2019 Castleford Tigers season
Appearance
Castleford Tigers 2019 season | ||||
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Super League Rank | 5th | |||
Play-off result | Elimination semi-final | |||
Challenge Cup | Sixth round | |||
2019 record | Wins: 15; draws: 0; losses: 15 | |||
Points scored | For: 672; against: 620 | |||
Team information | ||||
Chairman | Ian Fulton | |||
Head Coach | Daryl Powell | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | The Jungle (Wheldon Road) | |||
Avg. attendance | 7,253 | |||
Agg. attendance | 101,542 | |||
High attendance | 9,316 | |||
Low attendance | 5,323 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | James Clare (16) | |||
Goals | Peter Mata'utia (56) | |||
Points | Peter Mata'utia (125) | |||
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The 2019 season was the Castleford Tigers' 94th season in the Rugby Football League and their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2019 Super League and the 2019 Challenge Cup.
First-team squad
First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
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Transfers and loans
Transfers in
No | Player | From | Contract | Date | Ref. |
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1 | ![]() |
Leigh Centurions
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3 years[a] | 26 July 2018 | [1] |
33 | ![]() |
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1 year[b] | 15 February 2019 | [2] |
34 | ![]() |
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1½ years | 2 April 2019 | [3] |
35 | ![]() |
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3½ years | 12 April 2019 | [4] |
Loans in
No | Player | From | Loan type | Arrival | Return | Ref. |
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32 | ![]() |
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Season-long | 11 January 2019 | Permanent[c] | [5][6] |
Transfers out
No | Player | To | Contract | Date | Ref. |
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3 | ![]() |
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2 years | 21 August 2018 | [7] |
30 | ![]() |
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1 year | 8 October 2018 | [8] |
19 | ![]() |
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1 year | 18 October 2018 | [9] |
34 | ![]() |
Halifax
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1 year | 7 November 2018 | [10] |
19 | ![]() |
Retired | 20 March 2019 | [11] | |
21 | ![]() |
Leigh Centurions
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½ year[d] | 18 July 2019 | [12] |
Loans out
No | Player | To | Loan type | Departure | Return | Ref. |
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26 | ![]() |
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Season-long | 16 November 2018 | Permanent[e] | [13][14] |
22 | ![]() |
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Season-long | 11 January 2019 | Permanent[c] | [5][6] |
27 | ![]() |
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One-month | 30 January 2019 | 13 March 2019 | [15] |
24 | ![]() |
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One-month | 14 March 2019 | 14 April 2019 | [16] |
27 | ![]() |
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One-month | 7 June 2019 | 7 July 2019 | [17] |
Dual registration
Castleford also agreed a
Halifax R.L.F.C. in the Championship.[18]
Club | No | Player | App | T | G | DG | Pts |
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Halifax
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21 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
29 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
- Source: RLRKC – Halifax 2019
- ^ Mata'utia initially joined on loan during the 2018 season, with the deal being made permanent ahead of 2019
- ^ Clarkson signed a permanent deal following a successful trial period
- ^ a b The deal was extended for the 2020 season on 3 October 2019
- ^ On 6 June 2019, the Wigan Warriors had announced the signing of Clark from the 2020 season onwards. Castleford rejected Wigan's approaches to sign Clark with immediate effect, instead allowing him to move to Leigh.
- ^ The deal was made permanent on 3 September 2019
Pre-season friendlies
Date | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Source |
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Sun 30 December | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 56–0 | Gill (3), Clare (2), Carr (3), Minikin, Sweeting, Turner | Aston (6) | [19] | |
Sun 20 January[a] | ![]() |
A | Headingley Stadium | W | 26–24 | Shenton, Clare (2), Moors, Foster, McShane | Rankin | [20] |
- ^ Kallum Watkins' testimonial match
Super League
Regular season
Results
Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance |
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Fri 1 February | 1 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 20–4 | McShane, Eden (2) | McShane (4) | 7,494 | |
Thu 7 February | 2 | ![]() |
A | KCOM Stadium
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W | 26–18 | Shenton (2), Sene-Lefao, Clare, Moors | McShane (2), Rankin | 11,244 | |
Sat 23 February | 3 | ![]() |
A | Trailfinders Sports Ground | W | 40–6 | Mata'utia, Trueman, Moors, Sene-Lefao, Watts, Eden, Rankin | McShane (5), Rankin | 2,053 | |
Fri 1 March | 4 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 32–16 | Rankin, Watts, Eden (2), Clare, Clarkson | McShane, Rankin (3) | 8,770 | |
Thu 7 March | 5 | ![]() |
A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 10–24 | Eden, Minikin | Rankin | 9,231 | |
Sun 17 March | 6 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 24–20 | Massey, Rankin, Eden, Sene-Lefao | Rankin (4) | 7,750 | |
Fri 22 March | 7 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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L | 12–42 | Shenton, Trueman | Rankin (2) | 8,042 | |
Thu 28 March | 8 | ![]() |
A | Headingley Stadium | L | 20–21 (GP) | Watts, Minikin, Clarkson, Foster | Turner (2) | 12,295 | |
Fri 5 April | 9 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 38–28 | Holmes, Turner, Clark, Cook, Milner, Egodo, Mata'utia | Mata'utia (5) | 6,839 | |
Thu 11 April | 10 | ![]() |
A | Kirklees Stadium | L | 18–20 | Eden, Cook | Mata'utia (5) | 4,684 | |
Thu 18 April | 11 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 28–26 | Clare (2), Sene-Lefao, Aston, Minikin | Mata'utia (4) | 9,316 | |
Mon 22 April | 12 | ![]() |
A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 16–37 | Eden (2), Aston | Mata'utia (2) | 10,120 | |
Sat 27 April | 13 | ![]() |
A | DW Stadium
