The 2017 season was the Castleford Tigers' 92nd season in the Rugby Football League and their 10th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2017 Super League and the 2017 Challenge Cup.
First-team squad
Transfers and loans
Gains
Player From Contract Date5 Greg Eden Brisbane Broncos2 years13 June 201627 Tuoyo Egodo London Broncos2 years17 October 201632 Daniel Igbinedion Oxford Rugby League2 years18 October 201615 Jesse Sene-Lefao Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks2 years20 October 201635 Jake Trueman Bradford Bulls2 years25 January 201733 Kevin Larroyer Hull Kingston Rovers1 year15 February 201734 Alex Foster Bradford Bulls1 year16 February 20221 Zak Hardaker Leeds Rhinos4½ years27 June 2017
Loans in
Player From Loan type Arrival Return1 Zak Hardaker Leeds RhinosSeason-long8 November 2016
Losses
Player To Contract Date14 Lee Jewitt Townsville Blackhawks1 year6 April 20161 Luke Dorn colspan="2" 13 May 201620 Frankie Mariano Featherstone Rovers1 year1 September 201621 Ryan Boyle Halifax RLFC1 year19 October 20165 Denny Solomona colspan="2" 13 December 201631 Brandon Westerman22 January 20176 Rangi Chase Widnes Vikings2 years7 July 2017
Loans out
Player To Loan type Departure Return26 Kieran Gill Oldham RLFCSeason-long, recall31 August 20162 May 201722 Will Maher Batley BulldogsSeason-long, recall13 October 201620 September 201723 Tom Holmes2 May 201728 Conor Fitzsimmons Workington TownSeason-long31 October 201620 September 201719 Ben Crooks Leigh CenturionsSeason-long7 November 201625 Jy Hitchcox Batley BulldogsSeason-long, recall11 November 20162 June 201727 Tuoyo Egodo Oldham RLFCSeason-long, recall24 January 201716 June 201733 Kevin Larroyer Bradford BullsSeason-long, recall15 February 20172 May 201724 Brandon Douglas Dewsbury RamsSeason-long, recall15 March 201713 May 20176 Rangi Chase Widnes VikingsSeason-long15 May 201724 Brandon Douglas Halifax RLFCSeason-long, recall19 May 201716 September 201727 Tuoyo Egodo York City KnightsSeason-long, recall23 June 201720 September 2017
Dual registration
Castleford also agreed dual registration partnerships with the Batley Bulldogs in the RFL Championship and Oxford in League 1.
Pre-season friendlies
Date Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Source Mon 26 December Hull FC H Wheldon Road 42–10 McMeeken, Hardaker, Minikin (2), Eden (3), Egodo, Million McShane (2/6), Hardaker (0/1), Turner (1/2) Sun 15 January Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue 30–32 Gale, Minikin, McShane, Eden, Million Gale (4/4), Eden (1/1) Fri 27 January Batley Bulldogs A Mount Pleasant 12–38 Gill, Sheehan Sweeting (2/2) Sun 29 January St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium 22–6 Chase, Hardaker, Sene-Lefao, Millington Gale (3/4)
Super League
Regular season
Results Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source Fri 10 February 1 Leigh Centurions H Wheldon Road 44–16 Gale (2), Sene-Lefao, Minikin (2), Moors, Eden Gale (8) 8,522 Fri 24 February 2 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium 30–22 Sene-Lefao, Hardaker, Eden (2), Gale, Minikin Gale (3) 11,374 Thu 2 March 3 Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road 66–10 Eden (3), Minikin (3), McMeeken, Hardaker, McShane, Webster, Gale, Shenton Gale (9) 11,500 Sun 12 March 4 Widnes Vikings A Halton Stadium 34–0 Minikin (2), Shenton, Eden (2), Cook Gale (5) 6,396 Sun 19 March 5 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium 12–13 Gale, Minikin Gale (2) 5,221 Sun 26 March 6 Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road 43–26 Hardaker, Millington, Monaghan, Eden (2), Moors, Shenton Gale (7) Gale 8,126 Fri 31 March 7 Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road 52–16 Roberts, Webster, McMeeken, Gale (3), Milner, Monaghan (3) Gale (6) 8,035 Thu 6 April 8 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium 27–10 Webster, Gale, Sene-Lefao, Eden Gale (5) Gale 12,423 Fri 14 April 9 Wakefield Trinity H Wheldon Road 42–24 Roberts, Webster (2), O Holmes, Millington (2), Eden Gale (7) 10,349 Mon 17 April 10 St Helens A Totally Wicked Stadium 22–26 Eden (2), Roberts (2) Gale (3) 6,171 Sun 23 April 11 Hull FC A KCOM Stadium 24–26 Minikin, Roberts (2), Shenton, McMeeken McShane (2) 12,801 Sat 29 April 12 Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road 54–4 Milner, Shenton, Cook, McMeeken, Minikin (2), Gale, Millington, Webster Gale (8), McShane 9,333 Thu 4 May 13 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium 26–21 Monaghan, Minikin, Eden, Sene-Lefao McShane (5) 5,566 Sun 21 May 14 Leeds Rhinos N St James' Park 29–18 Gale, Eden (3), T Holmes Gale (4) Gale 30,046 Fri 26 May 15 Widnes Vikings H Wheldon Road 32–22 Eden (3), Springer, Minikin, Cook Gale (4) 7,648 Mon 29 May 16 Leigh Centurions A Leigh Sports Village 38–0 Sene-Lefao (2), Eden (4), Webster Gale (5) 5,905 Sun 4 June 17 St Helens H Wheldon Road 16–12 Gill, McMeeken, T Holmes McShane (2) 8,515 Sun 11 June 18 Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road 36–16 Eden (5), Minikin, McMeeken Gale (4) 8,577 Fri 23 June 19 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium 23–12 Eden, Hardaker, Millington Gale (5) Gale 18,029 Fri 30 June 20 Hull FC H Wheldon Road 24–22 Gale, McMeeken, Hardaker Gale (6) 8,371 Thu 6 July 21 Wakefield Trinity A Belle Vue 25–24 Eden, Millington, McMeeken, Webster Gale (4) Gale 6,430 Fri 14 July 22 Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road 38–14 Eden (2), Roberts, Monaghan (2), Hardaker Gale (7) 7,094 Sat 22 July 23 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus 32–24 Hitchcox (2), Hardaker, Minikin, McShane Gale (5), Hardaker 8,657
League table
Super 8s
Results
Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source Thu 3 August 1 St Helens H Wheldon Road 12–26 Milner, Monaghan Gale (2) 6,849 Fri 11 August 2 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium 23–4 Hardaker (2), McShane, Hitchcox Gale (3) Gale 2,811 Thu 17 August 3 Wakefield Trinity H Wheldon Road 45–20 Hardaker (2), McMeeken, Webster (4), Eden Gale (6) Gale 11,235 Fri 1 September 4 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium 24–16 Webster, Roberts, Eden, Gale Gale (4) 6,284 Fri 8 September 5 Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road 38–24 Eden, Roberts (2), Webster, Foster, Minikin Gale (7) 9,557 Sun 17 September 6 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium 38–20 Eden, Trueman (3), Minikin (2), Shenton McShane (5) 15,706 Fri 22 September 7 Hull FC H Wheldon Road 16–48 Egodo (3) McShane (2) 7,974
League table
Play-offs
Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source Thu 28 September Semi-final St Helens H Wheldon Road 23–22 (GP) Hardaker, Gale, Milner Gale (5) Gale 11,235 Sat 7 October Grand Final Leeds Rhinos N Old Trafford 6–24 Foster Gale 72,827
Challenge Cup
Results
Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source Sat 13 May 6 St Helens H Wheldon Road 53–10 Shenton, Webster (2), McShane, Minikin (2), Massey, Eden (3) Gale (6) Gale 5,216 Sun 18 June QF Hull FC A KCOM Stadium 24–32 Roberts (2), Hardaker, Minikin Gale (4) 11,944
Player statistics
Summary
Player 1 Zak Hardaker 30 13 1 0 54 2 Greg Minikin 29 22 0 0 88 3 Jake Webster 28 16 0 0 64 4 Michael Shenton 29 7 0 0 28 5 Greg Eden 31 41 0 0 164 6 Rangi Chase 8 0 0 0 0 7 Luke Gale 30 14 145 9 355 8 Andy Lynch 21 0 0 0 0 9 Paul McShane 33 4 17 0 50 10 Grant Millington 30 6 0 0 24 11 Oliver Holmes 10 1 0 0 4 12 Mike McMeeken 32 9 0 0 36 13 Adam Milner 29 4 0 0 16 14 Nathan Massey 30 1 0 0 4 15 Jesse Sene-Lefao 34 6 0 0 24 16 Ben Roberts 29 12 0 0 48 17 Junior Moors 23 2 0 0 8 18 Matt Cook 23 3 0 0 12 19 Gadwin Springer 21 1 0 0 4 20 Larne Patrick 7 0 0 0 0 21 Joel Monaghan 16 8 0 0 32 22 Will Maher 2 0 0 0 0 23 Tom Holmes 12 2 0 0 8 24 Brandon Douglas 0 0 0 0 0 25 Jy Hitchcox 10 3 0 0 12 26 Kieran Gill 1 1 0 0 4 27 Tuoyo Egodo 1 3 0 0 12 28 Conor Fitzsimmons 0 0 0 0 0 29 Luke Million 0 0 0 0 0 30 Declan Sheehan 0 0 0 0 0 31 Brandon Westerman 0 0 0 0 0 32 Daniel Igbinedion 0 0 0 0 0 33 Kevin Larroyer 7 0 0 0 0 34 Alex Foster 19 2 0 0 8 35 Jake Trueman 3 3 0 0 12
Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2017
References
External links Castleford Tigers official website