# 2014 Castleford Tigers season

The 2014 season was the Castleford Tigers' 89th season in the Rugby Football League and their 7th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2014 Super League and the 2014 Challenge Cup.

## Transfers and loans
### Transfers in

| No | Player | From | Contract | Date |
| 18 | Frankie Mariano | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 1 year | 11 July 2013 |
| 21 | Ashley Gibson | Salford City Reds | 2 years | 28 August 2013 |
| 6 | Luke Dorn | London Broncos | 2 years | 10 September 2013 |
| 29 | Brett Seymour | Hull FC | 1 year | 11 September 2013 |
| 19 | Scott Wheeldon | London Broncos | 2 years | 12 September 2013 |
| 8 | Andy Lynch | Hull FC | 2 years | 18 September 2013 |
| 23 | Michael Channing | London Broncos | 2 years | 20 September 2013 |
| 26 | Liam Finn | Featherstone Rovers | 1 year | 19 December 2013 |
| 32 | Lee Jewitt | Limoux Grizzlies | ½ year | 2 May 2014 |
| 35 | Garreth Carvell | Hull FC | ½ year | 21 July 2014 |

### Loans in

| No | Player | From | Loan type | Arrival | Return | Ref. |
| 7 | Marc Sneyd | Salford Red Devils | Season-long | 13 September 2013 | 26 September 2014 | |
| 35 | Garreth Carvell | Hull FC | Season-long | 18 June 2014 | Permanent | |

### Transfers out

| No | Player | To | Contract | Date |
| 6 | Rangi Chase | Salford Red Devils | 4 years | 4 September 2013 |
| 18 | Jordan Thompson | Hull FC | 3 years | 9 September 2013 |
| 25 | Keith Mason | Retired | Retired | 9 September 2013 |
| 21 | Ben Johnston | Halifax | 1 year | 27 September 2013 |
| 8 | Jonathan Walker | Hull Kingston Rovers | 3 years | 4 October 2013 |
| 32 | Ryan Backhouse | York City Knights | 1 year | 18 January 2014 |
| 29 | Brett Seymour | Whitehaven | 1 year | 6 March 2014 |
| 27 | Charlie Martin | Batley Bulldogs | 1 year | 14 March 2014 |

### Loans out

| No | Player | To | Loan type | Departure | Return | Ref. |
| 22 | Richard Owen | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Season-long | 15 May 2014 | Permanent | |
| 17 | Lee Gilmour | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | Season-long | 27 May 2014 | Permanent | |

### Dual registration

Castleford agreed a dual registration arrangement with the York City Knights in the Championship 1.
| Club | No | Player | App | T | G | DG | Pts |
| York City Knights | 31 | Brad Day | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| York City Knights | 25 | Daniel Fleming | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| York City Knights | 28 | Ben Reynolds | 16 | 7 | 70 | 0 | 168 |
| York City Knights | 4 | Jake Webster | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
    Source: RLRKC – York City Knights 2014
* ↑ The deal was made permanent on 21 July 2014
* ↑ The deal was made permanent on 20 October 2014
* ↑ The deal was made permanent on 4 September 2014

## Pre-season friendlies

| Date | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals |
| Thu 26 December | Halifax | H | Wheldon Road | D | 30–30 | Owen (4), Clark, Dixon | Dixon (3) |
| Sun 19 January | York City Knights | H | Wheldon Road | W | 62–6 | Carney (3), Sneyd (2), Owen, Huby, Clare, Clark, Reynolds, Millington | Sneyd (9) |
| Sun 26 January | Featherstone Rovers | A | Post Office Road | (P) | P–P | | |
| Sun 2 February | Bradford Bulls | A | Odsal Stadium | W | 66–10 | Dixon (3), Clark (2), Hauraki (2), Dorn, Owen, Shenton, Milner, Mariano | Dixon (9) |
| Sat 8 February | Dewsbury Rams | A | Crown Flatt | L | 0–18 | | |
    Source:
* ↑ Craig Huby's testimonial match
* ↑ Postponed due to a waterlogged pitch

