2020 Castleford Tigers season

2020 Castleford Tigers season
Super League Rank8th
Play-off resultDid not qualify
Challenge CupSixth round
2020 recordWins: 6; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 328; against: 379[a]
Team information
ChairmanIan Fulton
Head CoachDaryl Powell
Captain
StadiumWheldon Road
Avg. attendance7,773[b]
Agg. attendance23,318
High attendance8,848
Low attendance0
Top scorers
TriesGreg Eden &
Derrell Olpherts (8)
GoalsDanny Richardson (54)
PointsDanny Richardson (117)
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The 2020 season was the Castleford Tigers' 95th season in the Rugby Football League and their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2020 Super League and the 2020 Challenge Cup.

Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Challenge Cup

Date and Time Rnd Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals TV Report
13 September 2020, 3:00pm[c][2] 6 Hull FC N Totally Wicked Stadium L 16–29 Griffin, Holmes, Mata'utia Richardson (2) Report

Regular season

Date and Time Rnd Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance TV Report
7 February, 19:45 2 Wigan Warriors H The Mend-A-Hose Jungle W 16–12 Blair, Olpherts, Richardson (4) 8,848 — Report
15 February, 18:00 3 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 18–36 Blair, Clare, Olpherts, Richardson (3) 8,886 — Report
21 February, 19:45 4 Wakefield Trinity H The Mend-A-Hose Jungle W 32–15 Blair, Clare (2), Olpherts (2), Holmes Richardson (4) 7,202 Sky Sports Report
27 February, 19:45 5 Hull KR A Kcom Craven Park W 28–8 Shenton, Richardson, Clare, McMeeken Richardson (6) 7,464 Sky Sports Report
6 March, 19:45 6 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 8–9 Turner Richardson (2) 9,228 Sky Sports Report
15 March, 15:30 7 St. Helens H The Mend-A-Hose Jungle W 28–14 Olpherts (2), Mata'utia, Blair, Trueman Richardson (4) 7,268 Sky Sports Report
8 August 2020, 16:15 8 Catalans Dragons N Emerald Headingley L 14–40 Shenton (2) Richardson (3) 0[d] Sky Sports Report
18 October 2020, 15:00[e] 9 Hull FC A KCOM Stadium L 6–48 O'Neill Richardson 0[d] Report
16 August 2020, 16:15 10 St. Helens[e] A Totally Wicked Stadium[f] L 0–10 — — 0[d] Sky Sports Report
3 September 2020, 14:30 11 Salford Red Devils N Emerald Headingley[f] W 37–30 Richardson, Shenton, McShane (2), Mcmeeken, Millington Richardson (6) + (1) DG 0[d] Sky Sports Report
10 September 2020, 20:15 12 Warrington Wolves N Totally Wicked Stadium[f] L 10–12 O'Brien, Olpherts Richardson 0[d] Sky Sports Report
24 September 2020, 20:15 13 Huddersfield Giants N Halliwell Jones Stadium[f] L 19–31 O'Brien, Eden, Sanderson O'Brien (3) 0[d] Sky Sports Report
1 October 2020, 19:45 14 Hull FC H Mend-A-Hose Jungle L 28–32 McMeeken (2), Eden, Millington, Shenton O'Brien (4) 0[d] Sky Sports Report
26 October 2020, 19:45 15 Leeds Rhinos A Emerald Headingley L 24–28 Watts Eden (2), Penalty Try, Richardson 0[d] Sky Sports Report
22 October 2020, 18:30 17 Salford Red Devils N Totally Wicked Stadium[f] W 38–24 O'Neill Milner, Foster Eden (3), Richardson (7) 0[d] Sky Sports Report
29 August 2020, 16:15 18 Wigan Warriors[g] N Halliwell Jones Stadium[f] L 22–30 O'Brien, Massey, Olpherts, Shenton Richardson (3) 0[d] Sky Sports Report
C–C 19 Huddersfield Giants[h][i]
C–C 20 Leeds Rhinos[i]

