Castleford Beat Giants For Very First Super League Win

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Castleford Tigers (16) 34


Tries: Hood, McIntosh, Lawler, Weaver 2, Golding Goals: Weaver 5


Huddersfield Giants (4) 8


Tries: Gagai, Flanagan


Ashton Golding scored on his Castleford launching against previous club Huddersfield Giants to complete Tigers' first Super League win of the season.


Tries from Liam Hood, Darnell McIntosh and George Lawler had Tigers cruising inside the opening 30 minutes, but Jacob Gagai pulled one back simply before the break to make it 16-4.


Tom Weaver then grabbed 2 crucial second-half shots, either side of George Flanagan's four-pointer, to put Tigers en route to sealing a very first league win under head coach Ryan Carr.


The biggest celebration of the night was scheduled for Golding, as he crossed for an unforgettable very first shot for his new club versus the side he left after 5 years at the end of last season.


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The early season kind and misery of the West Yorkshire competitors had actually mirrored one another before their conference at the OneBore Stadium. Both had been winless, pointless and hit by injuries.


Captain Alex Mellor ended up being the most recent Tiger to be sidelined after he broke his leg in recently's defeat at Toulouse, while Giants lacked a host of injured regulars themselves, including Liam Sutcliff, Joe Greenwood and Harry Rushton because of prolonged lay-offs.


France worldwide Tanguy Zenon began for injury-hit Huddersfield just two days after signing up with the club, while there were Tigers debuts for Wigan loanee George Hirst and previous Giants pair Jack Ashworth and Golding.


Hood gave the hosts the perfect start, darting from dummy-half to get his 2nd try of the season after Joe Stimson was reduced near to the line.


Castleford got a been worthy of second through McIntosh, who rushed through a tired out Giants defence that had been pinned back on their line after Taane Milne distributed a careless charge for his high hit on Krystian Mapapalangi.


Milne remained in the sin-bin when Lawler crashed over under the posts for Castleford's 3rd try in the 26th minute, however after that it was Huddersfield who completed the half more powerful, with Zenon denied by a try-saving tackle from Mikaele Ravalawa before Gagai ultimately reacted with a 38th-minute score.


Huddersfield continued to threaten however were wasteful looking for a way back into the game before Weaver got on completion of a remarkably weighted grubber kick from Daejarn Asi to edge Castleford 18 points ahead.


Flanagan offered Giants renewed hope when he countered right after, but a second from Weaver put the result beyond doubt before Golding crashed over to spark wild celebrations.


'We bet this - reaction


Castleford Tigers head coach Ryan Carr informed BBC Radio Leeds:


"That's what we play for, we play to win and play for this feeling today.


"I'm truly happy for my team and actually pleased for everybody involved in our club because a lot of work has actually gone into getting to this point. And there will continue to be a lot more work.


"But to be able to see them with a smile on their faces, with all the tough work they have actually done since the first day of pre-season, is satisfying.


"But it is one win, we have to keep ensuring we perform regularly weekly now."


"I believed we were rubbish, as plain and simple as that.


"We simply robbed ourselves of energy with the amont of dropped balls that we had in that very first half. The lads tried hard, but they were exhausted.


"I think they finished 100% [of their sets] in the 2nd half, and we completed around 60-odd. If you just offer the opposition the ball over and over again, you are going to get the same outcome.


"Eventually it simply robs you of energy and you are generally using fumes.


"Look, they are running around, rushing and trying their hardest however ultimately it just comes back to bite you. We just need to learn and require to discover quick."


Castleford Tigers: Cini, Ravalawa, Mapapalangi, McIntosh, Qaraqare, Asi, Weaver, Atoni, Hood, Westerman, Lane, Hirst, Stimson.


Replacements: Lawler, Ashworth, Hall, Golding.


Huddersfield Giants: Patolo, Woolford, Rogers, O'Donnell, Billington, Powell, Russell, Lolohea, Halsall, Milne, Gagai, Zenon, Flanagan.


Replacements: Burgess, King, Rush, English.


Referee: Matty Lynn.