2017 Castleford Tigers season
Appearance
Castleford Tigers 2017 season | ||||
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Super League XXII Rank | 1st | |||
Play-off result | Runners-up | |||
Challenge Cup | Quarter-finals | |||
2017 record | Wins: 26; draws: 0; losses: 6 | |||
Points scored | For: 1,042; against: 578 | |||
Team information | ||||
Chairman | Ian Fulton | |||
Head Coach | Daryl Powell | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | The Jungle (Wheldon Road) | |||
Avg. attendance | 8,933 | |||
Agg. attendance | 142,920 | |||
High attendance | 11,500 | |||
Low attendance | 6,849 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Greg Eden (41) | |||
Goals | Luke Gale (145) | |||
Points | Luke Gale (355) | |||
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The 2017 season was the Castleford Tigers' 92nd season in the Rugby Football League and their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2017 Super League and the 2017 Challenge Cup.
First-team squad
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Head coach Assistant coaches
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Transfers and loans
[edit]Gains
[edit]No | Player | From | Contract | Date |
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5 | ![]() |
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2 Jahre | 13 June 2016[1] |
27 | ![]() |
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2 Jahre | 17 October 2016[2] |
32 | ![]() |
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2 Jahre | 18 October 2016[3] |
15 | ![]() |
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2 Jahre | 20 October 2016[4] |
35 | ![]() |
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2 Jahre | 25 January 2017[5] |
33 | ![]() |
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1 year[a] | 15 February 2017[6] |
34 | ![]() |
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1 year[a] | 16 February 2022[7] |
1 | ![]() |
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4½ years[c] | 27 June 2017[8] |
Loans in
[edit]No | Player | From | Loan type | Arrival | Return |
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1 | ![]() |
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Season-long | 8 November 2016[9] | Permanent[d] |
Losses
[edit]No | Player | To | Contract | Date |
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14 | ![]() |
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1 year | 6 April 2016[10] |
1 | ![]() |
Retired | 13 May 2016[11] | |
20 | ![]() |
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1 year | 1 September 2016[12] |
21 | ![]() |
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1 year | 19 October 2016[13] |
5 | ![]() |
Retired[e] | 13 December 2016[14] | |
31 | ![]() |
Released | - | 22 January 2017[15] |
6 | ![]() |
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2 Jahre | 7 July 2017[16] |
Loans out
[edit]No | Player | To | Loan type | Departure | Return |
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26 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 31 August 2016[17] | 2 May 2017[18] |
22 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 13 October 2016[19] | 20 September 2017[20] |
23 | ![]() |
2 May 2017[18] | |||
28 | ![]() |
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Season-long | 31 October 2016[21] | 20 September 2017[20] |
19 | ![]() |
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Season-long | 7 November 2016[22] | Permanent[f] |
25 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 11 November 2016[23] | 2 June 2017[24] |
27 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 24 January 2017[25] | 16 June 2017[26] |
33 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 15 February 2017[6] | 2 May 2017[18] |
24 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 15 March 2017[27] | 13 May 2017[28] |
6 | ![]() |
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Season-long | 15 May 2017[29] | Permanent[g] |
24 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 19 May 2017[28] | 16 September 2017 |
27 | ![]() |
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Season-long, recall | 23 June 2017[30] | 20 September 2017[20] |
- ^ a b With an option for a further 2 years
- ^ Released without appearing for Bradford after the Bulls entered administration, having most recently played for the London Broncos
- ^ Hardaker initially joined on loan from Leeds, with the deal being made permanent during the season
- ^ The deal was made permanent on 27 June 2017
- ^ Solomona controversially retired from rugby league, aged 23 and with 2 years left on his contract, in order to join rugby union side Sale Sharks
- ^ The deal was made permanent on 4 October 2017
- ^ The deal was made permanent on 7 July 2017
Pre-season friendlies
[edit]Date | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Source |
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Mon 26 December | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road | W | 42–10 | McMeeken, Hardaker, Minikin (2), Eden (3), Egodo, Million | McShane (2/6), Hardaker (0/1), Turner (1/2) | [31] | |
Sun 15 January | ![]() |
A | Belle Vue | L | 30–32 | Gale, Minikin, McShane, Eden, Million | Gale (4/4), Eden (1/1) | [32] | |
Fri 27 January | ![]() |
A | Mount Pleasant | L | 12–38 | Gill, Sheehan | Sweeting (2/2) | [33] | |
Sun 29 January | ![]() |
A | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 22–6 | Chase, Hardaker, Sene-Lefao, Millington | Gale (3/4) | [34] |
Super League
[edit]Regular season
[edit]Results
[edit]League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
23 | 20 | 0 | 3 | 769 | 378 | +391 | 40 | Super League Super 8s |
2 | ![]() |
23 | 15 | 0 | 8 | 553 | 477 | +76 | 30 | |