League standings

Pos Team
 Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts PCT Qualification[j]
1 Wigan Warriors (L) 17 13 0 4 408 278 146.8 26 76.47 Semi-finals
2 St Helens (C) 17 12 0 5 469 195 240.5 24 70.59
3 Warrington Wolves[A] 17 12 0 5 365 204 178.9 24 70.59 Elimination semi-finals
4 Catalans Dragons 13 8 0 5 376 259 145.2 16 61.54
5 Leeds Rhinos 17 10 0 7 369 390 94.6 20 58.82
6 Hull F.C. 17 9 0 8 405 436 92.9 18 52.94
7 Huddersfield Giants[B] 18 7 0 11 318 367 86.6 14 38.89
8 Castleford Tigers 16 6 0 10 328 379 86.5 12 37.50
9 Salford Red Devils[C] 18 8 0 10 354 469 75.5 16 44.44
10 Wakefield Trinity 19 5 0 14 324 503 64.4 10 26.32
11 Hull Kingston Rovers 17 3 0 14 290 526 55.1 6 17.65
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Statistics do not include Round 1, because results involving Toronto were expunged following their withdrawal from the league
  2. ^ Not including fixtures played behind closed doors
  3. ^ Match originally scheduled for 22 August, but postponed due to positive Covid-19 tests among the Hull squad.[1]
  4. ^ a b c d e f g h i j Match played behind closed doors
  5. ^ a b Castleford were scheduled to play Hull FC, but due to positive Corona virus cases amongst the Hull squad, this meant that the Round 7 Fixtures were reversed, with Castleford now playing St Helens.
  6. ^ a b c d e f As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all remaining fixtures will resume behind closed doors, at a small number of neutral venues that meet the stringent guidance from both Government and the Game’s clinical advisory group.
  7. ^ Castleford were due to have a "bye" for this round, but due to positive Corona virus cases amongst the Catalans squad, this meant that the Round 10 Fixture between Wigan and Catalans was called off, with Castleford now set to play Wigan.
  8. ^ Game postponed on 28 October due to 12 positive COVID-19 cases amongst the Castleford squad.[3]
  9. ^ a b Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.[4]
  10. ^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).[5]

Discipline

Player statistics

# Player Position Tries Goals DG Points
1 Jordan Rankin Fullback 0 0 0 0
2 Derrell Olpherts Wing 8 0 0 32
3 Peter Mata'utia Centre 2 0 0 8
4 Michael Shenton Centre 7 0 0 28
5 Sosaia Feki Wing 0 0 0 0
6 Jake Trueman Stand-off 1 0 0 4
7 Danny Richardson Scrum-half 2 54 1 117
8 Liam Watts Prop 1 0 0 4
9 Paul McShane Hooker 2 0 0 8
10 Grant Millington Prop 3 0 0 12
11 Oliver Holmes Second-row 2 0 0 8
12 Mike McMeeken Second-row 4 0 0 16
13 Adam Milner Loose forward 2 0 0 8
14 Nathan Massey Loose forward 0 0 0 0
15 Jesse Sene-Lefao Second-row 0 0 0 0
16 George Griffin Prop 0 0 0 0
17 Alex Foster Second-row 1 0 0 4
18 Cheyse Blair Second-row 4 0 0 16
19 Daniel Smith Prop 0 0 0 0
20 Junior Moors Second-row 0 0 0 0
21 James Clare Wing 4 0 0 16
22 Jacques O'Neill Hooker 2 0 0 8
23 Matt Cook Prop 0 0 0 0
24 Tyla Hepi Prop 0 0 0 0
25 Greg Eden Wing 8 0 0 32
26 Calum Turner Fullback 1 0 0 4
27 Lewis Peachey Second-row 0 0 0 0
28 Brad Graham Centre 0 0 0 0
29 Joe Summers Loose forward 0 0 0 0
30 Robbie Storey Centre 0 0 0 0
31 Brad Martin Second-row 0 0 0 0
32 Sam Hall Prop 0 0 0 0
33 Bailey Hodgson Fullback 0 0 0 0
34 Gareth O'Brien Fullback 3 7 1 27
35 Jack Sanderson Wing 1 0 0 4
36 Dan Fleming Prop 0 0 0 0
37 Cain Robb Hooker 0 0 0 0

