2014 Castleford Tigers season

The 2014 season was the Castleford Tigers' 89th season in the Rugby Football League and their 7th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2014 Super League and the 2014 Challenge Cup.

Castleford Tigers 2014 season
Super League XIX Rank4th
Play-off resultPreliminary semi-final
Challenge CupRunners-up
2014 recordWins: 21; draws: 2; losses: 11
Points scoredFor: 814; against: 583
Team information
ChairmanJack Fulton
Head CoachDaryl Powell
Captain
StadiumThe Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Avg. attendance7,068
Agg. attendance91,885
High attendance9,867
Low attendance5,104
Top scorers
TriesJustin Carney (24)
GoalsMarc Sneyd (116)
PointsMarc Sneyd (262)
Home colours
Away colours
← 2013 List of seasons 2015 →

First-team squad

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2014 Castleford Tigers squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches


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



Transfers and loans

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Transfers in

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No Player From Contract Date Ref.
18   Frankie Mariano   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 1 year 11 July 2013 [1]
21   Ashley Gibson   Salford City Reds 2 years 28 August 2013 [2]
6   Luke Dorn   London Broncos 2 years 10 September 2013 [3]
29   Brett Seymour   Hull FC 1 year 11 September 2013 [4]
19   Scott Wheeldon   London Broncos 2 years 12 September 2013 [5]
8   Andy Lynch   Hull FC 2 years 18 September 2013 [6]
23   Michael Channing   London Broncos 2 years 20 September 2013 [7]
26   Liam Finn   Featherstone Rovers 1 year 19 December 2013 [8]
32   Lee Jewitt   Limoux Grizzlies ½ year 2 May 2014 [9]
35   Garreth Carvell   Hull FC ½ year 21 July 2014 [10]

Loans in

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No Player From Loan type Arrival Return Ref.
7   Marc Sneyd   Salford City Reds Season-long 13 September 2013 26 September 2014 [11]
35   Garreth Carvell   Hull FC Season-long 18 June 2014 Permanent[a] [12]

Transfers out

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No Player To Contract Date Ref.
6   Rangi Chase   Salford Red Devils 4 years 4 September 2013 [13][14]
18   Jordan Thompson   Hull F.C. 3 years 9 September 2013 [15]
25   Keith Mason Retired 9 September 2013 [16]
21   Ben Johnston   Halifax 1 year 27 September 2013 [17]
8   Jonathan Walker   Hull Kingston Rovers 3 years 4 October 2013 [18]
32   Ryan Backhouse   York City Knights 1 year 18 January 2014 [19]
29   Brett Seymour   Whitehaven 1 year 6 March 2014 [20][21]
27   Charlie Martin   Batley Bulldogs 1 year 14 March 2014 [22]

Loans out

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No Player To Loan type Departure Return Ref.
22   Richard Owen   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Season-long 15 May 2014 Permanent[b] [23][24]
17   Lee Gilmour   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Season-long 27 May 2014 Permanent[c] [25][26]

Dual registration

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Castleford agreed a dual registration arrangement with the York City Knights in the Championship 1.[27]

Club No Player App T G DG Pts
  York City Knights 31   Brad Day 4 5 0 0 20
25   Daniel Fleming 1 0 0 0 0
28   Ben Reynolds 16 7 70 0 168
4   Jake Webster 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLRKC – York City Knights 2014
  1. ^ The deal was made permanent on 21 July 2014
  2. ^ The deal was made permanent on 20 October 2014
  3. ^ The deal was made permanent on 4 September 2014

Pre-season friendlies

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Date Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals
Thu 26 December[a]   Halifax H Wheldon Road D 30–30 Owen (4), Clark, Dixon Dixon (3)
Sun 19 January   York City Knights H Wheldon Road W 62–6 Carney (3), Sneyd (2), Owen, Huby, Clare, Clark, Reynolds, Millington Sneyd (9)
Sun 26 January   Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road (P)[b] P–P
Sun 2 February   Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 66–10 Dixon (3), Clark (2), Hauraki (2), Dorn, Owen, Shenton, Milner, Mariano Dixon (9)
Sat 8 February   Dewsbury Rams A Crown Flatt L 0–18
Source:[28]
  1. ^ Craig Huby's testimonial match
  2. ^ Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch

