2022 Castleford Tigers season
Appearance
Castleford Tigers 2022 season | ||||
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Super League XXVII Rank | 7th | |||
Play-off result | Did not qualify | |||
Challenge Cup | Quarter-final | |||
2022 record | Wins: 14; draws: 0; losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 544; against: 620 | |||
Team information | ||||
Chairman | Ian Fulton | |||
Head Coach | Lee Radford | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | The Jungle (Wheldon Road) | |||
Avg. attendance | 7,543 | |||
Agg. attendance | 98,058 | |||
High attendance | 10,500 | |||
Low attendance | 5,672 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Derrell Olpherts (18) | |||
Goals | Gareth O'Brien (49) | |||
Points | Gareth O'Brien (115) | |||
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The 2022 season was the Castleford Tigers's 97th season in the Rugby Football League and their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2022 Super League and the 2022 Challenge Cup.
Pre-season friendlies
[edit]Date and Time | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
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16 January, 15:00 | A | LNER Stadium | W | 32–10 | Faraimo (2), Vasuitoga, Mamo, Sutcliffe, Morley, | Richardson (4/6) | [1] | ||
23 January, 15:00 | A | Keepmoat Stadium | W | 66–18 | Fonua, Olpherts (2), Evalds, Robb, Richardson, Sutcliffe (2), Blair, Qareqare, Collins | Richardson (8/8), Sadler (3/3) | [2] |
Super League
[edit]Results
[edit]Win Loss
Date and Time | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
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11 February, 20:00 | 1 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 16–26 | Griffin, Olpherts (2) | Richardson (2) | 10,500 | Not televised | ||
17 February, 20:00 | 2 | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 10–34 | Olpherts, Trueman | O'Brien | 8,468 | Sky Sports | ||
25 February, 20:00 | 3 | A | Hull College Community Stadium | L | 10–26 | Turner, Faraimo | O'Brien | 7,119 | Sky Sports | ||
6 March 2022, 15:30 | 4 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 33–26 | Smith, Eden (3), Blair, O'Brien | O'Brien (4), O'Brien 1 DG | 10,072 | Not televised | ||
12 March 2022, 15:15 | 5 | A | John Smiths Stadium | L | 24–36 | Trueman (2), Fonua, Eden | O'Brien (4) | 5,717 | Sky Sports | ||
17 March 2022, 20:00 | 6 | A | DW Stadium | L | 22–32 | Eden, Griffin, Trueman, Mamo | O'Brien (3) | 10,042 | Sky Sports | ||
1 April 2022, 20:00 | 7 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 32–6 | Eden, Evalds, Milner, Mamo, Watts | O'Brien (6) | 7,067 | Not televised | ||
14 April 2022, 19:45 | 8 | A | The Mobile Rocket Stadium | W | 34-4 | Fonua, Matagi, McShane, Edwards, Eden | O'Brien (7) | 5,557 | Not televised | ||
18 April 2022, 15:00 | 9 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 16–14 | Clare, Olpherts, Watts | O'Brien (2) | 9,372 | Sky Sports | ||
22 April 2022, 20:00 | 10 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 30–10 | Qareqare, Olpherts (2), Trueman, Westerman, Fonua | McShane (3) | 7,649 | Sky Sports | ||
29 April 2022, 19:30 | 11 | A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 12–44 | O'Brien, Qareqare | O'Brien (2) | 6,487 | Not televised | ||
15 May 2022, 15:30 | 12 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 32–0 | Griffin, Edwards, Mamo (2), Qareqare (2) | O'Brien (4) | 8,175 | Not televised | ||
20 May 2022, 20:00 | 13 | A | AJ Bell Stadium | L | 14–30 | Hampshire, Qareqare (2) | O'Brien | 5,355 | Sky Sports | ||
4 June 2022, 14:00 | 14 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 12–32 | Eden, Edwards | O'Brien (2) | 6,497 | Channel 4 | ||
12 June 2022, 14:30 | 15 | A | Stade Ernest Wallon | W | 20–14 | Matagi, Griffin, Fonua | Richardson (4) | 3,326 | Not televised | ||
26 June 2022, 15:30 | 16 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 17–16[a] | Blair, Hampshire, Olpherts | Richardson (2), Richardson 1 DG | 6,510 | Not televised | ||
1 July 2022, 20:00 | 17 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 26–18 | Olpherts (2), Trueman, Mamo | Richardson (5) | 5,672 | Sky Sports | ||
9 July 2022, 19:00 | 18 | N | St James' Park | L | 20–34 | Mamo, Faraimo (2), Fonua | Richardson (2) | 36,821 | Sky Sports | ||
16 July 2022, 15:00 | 19 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 35–22 | Olpherts (2), Richardson, Evalds, Qareqare, Sutcliffe | Richardson (5), Richardson 1DG | 6,279 | Sky Sports | ||
22 July 2022, 20:00 | 20 | A | KCOM Stadium | W | 46–18 | Olpherts (4), Faraimo (2), Matagi, Sutcliffe | Richardson (7) | 9,550 | Sky Sports | ||
29 July 2022, 20:00 | 21 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 6–32 | Richardson | Richardson | 6,796 | Sky Sports | ||