## Super League
### Regular season
#### Results

| Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance |
| Sun 16 February | 1 | Bradford Bulls | A | Odsal Stadium | W | 36–18 | Hauraki, Dixon, Clark, Carney, Dorn, Millington | Dixon (6) | | 8,214 |
| Sun 23 February | 2 | Catalans Dragons | H | Wheldon Road | W | 32–6 | Carney (3), Dixon, Tansey, Clark | Sneyd (4) | | 5,104 |
| Fri 28 February | 3 | Hull Kingston Rovers | A | Craven Park | W | 30–10 | Owen (3), Mariano, Holmes | Sneyd (5) | | 7,022 |
| Sun 9 March | 4 | Wigan Warriors | H | Wheldon Road | W | 36–31 | Dixon, Dorn (2), Milner, Clark, Channing | Sneyd (6) | | 8,504 |
| Sun 16 March | 5 | Hull FC | H | Wheldon Road | W | 19–16 | Shenton, Sneyd, Mariano | Sneyd (3) | Sneyd | 9,867 |
| Sun 23 March | 6 | Salford Red Devils | A | AJ Bell Stadium | L | 16–23 | Carney, Hauraki, Dorn | Sneyd (2) | | 5,823 |
| Thu 27 March | 7 | London Broncos | A | The Hive Stadium | W | 54–6 | Channing, Holmes, Shenton (2), Finn, Huby, Carney (2), Dorn | Ellis (9) | | 1,036 |
| Fri 11 April | 8 | St Helens | H | Wheldon Road | L | 28–30 | Webster, Shenton (2), Millington, Carney | Sneyd (4) | | 6,487 |
| Fri 18 April | 9 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | A | Belle Vue | W | 43–20 | Carney, Clark (2), Owen (2), Wheeldon (2), Finn | Sneyd (5) | Sneyd | 5,159 |
| Mon 21 April | 10 | Warrington Wolves | H | Wheldon Road | W | 40–6 | Clare (2), Shenton (3), Ellis, Owen | Sneyd (6) | | 6,853 |
| Sun 4 May | 11 | Huddersfield Giants | A | Kirklees Stadium | L | 28–29 | Shenton, Carney, Dixon, Webster, Clark | Sneyd (4) | | 7,195 |
| Thu 8 May | 12 | Leeds Rhinos | H | Wheldon Road | L | 14–22 | Dixon, Sneyd | Sneyd (3) | | 9,208 |
| Sun 18 May | 13 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | N | City of Manchester Stadium | W | 50–12 | Clark (2), Carney (2), Tansey, Shenton, Sneyd (2), Mariano | Sneyd (7) | | 28,213 |
| Sun 25 May | 14 | Widnes Vikings | H | Wheldon Road | W | 34–22 | Shenton, Webster, Wheeldon, Dorn (2), Clark | Sneyd (5) | | 5,576 |
| Sun 1 June | 15 | Hull Kingston Rovers | H | Wheldon Road | W | 54–12 | Channing (2), Dorn (3), Millington, Dixon, Ellis, Webster, Huby, Clare | Sneyd (5) | | 7,196 |
| Fri 13 June | 16 | Wigan Warriors | A | DW Stadium | L | 6–46 | Gibson | Ellis | | 11,914 |
| Sun 22 June | 17 | St Helens | A | Langtree Park | L | 16–38 | Dixon, Sneyd, Dorn | Sneyd (2) | | 12,648 |
| Sat 28 June | 18 | Salford Red Devils | H | Wheldon Road | W | 14–10 | Carney, Webster | Sneyd (3) | | 5,937 |
| Thu 3 July | 19 | Widnes Vikings | A | Select Security Stadium | W | 40–20 | Dorn, Holmes, Clark (3), Shenton (2) | Sneyd (6) | | 4,562 |
| Fri 11 July | 20 | Huddersfield Giants | H | Wheldon Road | W | 44–30 | Holmes, Carney, Finn (2), Milner, Dixon, Mariano, Millington | Sneyd (6) | | 5,310 |
| Thu 17 July | 21 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Headingley Stadium | D | 24–24 | Shenton, Hauraki, Massey, Millington | Sneyd (4) | | 16,173 |
| Thu 24 July | 22 | Hull FC | A | KC Stadium | D | 18–18 | Shenton, Sneyd, Clare (2) | Sneyd | | 9,959 |
| Sun 3 August | 23 | London Broncos | H | Wheldon Road | W | 64–18 | Dorn (2), Carney (3), Wheeldon, Shenton, Carvell, Mariano, Dixon (2), Milner | Sneyd (8) | | 5,233 |
| Fri 15 August | 24 | Warrington Wolves | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 10–48 | Clare, Holmes | Finn | | 8,391 |
| Sun 31 August | 25 | Bradford Bulls | H | Wheldon Road | W | 32–18 | Lynch, Clare, Dorn, Shenton, Clark | Sneyd (6) | | 7,428 |
| Sun 7 September | 26 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | H | Wheldon Road | W | 26–22 | Dorn, Clare (2), Dixon, Webster | Sneyd (3) | | 9,182 |
| Sat 13 September | 27 | Catalans Dragons | A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 6–28 | Dixon | Sneyd | | 9,223 |
    Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014 &