Super League

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Regular season

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Results

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Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance
Sun 16 February 1   Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 36–18 Hauraki, Dixon, Clark, Carney, Dorn, Millington Dixon (6) 8,214
Sun 23 February 2   Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road W 32–6 Carney (3), Dixon, Tansey, Clark Sneyd (4) 5,104
Fri 28 February 3   Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park W 30–10 Owen (3), Mariano, Holmes Sneyd (5) 7,022
Sun 9 March 4   Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road W 36–31 Dixon, Dorn (2), Milner, Clark, Channing Sneyd (6) 8,504
Sun 16 March 5   Hull FC H Wheldon Road W 19–16 Shenton, Sneyd, Mariano Sneyd (3) Sneyd 9,867
Sun 23 March 6   Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L 16–23 Carney, Hauraki, Dorn Sneyd (2) 5,823
Thu 27 March 7   London Broncos A The Hive Stadium W 54–6 Channing, Holmes, Shenton (2), Finn, Huby, Carney (2), Dorn Ellis (9) 1,036
Fri 11 April 8   St Helens H Wheldon Road L 28–30 Webster, Shenton (2), Millington, Carney Sneyd (4) 6,487
Fri 18 April 9   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue W 43–20 Carney, Clark (2), Owen (2), Wheeldon (2), Finn Sneyd (5) Sneyd 5,159
Mon 21 April 10   Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road W 40–6 Clare (2), Shenton (3), Ellis, Owen Sneyd (6) 6,853
Sun 4 May 11   Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium L 28–29 Shenton, Carney, Dixon, Webster, Clark Sneyd (4) 7,195
Thu 8 May 12   Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road L 14–22 Dixon, Sneyd Sneyd (3) 9,208
Sun 18 May 13   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats N City of Manchester Stadium W 50–12 Clark (2), Carney (2), Tansey, Shenton, Sneyd (2), Mariano Sneyd (7) 28,213
Sun 25 May 14   Widnes Vikings H Wheldon Road W 34–22 Shenton, Webster, Wheeldon, Dorn (2), Clark Sneyd (5) 5,576
Sun 1 June 15   Hull Kingston Rovers H Wheldon Road W 54–12 Channing (2), Dorn (3), Millington, Dixon, Ellis, Webster, Huby, Clare Sneyd (5) 7,196
Fri 13 June 16   Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L 6–46 Gibson Ellis 11,914
Sun 22 June 17   St Helens A Langtree Park L 16–38 Dixon, Sneyd, Dorn Sneyd (2) 12,648
Sat 28 June 18   Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road W 14–10 Carney, Webster Sneyd (3) 5,937
Thu 3 July 19   Widnes Vikings A Select Security Stadium W 40–20 Dorn, Holmes, Clark (3), Shenton (2) Sneyd (6) 4,562
Fri 11 July 20   Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road W 44–30 Holmes, Carney, Finn (2), Milner, Dixon, Mariano, Millington Sneyd (6) 5,310
Thu 17 July 21   Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium D 24–24 Shenton, Hauraki, Massey, Millington Sneyd (4) 16,173
Thu 24 July 22   Hull FC A KC Stadium D 18–18 Shenton, Sneyd, Clare (2) Sneyd 9,959
Sun 3 August 23   London Broncos H Wheldon Road W 64–18 Dorn (2), Carney (3), Wheeldon, Shenton, Carvell, Mariano, Dixon (2), Milner Sneyd (8) 5,233
Fri 15 August 24   Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 10–48 Clare, Holmes Finn 8,391
Sun 31 August 25   Bradford Bulls H Wheldon Road W 32–18 Lynch, Clare, Dorn, Shenton, Clark Sneyd (6) 7,428
Sun 7 September 26   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Wheldon Road W 26–22 Dorn, Clare (2), Dixon, Webster Sneyd (3) 9,182
Sat 13 September 27   Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 6–28 Dixon Sneyd 9,223
Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014 & [28]