3 | ![]() |
23 | 13 | 1 | 9 | 541 | 483 | +58 | 27 | |
4 | ![]() |
23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 576 | 500 | +76 | 26 | |
5 | ![]() |
23 | 13 | 0 | 10 | 572 | 509 | +63 | 26 | |
6 | ![]() |
23 | 12 | 1 | 10 | 516 | 420 | +96 | 25 | |
7 | ![]() |
23 | 10 | 3 | 10 | 539 | 518 | +21 | 23 | |
8 | ![]() |
23 | 9 | 3 | 11 | 519 | 486 | +33 | 21 | |
9 | ![]() |
23 | 9 | 2 | 12 | 426 | 557 | −131 | 20 | The Qualifiers |
10 | ![]() |
23 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 469 | 689 | −220 | 15 | |
11 | ![]() |
23 | 6 | 0 | 17 | 425 | 615 | −190 | 12 | |
12 | ![]() |
23 | 5 | 1 | 17 | 359 | 632 | −273 | 11 |
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
Super 8s
[edit]Results
[edit]Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance | Source |
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Thu 3 August | 1 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road | L | 12–26 | Milner, Monaghan | Gale (2) | 6,849 | [58] | |
Fri 11 August | 2 | ![]() |
A | AJ Bell Stadium | W | 23–4 | Hardaker (2), McShane, Hitchcox | Gale (3) | Gale | 2,811 | [59] |
Thu 17 August | 3 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road | W | 45–20 | Hardaker (2), McMeeken, Webster (4), Eden | Gale (6) | Gale | 11,235 | [60] |
Fri 1 September | 4 | ![]() |
A | Kirklees Stadium | W | 24–16 | Webster, Roberts, Eden, Gale | Gale (4) | 6,284 | [61] | |
Fri 8 September | 5 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road | W | 38–24 | Eden, Roberts (2), Webster, Foster, Minikin | Gale (7) | 9,557 | [62] | |
Sun 17 September | 6 | ![]() |
A | DW Stadium | W | 38–20 | Eden, Trueman (3), Minikin (2), Shenton | McShane (5) | 15,706 | [63] | |
Fri 22 September | 7 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road | L | 16–48 | Egodo (3) | McShane (2) | 7,974 | [64] |
League table
[edit]
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | ![]() |
30 | 25 | 0 | 5 | 965 | 536 | +429 | 50 | Semi-finals |
2 | ![]() |
30 | 20 | 0 | 10 | 749 | 623 | +126 | 40 | |
3 | ![]() |
30 | 17 | 1 | 12 | 714 | 655 | +59 | 35 | |
4 | ![]() |
30 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 663 | 518 | +145 | 33 | |
5 | ![]() |
30 | 16 | 0 | 14 | 714 | 679 | +35 | 32 | |
6 | ![]() |
30 | 14 | 3 | 13 | 691 | 668 | +23 | 31 | |
7 | ![]() |
30 | 14 | 0 | 16 | 680 | 728 | −48 | 28 | |
8 | ![]() |
30 | 11 | 3 | 16 | 663 | 680 | −17 | 25 |
Playoffs
[edit]Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance | Source |
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Thu 28 September | Semi-Final | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road | W | 23–22 (GP) | Hardaker, Gale, Milner | Gale (5) | Gale | 11,235 | [65] |
Sat 7 October | Grand Final | ![]() |
N | Old Trafford | L | 6–24 | Foster | Gale | 72,827 | [66] |
Challenge Cup
[edit]Results
[edit]Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance | Source |
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Sat 13 May | 6 | ![]() |
H | Wheldon Road | W | 53–10 | Shenton, Webster (2), McShane, Minikin (2), Massey, Eden (3) | Gale (6) | Gale | 5,216 | [67] |
Sun 18 June | QF | ![]() |
A | KCOM Stadium | L | 24–32 | Roberts (2), Hardaker, Minikin | Gale (4) | 11,944 | [68] |
Player statistics
[edit]Summary
[edit]No | Player | App | T | G | DG | Pts |
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1 | ![]() |
30 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 54 |
2 | ![]() |
29 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 88 |
3 | ![]() |
28 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
4 | ![]() |
29 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
5 | ![]() |
31 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 164 |
6 | ![]() |
8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | ![]() |
30 | 14 | 145 | 9 | 355 |
8 | ![]() |
21 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | ![]() |
33 | 4 | 17 | 0 | 50 |
10 | ![]() |
30 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
11 | ![]() |
10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
12 | ![]() |
32 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
13 | ![]() |
29 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
14 | ![]() |
30 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
15 | ![]() |
34 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
16 | ![]() |
29 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 48 |
17 | ![]() |
23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
18 | ![]() |
23 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
19 | ![]() |
21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
20 | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
21 | ![]() |
16 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 32 |
22 | ![]() |
2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | ![]() |
12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
24 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
25 | ![]() |
10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
26 | ![]() |
1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
27 | ![]() |
1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
28 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
29 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
30 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
31 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
32 | ![]() |
0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
33 | ![]() |
7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
34 | ![]() |
19 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
35 | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
- Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2017
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