#### League table

Super League XIX :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | St Helens (L, C) | 27 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 796 | 563 | +233 | 38 | Play-offs |
| 2 | Wigan Warriors | 27 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 834 | 429 | +405 | 37 | Play-offs |
| 3 | Huddersfield Giants | 27 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 785 | 626 | +159 | 37 | Play-offs |
| 4 | Castleford Tigers | 27 | 17 | 2 | 8 | 814 | 583 | +231 | 36 | Play-offs |
| 5 | Warrington Wolves | 27 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 793 | 515 | +278 | 35 | Play-offs |
| 6 | Leeds Rhinos | 27 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 685 | 421 | +264 | 32 | Play-offs |
| 7 | Catalans Dragons | 27 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 733 | 667 | +66 | 29 | Play-offs |
| 8 | Widnes Vikings | 27 | 13 | 1 | 13 | 611 | 725 | −114 | 27 | Play-offs |
| 9 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27 | 10 | 3 | 14 | 627 | 665 | −38 | 23 | |
| 10 | Salford Red Devils | 27 | 11 | 1 | 15 | 608 | 695 | −87 | 23 | |
| 11 | Hull F.C. | 27 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 653 | 586 | +67 | 22 | |
| 12 | Wakefield Trinity Wildcats | 27 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 557 | 750 | −193 | 21 | |
| 13 | Bradford Bulls (R) | 27 | 8 | 0 | 19 | 512 | 984 | −472 | 10 | Relegation to Championship |
| 14 | London Broncos (R) | 27 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 438 | 1237 | −799 | 2 | Relegation to Championship |
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### Playoffs

| Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Drop goals | Attendance | Source |
| Fri 19 September | Qualifying play-off | St Helens | A | Langtree Park | L | 0–41 | | | | 7,548 | |
| Thu 25 September | Preliminary semi-final | Warrington Wolves | H | Wheldon Road | L | 14–30 | Ellis, Dorn, Shenton | Sneyd | | 6,219 | |

## Challenge Cup
### Results

| Date | Round | Opposition | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance |
| Sun 6 April | Round 4 | Batley Bulldogs | A | Mount Pleasant | W | 48–10 | Dorn (2), Carney (3), Ellis, Sneyd, Clare, Wheeldon | Sneyd (6) | 2,482 |
| Sun 27 April | Round 5 | Sheffield Eagles | H | Wheldon Road | W | 60–16 | Carney (4), Millington, Gibson, Dixon, Ellis (2), Clark, Tansey, Holmes | Dixon (2), Sneyd (4) | 4,648 |
| Sat 7 June | Quarter-final | Wigan Warriors | A | DW Stadium | W | 16–4 | Clare, Dixon, Jewitt | Sneyd (2) | 8,736 |
| Sun 10 August | Semi-final | Widnes Vikings | N | Leigh Sports Village | W | 28–6 | Finn, Clark, Dixon, Ellis, Webster | Sneyd (4) | 12,005 |
| Sat 23 August | Final | Leeds Rhinos | N | Wembley Stadium | L | 10–23 | Clark, Holmes | Finn | 77,914 |
    Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014 &

## Player statistics
### Summary

| No | Player | App | T | G | DG | Pts |
| 1 | Jordan Tansey | 7 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | Kirk Dixon | 25 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 76 |
| 3 | Michael Shenton | 32 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 72 |
| 4 | Jake Webster | 22 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 5 | Justin Carney | 24 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 96 |
| 6 | Luke Dorn | 24 | 19 | 0 | 0 | 76 |
| 7 | Marc Sneyd | 31 | 7 | 116 | 2 | 262 |
| 8 | Andy Lynch | 31 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 9 | Adam Milner | 25 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 10 | Craig Huby | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 11 | Grant Millington | 27 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 12 | Weller Hauraki | 30 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| 13 | Nathan Massey | 23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 14 | Daryl Clark | 30 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 64 |
| 15 | Ryan Boyle | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | Oliver Holmes | 32 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 28 |
| 17 | Lee Gilmour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | Frankie Mariano | 30 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 19 | Scott Wheeldon | 27 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 20 |
| 20 | Jamie Ellis | 21 | 7 | 10 | 0 | 48 |
| 21 | Ashley Gibson | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
| 22 | Richard Owen | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 24 |
| 23 | Michael Channing | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 16 |
| 24 | James Clare | 17 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 44 |
| 25 | Daniel Fleming | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 26 | Liam Finn | 29 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 24 |
| 27 | Charlie Martin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Ben Reynolds | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Brett Seymour | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 30 | Jordan Howden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 31 | Brad Day | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 32 | Lee Jewitt | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 33 | Will Maher | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 35 | Garreth Carvell | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
    Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014