2020 squad

2020 Castleford Tigers Squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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



2020 transfers

Gains

Player Club Contract Date
Tyla Hepi Toulouse Olympique 1 Year June 2019[8]
George Griffin Salford Red Devils 2 Years July 2019[9]
Derrell Olpherts Salford Red Devils 3 Years July 2019[10]
Sosaia Feki Cronulla Sharks 3 Years July 2019[11]
Jordan Rankin Huddersfield Giants 1 Year October 2019[12]
Danny Richardson St Helens 3 Years October 2019[13]

Losses

Player Club Contract Date
Mitch Clark Wigan Warriors 2 Years July 2019[14]
Cory Aston London Broncos 2 Years July 2019[15]
Will Maher Hull KR 2 Years August 2019[16]
Greg Minikin Hull KR 3 Years August 2019[17]
Tuoyo Egodo London Broncos 2 Years August 2019[18]
Kieran Gill Newcastle 1 Year September 2019[19]
Joe Wardle Huddersfield Giants 1 Year October 2019[20]
Luke Gale Leeds Rhinos 2 Years October 2019[21]
Chris Clarkson York City Knights 1 Year October 2019[22]
Jake Sweeting Featherstone Rovers 1 Year October 2019[23]
Jamie Ellis Hull KR 1 Year December 2019[24]

Castleford also agreed dual registration partnerships with the York City Knights in the RFL Championship and the Keighley Cougars in League 1.[25][26]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Coral Challenge Cup sixth round". RFL. 14 August 2020. Retrieved 14 August 2020.
  2. ^ "RFL confirms rearranged Challenge Cup dates and TV slots". Forty20 News. 22 August 2020. Retrieved 22 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. ^ "Super League play-offs brought forward". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 4 November 2020.
  5. ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
  6. ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
  7. ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
  8. ^ "New recruit Tyla Hepi is 'perfect fit' for Castleford Tigers, admits Daryl Powell". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 2 October 2019.
  9. ^ "George Griffin: Castleford Tigers sign Salford Red Devils forward from 2020 season". BBC Sport. July 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  10. ^ "Derrell Olpherts: Castleford sign Salford Red Devils winger on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  11. ^ "Feki arrives at Castleford". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  12. ^ "Rankin to remain at Tigers". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  13. ^ "Tigers secure Richardson signing". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  14. ^ "Mitch Clark leaves Castleford Tigers with immediate effect". The Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  15. ^ "Cory Aston: London Broncos to sign Castleford Tigers half-back". BBC Sport. 18 July 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  16. ^ "Will Maher: Hull KR sign Castleford forward". BBC Sport. 12 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  17. ^ "Castleford Tigers' Greg Minikin 'relieved' to get move to Hull KR sorted". The Yorkshire Post. 10 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  18. ^ "Tuoyo Egodo: London Broncos re-sign Castleford winger on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 13 August 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  19. ^ "Kieran Gill commits to Newcastle Thunder". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  20. ^ "Jordan Rankin & Joe Wardle: Castleford and Huddersfield swap deal renewed for 2020". BBC Sport. 3 October 2019. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  21. ^ "Tigers confirm Gale departure". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  22. ^ "York City Knights pull off super Chris Clarkson capture". The Press. York. 4 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  23. ^ "Sweeting swaps Castleford Tigers for Championship rivals Featherstone Rovers". Pontefract and Castleford Express. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
  24. ^ "Ellis departs Tigers". Retrieved 25 January 2020.
  25. ^ Carney, Ben (14 October 2019). "Castleford agree dual registration partnership with York". Serious About Rugby League. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  26. ^ McAllister, Josh (21 January 2020). "Castleford confirm dual-registration with Keighley". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  1. ^ Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.[3]
  2. ^ Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture.[6]
  3. ^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.[7]