2020 Castleford Tigers season

2020 Castleford Tigers season
2020 Castleford Tigers season
Super League Rank	2nd
2020 record	Wins: 5; draws: 0; losses: 2
Points scored	For: 158; against: 104
Team information
CEO	Ian Fulton
Head Coach	Daryl Powell
Captain	Michael Shenton;
Stadium	Wheldon Road
Avg. attendance	7,712
Agg. attendance	23,318
High attendance	8,848
Low attendance	7,202
Top scorers
Tries	Derrell Olpherts (6)
Goals	Danny Richardson (27)
Points	Danny Richardson (58)

This article details the Castleford Tigers's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

Fixtures and results

Win Draw Loss

All fixtures are subject to change

Challenge Cup

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
TBC	6	York City Knights	A	Bootham Crescent

Regular Season

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
2 February, 14:30	1	Toronto Wolfpack	A	Headingley	W	28–10	Eden, Mata'utia, Milner, Millington, Shenton	Richardson (4)	19,500	Sky Sports	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
P–P ^[a]	8	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium
P–P^[a]	9	Leeds Rhinos	H	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
P–P^[a]	10	Huddersfield Giants	H	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle
P–P^[a]	11	Wakefield Trinity	A	The Mobile Rocket Stadium
P–P^[a]	12	Hull KR	H	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e as a result of the covid 19 outbreak, the RFL announced a suspension of fixtures in the Betfred Super League season, initially until 3rd April, during which time the season’s structure and fixture rescheduling will be considered..

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification^[a]
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	17	13	4	408	278	146.8	26	76.47	Semi-finals
2	St Helens (C)	17	12	5	469	195	240.5	24	70.59	Semi-finals
3	Warrington Wolves^[A]	17	12	5	365	204	178.9	24	70.59	Elimination semi-finals
4	Catalans Dragons	13	8	5	376	259	145.2	16	61.54
5	Leeds Rhinos	17	10	7	369	390	94.6	20	58.82
6	Hull F.C.	17	9	8	405	436	92.9	18	52.94
7	Huddersfield Giants^[B]	18	7	11	318	367	86.6	14	38.89
8	Castleford Tigers	16	6	10	328	379	86.5	12	37.50
9	Salford Red Devils^[C]	18	8	10	354	469	75.5	16	44.44
10	Wakefield Trinity	19	5	14	324	503	64.4	10	26.32
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	17	3	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:

^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[1]

Discipline

Red Cards

Rank	Player	Red Cards
1

Yellow Cards

Rank	Player	Yellow Cards
1	Derrell Olpherts	1

Player statistics

#	Player	Position	Tries	Goals	Points
1	Jordan Rankin	Fullback	0	0	0
2	Derrell Olpherts	Centre	6	0	24
3	Peter Mata'utia	Centre	2	0	8
4	Michael Shenton	Centre	2	0	4
5	Sosaia Feki	Wing	0	0	0
6	Jake Trueman	Hooker	1	0	4
7	Danny Richardson	Scrum-half	1	27	58
8	Liam Watts	Prop	0	0	0
9	Paul McShane	Hooker	0	0	0
10	Grant Millington	Prop	2	0	8
11	Oliver Holmes	Second-row	1	0	4
12	Mike McMeeken	Centre	1	0	4
13	Adam Milner	Loose forward	1	0	4
14	Nathan Massey	Prop	0	0	0
15	Jesse Sene-Lefao	Second-row	0	0	0
16	George Griffin	Prop	0	0	0
17	Alex Foster	Centre	0	0	0
18	Cheyse Blair	Centre	4	0	16
19	Daniel Smith	Prop	0	0	0
20	Junior Moors	Prop	0	0	0
21	James Clare	Prop	4	0	16
22	Jacques O'Neill	Hooker	0	0	0
23	Matt Cook	Prop	0	0	0
24	Tyler Hepi	Prop	0	0	0
25	Greg Eden	Wing	1	0	4
26	Calum Turner	Fullback	1	0	4
27	Lewis Peachy	Second-row	0	0	0
28	Bradley Graham	Centre	0	0	0
29	Joe Summers	Loose forward	0	0	0
30	Robbie Storey	Centre	0	0	0
31	Brad Martin	Second-row	0	0	0
32	Lewis Carr	Wing	0	0	0

As of Round 7 (15 March 2020)

