden (2), Cook	Gale (5)		6,396	^[40]
Sun 19 March	5	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	12–13	Gale, Minikin	Gale (2)		5,221	^[41]
Sun 26 March	6	Catalans Dragons	H	Wheldon Road	W	43–26	Hardaker, Millington, Monaghan, Eden (2), Moors, Shenton	Gale (7)	Gale	8,126	^[42]
Fri 31 March	7	Huddersfield Giants	H	Wheldon Road	W	52–16	Roberts, Webster, McMeeken, Gale (3), Milner, Monaghan (3)	Gale (6)		8,035	^[43]
Thu 6 April	8	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	W	27–10	Webster, Gale, Sene-Lefao, Eden	Gale (5)	Gale	12,423	^[44]
Fri 14 April	9	Wakefield Trinity	H	Wheldon Road	W	42–24	Roberts, Webster (2), O Holmes, Millington (2), Eden	Gale (7)		10,349	^[45]
Mon 17 April	10	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	22–26	Eden (2), Roberts (2)	Gale (3)		6,171	^[46]
Sun 23 April	11	Hull FC	A	KCOM Stadium	L	24–26	Minikin, Roberts (2), Shenton, McMeeken	McShane (2)		12,801	^[47]
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	^[48]
Thu 4 May	13	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	26–21	Monaghan, Minikin, Eden, Sene-Lefao	McShane (5)		5,566	^[49]
Sun 21 May	14	Leeds Rhinos	N	St James' Park	W	29–18	Gale, Eden (3), T Holmes	Gale (4)	Gale	30,046	^[50]
Fri 26 May	15	Widnes Vikings	H	Wheldon Road	W	32–22	Eden (3), Springer, Minikin, Cook	Gale (4)		7,648	^[51]
Mon 29 May	16	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	38–0	Sene-Lefao (2), Eden (4), Webster	Gale (5)		5,905	^[52]
Sun 4 June	17	St Helens	H	Wheldon Road	W	16–12	Gill, McMeeken, T Holmes	McShane (2)		8,515	^[53]
Sun 11 June	18	Warrington Wolves	H	Wheldon Road	W	36–16	Eden (5), Minikin, McMeeken	Gale (4)		8,577	^[54]
Fri 23 June	19	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Stadium	W	23–12	Eden, Hardaker, Millington	Gale (5)	Gale	18,029	^[55]
Fri 30 June	20	Hull FC	H	Wheldon Road	W	24–22	Gale, McMeeken, Hardaker	Gale (6)		8,371	^[56]
Thu 6 July	21	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	25–24	Eden, Millington, McMeeken, Webster	Gale (4)	Gale	6,430	^[57]
Fri 14 July	22	Salford Red Devils	H	Wheldon Road	W	38–14	Eden (2), Roberts, Monaghan (2), Hardaker	Gale (7)		7,094	^[58]
Sat 22 July	23	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	32–24	Hitchcox (2), Hardaker, Minikin, McShane	Gale (5), Hardaker		8,657	^[59]

2017 Castleford Tigers season

Transfers and loans

Gains

Loans in

Losses

Loans out

Dual registration

Pre-season friendlies

Super League

Regular season

Results

League table

Super 8s

Results

League table

Play-offs

Challenge Cup

Results

Player statistics

Summary

References

External links

Related Articles

Pos	Team v t e	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

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	^[60]
Fri 11 August	2	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	23–4	Hardaker (2), McShane, Hitchcox	Gale (3)	Gale	2,811	^[61]
Thu 17 August	3	Wakefield Trinity	H	Wheldon Road	W	45–20	Hardaker (2), McMeeken, Webster (4), Eden	Gale (6)	Gale	11,235	^[62]
Fri 1 September	4	Huddersfield Giants	A	Kirklees Stadium	W	24–16	Webster, Roberts, Eden, Gale	Gale (4)		6,284	^[63]
Fri 8 September	5	Leeds Rhinos	H	Wheldon Road	W	38–24	Eden, Roberts (2), Webster, Foster, Minikin	Gale (7)		9,557	^[64]
Sun 17 September	6	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	W	38–20	Eden, Trueman (3), Minikin (2), Shenton	McShane (5)		15,706	^[65]
Fri 22 September	7	Hull FC	H	Wheldon Road	L	16–48	Egodo (3)	McShane (2)		7,974	^[66]

Pos	Team v t e	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

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	^[67]
Sat 7 October	Grand Final	Leeds Rhinos	N	Old Trafford	L	6–24	Foster	Gale		72,827	^[68]

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	^[69]
Sun 18 June	QF	Hull FC	A	KCOM Stadium	L	24–32	Roberts (2), Hardaker, Minikin	Gale (4)		11,944	^[70]

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

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