1997 Castleford Tigers season

1997 Castleford Tigers season
Super League II Rank10th
Play-off resultPremiership Trophy Semi final
Challenge CupFourth round
1997 recordWins: 7; draws: 2; losses: 18
Points scoredFor: 418; against: 613
Team information
StadiumWheldon Road
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The 1997 Castleford Tigers season was the club's 2nd year in the Super League. The club finished in 10th place. Castleford Tigers also competed in the Challenge Cup, but were knocked out in the Fourth Round by Salford Reds.

Table

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Relegation
1 Bradford Bulls (C) 22 20 0 2 769 397 +372 40
2 London Broncos 22 15 3 4 616 418 +198 33
3 St Helens 22 14 1 7 592 506 +86 29
4 Wigan 22 14 0 8 683 398 +285 28
5 Leeds Rhinos 22 13 1 8 544 463 +81 27
6 Salford Reds 22 11 0 11 428 495 −67 22
7 Halifax Blue Sox 22 8 2 12 524 549 −25 18
8 Sheffield Eagles 22 9 0 13 415 574 −159 18
9 Warrington Wolves 22 8 0 14 437 647 −210 16
10 Castleford Tigers 22 5 2 15 334 515 −181 12
11 Paris Saint-Germain 22 6 0 16 362 572 −210 12
12 Oldham Bears (R) 22 4 1 17 461 631 −170 9 Relegated to Division One
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated

Squad

No[1] Player Apps Tries Goals DGs Points Ref
1 Richard Gay 24 7 0 0 28 [1]
2 Chris Smith 25 6 0 0 24 [2]
3 David Chapman 12 4 0 0 16 [3]
4 Grant Anderson 12 1 0 0 4 [4]
5 Jason Roach 12 6 0 0 24 [5]
6 Adrian Vowles 30 8 1 0 34 [6]
8 Lee Crooks 12 0 13 0 26 [7]
9 Richard Russell 26 1 0 0 4 [8]
10 Dean Sampson 22 1 0 0 4 [9]
11 Jason Lidden 24 7 0 0 28 [10]
12 Brendon Tuuta 29 1 0 0 4 [11]
13 Richard Goddard 5 0 6 0 12 [12]
14 Graham Steadman 23 4 0 0 16 [13]
16 Nathan Sykes 26 0 0 0 0 [14]
17 Lee Harland 22 0 0 0 0 [15]
18 Andrew Schick 25 5 0 0 20 [16]
19 Ian Smales 5 0 0 0 0 [17]
21 Jason Flowers 28 5 0 0 20 [18]
22 Lee St Hilaire 6 0 0 0 0 [19]
23 Simon Middleton 11 3 0 0 12 [20]
24 Shaun Richardson 4 0 0 0 0 [21]
25 Diccon Edwards 3 0 0 0 0 [22]
26 Lee Bardauskas 1 0 0 0 0 [23]
27 Spencer Hargrave 1 0 0 0 0 [24]
28 Danny Orr 28 3 18 0 48 [25]
30 Ian Tonks 14 2 6 0 20 [26]
31 Mike Ford 22 1 0 3 7 [27]
32 Jason Critchley 16 12 0 0 48 [28]
33 Richard McKell 13 0 0 0 0 [29]
34 Brad Davis 12 4 21 5 63 [30]

Transfers

In

Player Pos From Fee Date Ref
Jason Lidden Second-row Canterbury Bulldogs January 1997 [2]

Out

Player Pos To Fee Date Ref
Tony Smith Scrum half Wigan Warriors £150,000 March 1997 [3]

References

  1. ^ Bailey, Richard; Webb, Matthew. "Castleford Tigers". rugby-league-world.com. Archived from the original on 8 June 2014. Retrieved 8 June 2014.
  2. ^ "Rugby League". The Independent. 7 January 1997. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 8 June 2014.[dead link‍]
  3. ^ Richards, Martin (27 March 1997). "Shaun Is A Bronco; At last! Wigan agree to sale". The Mirror. London. Retrieved 8 June 2014.