The 2019 season was the Castleford Tigers' 94th season in the Rugby Football League and their 12th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2019 Super League and the 2019 Challenge Cup.
First-team squad
Transfers and loans
Transfers in
Player From Contract Date Ref.1 Peter Mata'utia Leigh Centurions3 years26 July 201833 Chris Clarkson Hull Kingston Rovers1 year15 February 201934 Daniel Smith Huddersfield Giants1½ years2 April 201935 Cheyse Blair Melbourne Storm3½ years12 April 2019
Loans in
Player From Loan type Arrival Return Ref.32 Jordan Rankin Huddersfield GiantsSeason-long11 January 2019
Transfers out
Player To Contract Date Ref.3 Jake Webster Bradford Bulls2 years21 August 201830 Brandon Douglas Doncaster1 year8 October 201819 Gadwin Springer Toronto Wolfpack1 year18 October 201834 Quentin Laulu-Togaga'e Halifax1 year7 November 201819 Ben Roberts colspan="2" 20 March 201921 Mitch Clark Leigh Centurions½ year18 July 2019
Loans out
Player To Loan type Departure Return Ref.26 Kieran Gill Newcastle ThunderSeason-long16 November 201822 Joe Wardle Huddersfield GiantsSeason-long11 January 201927 Calum Turner Featherstone RoversOne-month30 January 201913 March 201924 Cory Aston Newcastle ThunderOne-month14 March 201914 April 201927 Calum Turner Featherstone RoversOne-month7 June 20197 July 2019
Dual registration
Castleford also agreed a dual registration arrangement with Halifax R.L.F.C. in the Championship.
Club Player Halifax 21 Mitch Clark 1 0 0 0 0 23 Will Maher 2 0 0 0 0 29 Jacques O'Neill 1 0 0 0 0
Source: RLRKC – Halifax 2019
Pre-season friendlies
Date Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Source Sun 30 December Featherstone Rovers H Wheldon Road W 56–0 Gill (3), Clare (2), Carr (3), Minikin, Sweeting, Turner Aston (6) Sun 20 January Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium W 26–24 Shenton, Clare (2), Moors, Foster, McShane Rankin
Super League
Regular season
Results Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Fri 1 February 1 Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road W 20–4 McShane, Eden (2) McShane (4)7,494 Thu 7 February 2 Hull FC A KCOM Stadium W 26–18 Shenton (2), Sene-Lefao, Clare, Moors McShane (2), Rankin11,244 Sat 23 February 3 London Broncos A Trailfinders Sports Ground W 40–6 Mata'utia, Trueman, Moors, Sene-Lefao, Watts, Eden, Rankin McShane (5), Rankin2,053 Fri 1 March 4 Hull Kingston Rovers H Wheldon Road W 32–16 Rankin, Watts, Eden (2), Clare, Clarkson McShane, Rankin (3)8,770 Thu 7 March 5 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 10–24 Eden, Minikin Rankin9,231 Sun 17 March 6 Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road W 24–20 Massey, Rankin, Eden, Sene-Lefao Rankin (4)7,750 Fri 22 March 7 St Helens H Wheldon Road L 12–42 Shenton, Trueman Rankin (2)8,042 Thu 28 March 8 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 20–21 (GP) Watts, Minikin, Clarkson, Foster Turner (2)12,295 Fri 5 April 9 Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road W 38–28 Holmes, Turner, Clark, Cook, Milner, Egodo, Mata'utia Mata'utia (5)6,839 Thu 11 April 10 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium L 18–20 Eden, Cook Mata'utia (5)4,684 Thu 18 April 11 Wakefield Trinity H Wheldon Road W 28–26 Clare (2), Sene-Lefao, Aston, Minikin Mata'utia (4)9,316 Mon 22 April 12 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 16–37 Eden (2), Aston Mata'utia (2)10,120 Sat 27 April 13 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L 