2020 Castleford Tigers season

The 2020 season was the Castleford Tigers' 95th season in the Rugby Football League and their 13th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2020 Super League and the 2020 Challenge Cup.

2020 Castleford Tigers season
Super League Rank	8th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	Sixth round
2020 record	Wins: 6; draws: 0; losses: 11
Points scored	For: 328; against: 379[a]
Team information
Chairman	Ian Fulton
Head Coach	Daryl Powell
Captain	Michael Shenton
Stadium	Wheldon Road
Avg. attendance	7,773[b]
Agg. attendance	23,318
High attendance	8,848
Low attendance	0
Top scorers
Tries	Greg Eden & Derrell Olpherts (8)
Goals	Danny Richardson (54)
Points	Danny Richardson (117)
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Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

Challenge Cup

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	TV	Report
13 September 2020, 3:00pm[c][2]	6	Hull FC	N	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	16–29	Griffin, Holmes, Mata'utia	Richardson (2)		Report

Regular season

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
7 February, 19:45	2	Wigan Warriors	H	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	16–12	Blair, Olpherts,	Richardson (4)	8,848	—	Report
15 February, 18:00	3	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	18–36	Blair, Clare, Olpherts,	Richardson (3)	8,886	—	Report
21 February, 19:45	4	Wakefield Trinity	H	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	32–15	Blair, Clare (2), Olpherts (2), Holmes	Richardson (4)	7,202	Sky Sports	Report
27 February, 19:45	5	Hull KR	A	Kcom Craven Park	W	28–8	Shenton, Richardson, Clare, McMeeken	Richardson (6)	7,464	Sky Sports	Report
6 March, 19:45	6	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	8–9	Turner	Richardson (2)	9,228	Sky Sports	Report
15 March, 15:30	7	St. Helens	H	The Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	28–14	Olpherts (2), Mata'utia, Blair, Trueman	Richardson (4)	7,268	Sky Sports	Report
8 August 2020, 16:15	8	Catalans Dragons	N	Emerald Headingley	L	14–40	Shenton (2)	Richardson (3)	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
18 October 2020, 15:00[e]	9	Hull FC	A	KCOM Stadium	L	6–48	O'Neill	Richardson	0[d]		Report
16 August 2020, 16:15	10	St. Helens[e]	A	Totally Wicked Stadium[f]	L	0–10	—	—	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
3 September 2020, 14:30	11	Salford Red Devils	N	Emerald Headingley[f]	W	37–30	Richardson, Shenton, McShane (2), Mcmeeken, Millington	Richardson (6) + (1) DG	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
10 September 2020, 20:15	12	Warrington Wolves	N	Totally Wicked Stadium[f]	L	10–12	O'Brien, Olpherts	Richardson	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
24 September 2020, 20:15	13	Huddersfield Giants	N	Halliwell Jones Stadium[f]	L	19–31	O'Brien, Eden, Sanderson	O'Brien (3)	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
1 October 2020, 19:45	14	Hull FC	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	L	28–32	McMeeken (2), Eden, Millington, Shenton	O'Brien (4)	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
26 October 2020, 19:45	15	Leeds Rhinos	A	Emerald Headingley	L	24–28	Watts Eden (2), Penalty Try,	Richardson	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
22 October 2020, 18:30	17	Salford Red Devils	N	Totally Wicked Stadium[f]	W	38–24	O'Neill Milner, Foster Eden (3),	Richardson (7)	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
29 August 2020, 16:15	18	Wigan Warriors[g]	N	Halliwell Jones Stadium[f]	L	22–30	O'Brien, Massey, Olpherts, Shenton	Richardson (3)	0[d]	Sky Sports	Report
C–C	19	Huddersfield Giants[h][i]
C–C	20	Leeds Rhinos[i]

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification[j]
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	17	13	0	4	408	278	146.8	26	76.47	Semi-finals
2	St Helens (C)	17	12	0	5	469	195	240.5	24	70.59
3	Warrington Wolves[A]	17	12	0	5	365	204	178.9	24	70.59	Elimination semi-finals
4	Catalans Dragons	13	8	0	5	376	259	145.2	16	61.54
5	Leeds Rhinos	17	10	0	7	369	390	94.6	20	58.82
6	Hull F.C.	17	9	0	8	405	436	92.9	18	52.94
7	Huddersfield Giants[B]	18	7	0	11	318	367	86.6	14	38.89
8	Castleford Tigers	16	6	0	10	328	379	86.5	12	37.50
9	Salford Red Devils[C]	18	8	0	10	354	469	75.5	16	44.44
10	Wakefield Trinity	19	5	0	14	324	503	64.4	10	26.32
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	17	3	0	14	290	526	55.1	6	17.65

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

1. Statistics do not include Round 1, because results involving Toronto were expunged following their withdrawal from the league
2. Not including fixtures played behind closed doors
3. Match originally scheduled for 22 August, but postponed due to positive Covid-19 tests among the Hull squad.^[1]
4. Match played behind closed doors
5. Castleford were scheduled to play Hull FC, but due to positive Corona virus cases amongst the Hull squad, this meant that the Round 7 Fixtures were reversed, with Castleford now playing St Helens.
6. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all remaining fixtures will resume behind closed doors, at a small number of neutral venues that meet the stringent guidance from both Government and the Game’s clinical advisory group.
7. Castleford were due to have a "bye" for this round, but due to positive Corona virus cases amongst the Catalans squad, this meant that the Round 10 Fixture between Wigan and Catalans was called off, with Castleford now set to play Wigan.
8. Game postponed on 28 October due to 12 positive COVID-19 cases amongst the Castleford squad.^[3]
9. Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.^[4]
10. Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[5]