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L | 4–6 | Mata'utia (2) | 10,058 | ||
Fri 3 May | 14 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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L | 14–26 | Aston, Egodo, Minikin | Mata'utia | 5,323 | |
Thu 16 May | 15 | ![]() |
A | Headingley Stadium | W | 30–8 | Sene-Lefao (2), Eden, Clare, Trueman | Mata'utia (5) | 13,286 | |
Sun 26 May | 16 | ![]() |
N | Anfield | L | 16–36 | Millington, Clarkson, Eden | Mata'utia, Rankin | 26,812 | |
Fri 7 June | 17 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 27–26 (GP) | Minikin, Watts, Millington | Mata'utia (7) | Mata'utia | 7,483 |
Thu 13 June | 18 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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L | 18–31 | Minikin, Moors, Eden | Mata'utia (3) | 6,344 | |
Fri 21 June | 19 | ![]() |
A | AJ Bell Stadium
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L | 16–26 | Smith, Minikin, Rankin | Mata'utia (2) | 2,829 | |
Sun 30 June | 20 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 42–10 | Egodo (2), McMeeken (2), Rankin, Trueman, Clare, Clarkson | Rankin (5) | 6,860 | |
Fri 5 July | 21 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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L | 10–18 | Clare (2) | Rankin | 8,147 | |
Fri 12 July | 22 | ![]() |
A | Belle Vue | W | 36–16 | Egodo, Holmes, Clare (3), Rankin (2) | Mata'utia (4) | 6,244 | |
Sun 21 July | 23 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 27–18 | Clare, Minikin, Trueman, Egodo | Mata'utia (5) | Trueman | 6,965 |
Sun 4 August | 24 | ![]() |
A | Craven Park | L | 26–27 (GP) | Mata'utia, Rankin, Clare, Minikin | Mata'utia (5) | 8,004 | |
Sat 10 August | 25 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 20–6 | Egodo (2), Holmes, O'Neill | Ellis (2) | 5,497 | |
Sun 18 August | 26 | ![]() |
A | Kirklees Stadium | W | 24–0 | Clare, Milner, McMeeken, Sene-Lefao | Ellis (4) | 4,636 | |
Fri 30 August | 27 | ![]() |
A | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 0–4 | 10,315 | |||
Thu 5 September | 28 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road
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W | 44–12 | Blair, Trueman (3), Clare, Rankin, Cook | Ellis (8) | 6,712 | |
Thu 12 September | 29 | ![]() |
A | DW Stadium
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L | 8–26 | Blair | Ellis (2) | 11,001 |
League table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
29 | 26 | 0 | 3 | 916 | 395 | +521 | 52 | Semi Final |
2 | ![]() |
29 | 18 | 0 | 11 | 699 | 539 | +160 | 36 | Qualifying Final |
3 | ![]() |
29 | 17 | 0 | 12 | 783 | 597 | +186 | 34 | |
4 | ![]() |
29 | 16 | 0 | 13 | 709 | 533 | +176 | 32 | Elimination Final |
5 | ![]() |
29 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 646 | 558 | +88 | 30 | |
6 | ![]() |
29 | 15 | 0 | 14 | 645 | 768 | −123 | 30 | |
7 | ![]() |
29 | 13 | 0 | 16 | 553 | 745 | −192 | 26 | |
8 | ![]() |
29 | 12 | 0 | 17 | 650 | 644 | +6 | 24 | |
9 | ![]() |
29 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 608 | 723 | −115 | 22 | |
10 | ![]() |
29 | 11 | 0 | 18 | 571 | 776 | −205 | 22 | |
11 | ![]() |
29 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 548 | 768 | −220 | 20 | |
12 | ![]() |
29 | 10 | 0 | 19 | 505 | 787 | −282 | 20 | Relegated to Championship |
Playoffs
Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance | Source |
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Thu 19 September | Elimination play-off | ![]() |
A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | W | 14–12 | Milner, Rankin | Mata'utia (3) | 5,627 | [21] | |
Thu 26 September | Elimination semi-final | ![]() |
A | AJ Bell Stadium
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L | 0–22 | 4,800 | [22] |
Challenge Cup
Results
Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance | Source |
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Fri 10 May | 6 | ![]() |
A | KCOM Stadium
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L | 12–28 | Clare, Aston | Mata'utia (2) | 6,230 | [23] |
Player statistics
Summary
No | Player | App | T | G | DG | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
31 | 3 | 56 | 1 | 125 |
2 | ![]() |
30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
3 | ![]() |
30 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
4 | ![]() |
12 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
5 | ![]() |
21 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 52 |
6 | ![]() |
31 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 33 |
7 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | ![]() |
30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
9 | ![]() |
28 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 28 |
10 | ![]() |
26 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
11 | ![]() |
15 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
12 | ![]() |
22 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
13 | ![]() |
28 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
14 | ![]() |
27 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
15 | ![]() |
25 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
16 | ![]() |
13 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
17 | ![]() |
6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
18 | ![]() |
21 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
19 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
20 | ![]() |
5 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 32 |
21 | ![]() |
9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
22 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
24 | ![]() |
9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
25 | ![]() |
12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
26 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
27 | ![]() |
5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
28 | ![]() |
1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | ![]() |
11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
30 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | ![]() |
24 | 10 | 19 | 0 | 78 |
33 | ![]() |
20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
34 | ![]() |
19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
35 | ![]() |
18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
- Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2019
References
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- ^ Gordon, James (15 February 2019). "Chris Clarkson earns permanent Castleford deal". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 5 June 2024.
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