League table

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Super League XIX
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   St Helens (L, C) 27 19 0 8 796 563 +233 38 Play-offs
2   Wigan Warriors 27 18 1 8 834 429 +405 37
3   Huddersfield Giants 27 17 3 7 785 626 +159 37
4   Castleford Tigers 27 17 2 8 814 583 +231 36
5   Warrington Wolves 27 17 1 9 793 515 +278 35
6   Leeds Rhinos 27 15 2 10 685 421 +264 32
7   Catalans Dragons 27 14 1 12 733 667 +66 29
8   Widnes Vikings 27 13 1 13 611 725 −114 27
9   Hull Kingston Rovers 27 10 3 14 627 665 −38 23
10   Salford Red Devils 27 11 1 15 608 695 −87 23
11   Hull F.C. 27 10 2 15 653 586 +67 22
12   Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 10 1 16 557 750 −193 21
13   Bradford Bulls (R) 27 8 0 19 512 984 −472 10[a] Relegation to Championship
14   London Broncos (R) 27 1 0 26 438 1237 −799 2
Source: [30]
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ Bradford Bulls deducted 6 points on 25 February 2014 for entering administration[29]

Playoffs

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Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source
Fri 19 September Qualifying play-off   St Helens A Langtree Park L 0–41 7,548 [31]
Thu 25 September Preliminary semi-final   Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road L 14–30 Ellis, Dorn, Shenton Sneyd 6,219 [32]

Challenge Cup

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Results

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Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance
Sun 6 April Round 4   Batley Bulldogs A Mount Pleasant W 48–10 Dorn (2), Carney (3), Ellis, Sneyd, Clare, Wheeldon Sneyd (6) 2,482
Sun 27 April Round 5   Sheffield Eagles H Wheldon Road W 60–16 Carney (4), Millington, Gibson, Dixon, Ellis (2), Clark, Tansey, Holmes Dixon (2), Sneyd (4) 4,648
Sat 7 June Quarter-final   Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium W 16–4 Clare, Dixon, Jewitt Sneyd (2) 8,736
Sun 10 August Semi-final   Widnes Vikings N Leigh Sports Village W 28–6 Finn, Clark, Dixon, Ellis, Webster Sneyd (4) 12,005
Sat 23 August Final   Leeds Rhinos N Wembley Stadium L 10–23 Clark, Holmes Finn 77,914
Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014 & [28]

Player statistics

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Summary

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No Player App T G DG Pts
1   Jordan Tansey 7 3 0 0 12
2   Kirk Dixon 25 15 8 0 76
3   Michael Shenton 32 18 0 0 72
4   Jake Webster 22 7 0 0 28
5   Justin Carney 24 24 0 0 96
6   Luke Dorn 24 19 0 0 76
7   Marc Sneyd 31 7 116 2 262
8   Andy Lynch 31 1 0 0 4
9   Adam Milner 25 3 0 0 12
10   Craig Huby 29 2 0 0 8
11   Grant Millington 27 6 0 0 24
12   Weller Hauraki 30 3 0 0 12
13   Nathan Massey 23 1 0 0 4
14   Daryl Clark 30 16 0 0 64
15   Ryan Boyle 3 0 0 0 0
16   Oliver Holmes 32 7 0 0 28
17   Lee Gilmour 0 0 0 0 0
18   Frankie Mariano 30 5 0 0 20
19   Scott Wheeldon 27 5 0 0 20
20   Jamie Ellis 21 7 10 0 48
21   Ashley Gibson 7 2 0 0 8
22   Richard Owen 5 6 0 0 24
23   Michael Channing 16 4 0 0 16
24   James Clare 17 11 0 0 44
25   Daniel Fleming 5 0 0 0 0
26   Liam Finn 29 5 2 0 24
27   Charlie Martin 0 0 0 0 0
28   Ben Reynolds 2 0 0 0 0
29   Brett Seymour 0 0 0 0 0
30   Jordan Howden 0 0 0 0 0
31   Brad Day 1 0 0 0 0
32   Lee Jewitt 16 1 0 0 4
33   Will Maher 1 0 0 0 0
35   Garreth Carvell 6 1 0 0 4
Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014