Discipline

Red Cards Rank Player Red Cards 1 Oliver Holmes 1

Yellow Cards Rank Player Yellow Cards 1= Peter Mata'utia 1 Grant Millington Derrell Olpherts

Player statistics

#	Player	Position	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Jordan Rankin	Fullback	0	0	0	0
2	Derrell Olpherts	Wing	8	0	0	32
3	Peter Mata'utia	Centre	2	0	0	8
4	Michael Shenton	Centre	7	0	0	28
5	Sosaia Feki	Wing	0	0	0	0
6	Jake Trueman	Stand-off	1	0	0	4
7	Danny Richardson	Scrum-half	2	54	1	117
8	Liam Watts	Prop	1	0	0	4
9	Paul McShane	Hooker	2	0	0	8
10	Grant Millington	Prop	3	0	0	12
11	Oliver Holmes	Second-row	2	0	0	8
12	Mike McMeeken	Second-row	4	0	0	16
13	Adam Milner	Loose forward	2	0	0	8
14	Nathan Massey	Loose forward	0	0	0	0
15	Jesse Sene-Lefao	Second-row	0	0	0	0
16	George Griffin	Prop	0	0	0	0
17	Alex Foster	Second-row	1	0	0	4
18	Cheyse Blair	Second-row	4	0	0	16
19	Daniel Smith	Prop	0	0	0	0
20	Junior Moors	Second-row	0	0	0	0
21	James Clare	Wing	4	0	0	16
22	Jacques O'Neill	Hooker	2	0	0	8
23	Matt Cook	Prop	0	0	0	0
24	Tyla Hepi	Prop	0	0	0	0
25	Greg Eden	Wing	8	0	0	32
26	Calum Turner	Fullback	1	0	0	4
27	Lewis Peachey	Second-row	0	0	0	0
28	Brad Graham	Centre	0	0	0	0
29	Joe Summers	Loose forward	0	0	0	0
30	Robbie Storey	Centre	0	0	0	0
31	Brad Martin	Second-row	0	0	0	0
32	Sam Hall	Prop	0	0	0	0
33	Bailey Hodgson	Fullback	0	0	0	0
34	Gareth O'Brien	Fullback	3	7	1	27
35	Jack Sanderson	Wing	1	0	0	4
36	Dan Fleming	Prop	0	0	0	0
37	Cain Robb	Hooker	0	0	0	0

2020 squad

2020 Castleford Tigers Squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Jordan Rankin – FB, SH 2 Derrell Olpherts – WG 3 Peter Mata'utia – CE, FB, SO 4 Michael Shenton (c) – CE 5 Sosaia Feki – WG 6 Jake Trueman – SO, SH 7 Danny Richardson – SH, SO 8 Liam Watts – PR 9 Paul McShane – HK, SH 10 Grant Millington – PR, SR, LF 11 Oliver Holmes – SR 12 Mike McMeeken – SR 13 Adam Milner – LF, HK		14 Nathan Massey – LF, PR 15 Jesse Sene-Lefao – SR, PR 16 George Griffin – PR, SR 17 Alex Foster – SR, CE, LF 18 Cheyse Blair – SR, CE 19 Daniel Smith – PR 20 Junior Moors – SR, PR, LF 21 James Clare – WG, FB 22 Jacques O'Neill – HK, LF 23 Matt Cook – PR 24 Tyla Hepi – PR 25 Greg Eden – WG, FB 26 Calum Turner – FB, SO		27 Lewis Peachey – SR 28 Brad Graham – CE, WG 29 Joe Summers – LF, SR 30 Robbie Storey – CE, SR 31 Brad Martin – SR, PR 32 Sam Hall – PR 33 Bailey Hodgson – FB 34 Gareth O'Brien – FB, SH 35 Jack Sanderson – WG 36 Dan Fleming – PR 37 Cain Robb – HK				Head coach Daryl Powell Assistant coaches Ryan Sheridan Danny Orr Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

2020 transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Tyla Hepi	Toulouse Olympique	1 Year	June 2019[8]
George Griffin	Salford Red Devils	2 Years	July 2019[9]
Derrell Olpherts	Salford Red Devils	3 Years	July 2019[10]
Sosaia Feki	Cronulla Sharks	3 Years	July 2019[11]
Jordan Rankin	Huddersfield Giants	1 Year	October 2019[12]
Danny Richardson	St Helens	3 Years	October 2019[13]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Mitch Clark	Wigan Warriors	2 Years	July 2019[14]
Cory Aston	London Broncos	2 Years	July 2019[15]
Will Maher	Hull KR	2 Years	August 2019[16]
Greg Minikin	Hull KR	3 Years	August 2019[17]
Tuoyo Egodo	London Broncos	2 Years	August 2019[18]
Kieran Gill	Newcastle	1 Year	September 2019[19]
Joe Wardle	Huddersfield Giants	1 Year	October 2019[20]
Luke Gale	Leeds Rhinos	2 Years	October 2019[21]
Chris Clarkson	York City Knights	1 Year	October 2019[22]
Jake Sweeting	Featherstone Rovers	1 Year	October 2019[23]
Jamie Ellis	Hull KR	1 Year	December 2019[24]

Castleford also agreed dual registration partnerships with the York City Knights in the RFL Championship and the Keighley Cougars in League 1.^[25][26]

Notes