Castleford Tigers Supporters Club

Watching Castleford Tigers is never dull and so it was proved as they advanced to the Quarter Final of the Carnegie Challenge Cup with a 'Golden Point' win courtesy of a Brent Sherwin drop goal 55 seconds into 'extra time' against Halifax at The Jungle.

With the scores level 34 apiece after 80 minutes of this 12 try thriller, the tie went into extra time and with the Tigers receiving the ball from the kick off held the initial advantage. They progressed to inside the Halifax half allowing Sherwin the opportunity to snatch the victory with a magnificent 40 metre strike on the last tackle.

The Tigers were edged out of this year's 'Magic Weekend' fixture against Hull FC, going down 24-16 in a tense, end to end game.

The game itself was overshadowed by the performance of referee Phil Bentham who, when the game was poised at 16-16 awarded a penalty against Tigers winger Michael Wainwright for obstructing his opposite number Mark Calderwood, when it appeared to everyone else in the ground that not only was Calderwood not square at the play the ball but had clearly never released the tackled player, Wainwright. Danny Tickle seized the opportunity to put the Airlie Birds in front and a further conversion to Danny Washbrook's late try sealed the win for Hull.

Another away trip brings another victory for the Castleford Tigers as Terry Matterson's men made the long trip to The Brewery Field, Bridgend and took the spoils with a 34-22 win to maintain their 100% away record.

The Tigers didn't have it all their own way with the Crusaders leading for long spells of the game but in the end the Tigers showed great resilience to cross for 3 late tries from Michael Wainwright, Michael Shenton and Brent Sherwin to snatch the victory. 

Cas were missing Joe Westerman and Craig Huby although were boosted by the return of Stuart Jones & James Evans into the starting line-up whilst Brett Ferres and Chris Feather returned to take places on the bench alongside James Ford and Ryan Boyle. Richard Owen started at full back with Ryan McGoldrick slotting in at loose forward.

The Tigers were on the receiving end of a Saints blitz as the league leaders tore Cas apart in a fashion that only St. Helens can do, leaving the Tigers on the wrong end of a 68-22 scoreline.

Lacking half a dozen regulars; James Evans, Dean Widders, Brett Ferres, Stuart Jones, Chris Feather and skipper Ryan Hudson, Terry Matterson included young forwards Nathan Massey and Ryan Boyle on the bench alongside James Ford, whilst Ryan Clayton was called up for his first appearance of the season.

Kirk Netherton started at hooker in place of Hudson and Ryan McGoldrick was recalled at ful back after his 2 game suspension with Richard Owen reverting back to the wing to accommodate the Aussie's return.