7 August 2022, 13:00 | 22 | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 12–20 | Faraimo (3) | 10,144 | Channel 4 | |||
12 August 2022, 20:00 | 23 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 18–8 | O'Brien, Eden | O'Brien (5) | 6,147 | Not televised | ||
18 August 2022, 20:00 | 24 | A | John Smiths Stadium | L | 10–36 | Eden, Mellor | Richardson | 4,168 | Sky Sports | ||
25 August 2022, 20:00 | 25 | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | W | 19–18 | Olpherts (2), Mamo | Richardson (3) Richardson 1 DG |
8,104 | Not televised | ||
29 August 2022, 15:30 | 26 | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 10–50 | Olpherts, Mamo | Richardson | 7,322 | Sky Sports | ||
3 September 2022, 19:00 | 27 | A | Headingley | L | 6–14 | Mamo | McShane (2) | 15,418 | Sky Sports |
- ^ After golden-point extra time
League table
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 674 | 374 | +300 | 42 | Advance to Semi-finals | |
2 | 27 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 818 | 483 | +335 | 38 | ||
3 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 613 | 497 | +116 | 35 | Advance to Elimination Finals | |
4 | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 539 | 513 | +26 | 32 | ||
5 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 577 | 528 | +49 | 29 | ||
6 | 27 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 700 | 602 | +98 | 28 | ||
7 | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 544 | 620 | −76 | 26 | ||
8 | 27 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 498 | 608 | −110 | 24 | ||
9 | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 508 | 675 | −167 | 22 | ||
10 | 27 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 497 | 648 | −151 | 20 | ||
11 | 27 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 568 | 664 | −96 | 18 | ||
12 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 421 | 745 | −324 | 10 | Relegated to the Championship |
Challenge Cup
[edit]Results
[edit]Win Draw Loss Postponed
Date and Time | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
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26 March 2022, 16:30 | 6 | A | Headingley | W | 40–16 | Trueman, Mamo, O'Brien, Turner, Lawler, Eden (2) | O'Brien (6) | 5,112 | BBC | [4] | |
8 April 2022, 19:45 | QF | A | Sewell Group Craven Park | L | 10–34 | Eden (2) | O'Brien | 4,887 | [5] |
Transfers and loans
[edit]Gains
[edit]Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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Wakefield Trinity | 2 Years | June 2021[1] | |
Warrington Wolves | 3 Years | July 2021[2] | |
Hull F.C. | 2 Years | August 2021[3] | |
Leeds Rhinos | 2 Years | September 2021[4] | |
Huddersfield Giants | 1 Year Loan | September 2021[5] | |
2 Years | October 2021[6] | ||
Hull KR | 2 Years | October 2021[7] | |
Leeds Rhinos | 2 Years | October 2021[8] | |
Hull FC | 1 Year | October 2021[9] |
Losses
[edit]Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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Warrington Wolves | 2 Years | June 2021[10] | |
3 Years | |||
Retired | — | August 2021[11] | |
Released | September 2021[12] | ||
Released | September 2021[13] | ||
Retired | September 2021[14] | ||
London Broncos | 2 Years | September 2021[15] |
First-team squad
[edit]First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coach
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References
[edit]- ^ "Westerman returns to Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Mamo Joins Castleford on 3 year deal". BBC Sport. 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Faraimo Joins Castleford on 2 year deal". castlefordtigers.com. 5 August 2021.
- ^ "Tigers sign Sutcliffe". castlefordtigers.com. 21 September 2021.
- ^ "Castleford sign Kenny Edwards on loan". bbc sport. 19 September 2021.
- ^ "Castleford sign Suaia Matagi on 2 year deal". castlefordtigers.com. 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Lawler joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 5 October 2021.
- ^ "McLelland joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 10 October 2021.
- ^ "Fonua joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Warrington confirm capture of Mata'utia and Holmes". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Millington announces retirement". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
- ^ "Sene-Lefao leaves Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
- ^ "Foster leaves Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
- ^ "Shenton to join Hull FC's backroom staff". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
- ^ "Bienek joins London Broncos". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.