2020 squad

2020 Castleford Tigers Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Jordan Rankin – FB, SO, WG 2 Derrell Olpherts – FB, CE, WG 3 Peter Mata'utia – FB, CE, WG 4 Michael Shenton (c) – CE 5 Sosaia Feki – WG 6 Jake Trueman – FB, HK, SH, SO 7 Danny Richardson – SH, SO 8 Liam Watts – PR 9 Paul McShane – HK, SH 10 Grant Millington – PR, SR, LF 11 Oliver Holmes – SR		12 Mike McMeeken – CE, SR 13 Adam Milner – LF, HK 14 Nathan Massey – PR, LF 15 Jesse Sene-Lefao – SR, PR 16 George Griffin – PR, SR, LF 17 Alex Foster – CE, SR, LF 18 Cheyse Blair – CE, WG 19 Daniel Smith – PR 20 Junior Moors – PR, SR, LF 21 James Clare – FB, WG 22 Jacques O'Neill – HK		23 Matt Cook – PR, SR, LF 24 Tyler Hepi – PR, SR 25 Greg Eden – WG, CE, FB 26 Calum Turner – FB, WG 27 Lewis Peachey – SR 28 Brad Graham – CE, WG 29 Joe Summers – LF, SR 30 Robbie Storey – CE, SR 31 Brad Martin – SR, PR Lewis Carr – WG, FB				Head coach Daryl Powell Assistant coaches Ryan Sheridan Danny Orr Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: January 2019 Source(s): 2019 Squad

2020 Transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Tyler Hepi	Toulouse Olympique	1 Year	June 2019^[5]
George Griffin	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	July 2019 ^[6]
Derrell Olpherts	Salford Red Devils	3 Years	July 2019 ^[7]
Sosaia Feki	Cronulla Sharks	3 Years	July 2019 ^[8]
Jordan Rankin	Huddersfield Giants	1 Year	October 2019 ^[9]
Danny Richardson	St Helens	3 Years	October 2019 ^[10]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Mitch Clark	Wigan Warriors	2 Years	July 2019^[11]
Cory Aston	London Broncos	2 Years	July 2019^[12]
Will Maher	Hull KR	2 Years	August 2019^[13]
Greg Minikin	Hull KR	3 Years	August 2019
Tuoyo Egodo	London Broncos	2 Years	August 2019
Kieran Gill	Newcastle	1 Year	September 2019 ^[14]
Joe Wardle	Huddersfield Giants	1 Year	October 2019^[15]
Luke Gale	Leeds Rhinos	2 Years	October 2019 ^[16]
Chris Clarkson	York City Knights	1 Year	October 2019
Jake Sweeting	Featherstone Rovers	1 Year	October 2019
Jamie Ellis	Hull KR	1 Year	December 2019 ^[17]

References

^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
^ "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
^ "New recruit Tyla Hepi is 'perfect fit' for Castleford Tigers, admits Daryl Powell". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.
^ "George Griffin: Castleford Tigers sign Salford Red Devils forward from 2020 season". BBC Sport. July 2019.
^ "Derrell Olpherts: Castleford sign Salford Red Devils winger on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.
^ "Feki arrives at Castleford".
^ "Rankin to remain at Tigers".
^ "Tigers secure Richardson signing".
^ "Mitch Clark leaves Castleford Tigers with immediate effect".
^ "Cory Aston: London Broncos to sign Castleford Tigers half-back". BBC Sport. 18 July 2019.
^ "Will Maher: Hull KR sign Castleford forward". BBC Sport. 12 October 2019.
^ "Kieran Gill commits to Newcastle Thunder".
^ "Jordan Rankin & Joe Wardle: Castleford and Huddersfield swap deal renewed for 2020". BBC Sport. 3 October 2019.
^ "Tigers confirm Gale departure".
^ "Ellis departs Tigers".

External links

Official website

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[covid19-1] s a result of the covid 19 outbreak, the RFL announced a suspension of fixtures in the Betfred Super League season, initially until 3rd April, during which time the season’s structure and fixture rescheduling will be considered..

[3] Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[1]

[rule_change-2] "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.

[BBC281020-4] "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.

[6] "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.

[8] "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.

[10] "New recruit Tyla Hepi is 'perfect fit' for Castleford Tigers, admits Daryl Powell". www.yorkshirepost.co.uk. Retrieved 2019-10-02.

[11] "George Griffin: Castleford Tigers sign Salford Red Devils forward from 2020 season". BBC Sport. July 2019.

[12] "Derrell Olpherts: Castleford sign Salford Red Devils winger on three-year deal". BBC Sport. 2 July 2019.

[13] "Feki arrives at Castleford".

[14] "Rankin to remain at Tigers".

[15] "Tigers secure Richardson signing".

[16] "Mitch Clark leaves Castleford Tigers with immediate effect".

[17] "Cory Aston: London Broncos to sign Castleford Tigers half-back". BBC Sport. 18 July 2019.

[18] "Will Maher: Hull KR sign Castleford forward". BBC Sport. 12 October 2019.

[19] "Kieran Gill commits to Newcastle Thunder".

[20] "Jordan Rankin & Joe Wardle: Castleford and Huddersfield swap deal renewed for 2020". BBC Sport. 3 October 2019.

[21] "Tigers confirm Gale departure".

[22] "Ellis departs Tigers".

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