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 versus former club Huddersfield Giants to finish Tigers' very first Super League win of the season.


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


Tom Weaver then grabbed two vital 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 most significant celebration of the night was reserved for Golding, as he crossed for an unforgettable very first try for his new club against the side he left after 5 years at the end of last season.


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


Captain Alex Mellor became 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 lengthy lay-offs.


France global Tanguy Zenon started for injury-hit Huddersfield simply 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 offered the hosts the ideal start, darting from dummy-half to grab his second try of the season after Joe Stimson was reduced near the line.


got a been worthy of second through McIntosh, who scrambled through a tired out Giants defence that had actually been pinned back on their line after Taane Milne gave away 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 third shot in the 26th minute, however after that it was Huddersfield who ended up the half more powerful, with Zenon rejected by a try-saving deal with from Mikaele Ravalawa before Gagai eventually reacted with a 38th-minute rating.


Huddersfield continued to threaten but were wasteful in search of a method back into the video game before Weaver got on completion of a brilliantly weighted grubber kick from Daejarn Asi to edge Castleford 18 points ahead.


Flanagan gave Giants restored hope when he countered quickly after, but a 2nd from Weaver put the outcome beyond doubt before Golding crashed over to stimulate wild celebrations.


'We bet this winning sensation' - 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 sensation right now.


"I'm actually delighted for my team and actually pleased for everyone associated with our club since 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 effort they have actually done because the first day of pre-season, is satisfying.


"But it is one win, we need to keep ensuring we perform regularly every week now."


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


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


"I believe 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 once 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 attempting their hardest however ultimately it simply comes back to bite you. We just need to find out and require to learn 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.