4–6 Mata'utia (2)10,058 Fri 3 May 14 Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road L 14–26 Aston, Egodo, Minikin Mata'utia5,323 Thu 16 May 15 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium W 30–8Sene-Lefao (2), Eden, Clare, TruemanMata'utia (5)13,286 Sun 26 May 16 St Helens N Anfield L 16–36Millington, Clarkson, EdenMata'utia, Rankin26,812 Fri 7 June 17 Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road W 27–26 (GP)Minikin, Watts, MillingtonMata'utia (7)Mata'utia7,483 Thu 13 June 18 Hull FC H Wheldon Road L 18–31Minikin, Moors, EdenMata'utia (3)6,344 Fri 21 June 19 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L 16–26Smith, Minikin, RankinMata'utia (2)2,829 Sun 30 June 20 London Broncos H Wheldon Road W 42–10Egodo (2), McMeeken (2), Rankin, Trueman, Clare, ClarksonRankin (5)6,860 Fri 5 July 21 Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road L 10–18Clare (2)Rankin8,147 Fri 12 July 22 Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue W 36–16Egodo, Holmes, Clare (3), Rankin (2)Mata'utia (4)6,244 Sun 21 July 23 Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road W 27–18Clare, Minikin, Trueman, EgodoMata'utia (5)Trueman6,965 Sun 4 August 24 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 26–27 (GP)Mata'utia, Rankin, Clare, MinikinMata'utia (5)8,004 Sat 10 August 25 London Broncos H Wheldon Road W 20–6Egodo (2), Holmes, O'NeillEllis (2)5,497 Sun 18 August 26 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium W 24–0Clare, Milner, McMeeken, Sene-LefaoEllis (4)4,636 Fri 30 August 27 St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium L 0–410,315 Thu 5 September 28 Hull FC H Wheldon Road W 44–12Blair, Trueman (3), Clare, Rankin, CookEllis (8)6,712 Thu 12 September 29 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L 8–26BlairEllis (2)11,001
Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2019 & Rugby League Project
League table
Playoffs
Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source Thu 19 September Elimination play-off Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 14–12 Milner, Rankin Mata'utia (3) 5,627 Thu 26 September Elimination semi-final Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L 0–22 4,800
Challenge Cup
Results
Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source Fri 10 May 6 Hull FC A KCOM Stadium L 12–28 Clare, Aston Mata'utia (2) 6,230
Player statistics
Summary
Player 1 Peter Mata'utia 31 3 56 1 125 2 James Clare 30 16 0 0 64 3 Greg Minikin 30 9 0 0 36 4 Michael Shenton 12 3 0 0 12 5 Greg Eden 21 13 0 0 52 6 Jake Trueman 31 8 0 1 33 7 Luke Gale 0 0 0 0 0 8 Liam Watts 30 4 0 0 16 9 Paul McShane 28 1 12 0 28 10 Grant Millington 26 2 0 0 8 11 Oliver Holmes 15 3 0 0 12 12 Mike McMeeken 22 3 0 0 12 13 Adam Milner 28 3 0 0 12 14 Nathan Massey 27 1 0 0 4 15 Jesse Sene-Lefao 25 7 0 0 28 16 Junior Moors 13 3 0 0 12 17 Alex Foster 6 1 0 0 4 18 Matt Cook 21 3 0 0 12 19 Ben Roberts 1 0 0 0 0 20 Jamie Ellis 5 0 16 0 32 21 Mitch Clark 9 1 0 0 4 22 Joe Wardle 0 0 0 0 0 23 Will Maher 9 0 0 0 0 24 Cory Aston 9 4 0 0 16 25 Tuoyo Egodo 12 8 0 0 32 26 Kieran Gill 0 0 0 0 0 27 Calum Turner 5 1 2 0 8 28 Lewis Peachey 1 0 0 0 0 29 Jacques O'Neill 11 1 0 0 4 30 Robbie Storey 0 0 0 0 0 31 Lewis Carr 0 0 0 0 0 32 Jordan Rankin 24 10 19 0 78 33 Chris Clarkson 20 4 0 0 16 34 Daniel Smith 19 1 0 0 4 35 Cheyse Blair 18 2 0 0 8
Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2019
References
External links Castleford Tigers official website