References

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  1. ^ "Castleford Tigers sign Frankie Mariano from Wakefield Wildcats". BBC Sport. 11 July 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Ashley Gibson to join Castleford Tigers from Salford City Reds". BBC Sport. 28 August 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  3. ^ "Luke Dorn: Castleford sign London Broncos utility back". BBC Sport. 10 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  4. ^ "Brett Seymour: Castleford Tigers sign ex-Hull FC half-back". BBC Sport. 11 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  5. ^ "Castleford Tigers sign prop Scott Wheeldon on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Castleford Tigers: Andy Lynch signs from Hull FC". BBC Sport. 18 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Castleford Tigers sign Michael Channing on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 20 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Liam Finn: Castleford Tigers sign Irish international". BBC Sport. 19 December 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  9. ^ "Castleford Tigers bring in ex-Salford prop Lee Jewitt". BBC Sport. 2 May 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Castleford Tigers sign Matt Cook and Garreth Carvell". BBC Sport. 21 July 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  11. ^ "Marc Sneyd: Castleford sign Salford scrum-half for 2014 season". BBC Sport. 13 September 2013. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  12. ^ "Castleford Tigers sign Hull FC's Garreth Carvell on loan". BBC Sport. 18 June 2014. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  13. ^ "Super League: Castleford Tigers announce Rangi Chase departure". Sky Sports. 4 September 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  14. ^ "Salford sign eight more players and relaunch as Red Devils". BBC Sport. 5 September 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  15. ^ "Hull FC sign Jordan Thompson from Castleford Tigers". BBC Sport. 9 September 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  16. ^ Lavigueur, Nick (16 May 2014). "Ex-Huddersfield Giants player Keith Mason lands part in Peaky Blinders and Mickey Rourke movie". Yorkshire Live. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Super League: Castleford Tigers' Ben Johnston to join Halifax RLFC". Sky Sports. 27 September 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  18. ^ "Super League: Jonathan Walker leaves Castleford to join twin at Hull KR". Sky Sports. 4 October 2013. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  19. ^ Martini, Peter (18 January 2014). "Ryan Backhouse makes Knights debut against former Castleford team-mates". The York Press. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Brett Seymour: Castleford Tigers release half-back". BBC Sport. 6 March 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  21. ^ "Brett Seymour: Whitehaven half-back receives visa boost". BBC Sport. 25 April 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  22. ^ "Castleford release Charlie Martin". Love Rugby League. 14 March 2014. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
  23. ^ "Wakefield Trinity Wildcats sign Richard Owen from Castleford". BBC Sport. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  24. ^ "Super League: Wakefield Wildcats complete signing of Richard Owen from Castleford". Sky Sports. 20 October 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  25. ^ "Lee Gilmour: Wakefield sign Castleford second-row on loan". BBC Sport. 27 May 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  26. ^ "Lee Gilmour appointed Wakefield Trinity Wildcats assistant". BBC Sport. 4 September 2014. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  27. ^ Martini, Peter (21 January 2014). "'It's good to talk', says Castleford's Daryl Powell on Knights link". The York Press. Retrieved 21 January 2024.
  28. ^ a b c Garbett, Ian; Garbett, Roy (14 August 2017). Castleford Rugby League Football Club: A Ninety Years Statistical & Pictorial Record 1926-2016. In memory of Len Garbett. Scratching Shed Publishing. ISBN 978-0995586109.
  29. ^ "Bradford Bulls deducted six competition points". Super League. 25 February 2013. Retrieved 25 February 2014.
  30. ^ Super League XIX 2014
  31. ^ "Super League play-offs: St Helens 41-0 Castleford Tigers". BBC Sport. 19 September 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
  32. ^ "Super League: Castleford Tigers 14-30 Warrington Wolves". BBC Sport. 25 September 2014. Retrieved 22 January 2024.
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