# 2022 Castleford Tigers season

The 2022 season was the Castleford Tigers' 97th season in the Rugby Football League and their 15th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2022 Super League and the 2022 Challenge Cup.
This was Castleford's first season under Lee Radford as head coach. The team was captained by Paul McShane. They finished the Super League season in 7th place, falling short of play-off qualification in the final round.

## Pre-season friendlies

| Date and Time | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | Report |
| 16 January, 15:00 | York City Knights | A | LNER Stadium | W | 32–10 | Faraimo (2), Vasuitoga, Mamo, Sutcliffe, Morley, | Richardson (4/6) | | |
| 23 January, 15:00 | Doncaster | A | Keepmoat Stadium | W | 66–18 | Fonua, Olpherts (2), Evalds, Robb, Richardson, Sutcliffe (2), Blair, Qareqare, Collins | Richardson (8/8), Sadler (3/3) | | |

## Super League
### Results

Win Loss
| Date and Time | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV |
| 11 February, 20:00 | 1 | Salford Red Devils | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 16–26 | Griffin, Olpherts (2) | Richardson (2) | 10,500 | Not televised |
| 17 February, 20:00 | 2 | Warrington Wolves | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 10–34 | Olpherts, Trueman | O'Brien | 8,468 | Sky Sports |
| 25 February, 20:00 | 3 | Hull KR | A | Hull College Community Stadium | L | 10–26 | Turner, Faraimo | O'Brien | 7,119 | Sky Sports |
| 6 March 2022, 15:30 | 4 | Hull FC | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 33–26 | Smith, Eden (3), Blair, O'Brien | O'Brien (4), O'Brien 1 DG | 10,072 | Not televised |
| 12 March 2022, 15:15 | 5 | Huddersfield Giants | A | John Smiths Stadium | L | 24–36 | Trueman (2), Fonua, Eden | O'Brien (4) | 5,717 | Sky Sports |
| 17 March 2022, 20:00 | 6 | Wigan Warriors | A | DW Stadium | L | 22–32 | Eden, Griffin, Trueman, Mamo | O'Brien (3) | 10,042 | Sky Sports |
| 1 April 2022, 20:00 | 7 | Toulouse Olympique | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 32–6 | Eden, Evalds, Milner, Mamo, Watts | O'Brien (6) | 7,067 | Not televised |
| 14 April 2022, 19:45 | 8 | Wakefield Trinity | A | The Mobile Rocket Stadium | W | 34-4 | Fonua, Matagi, McShane, Edwards, Eden | O'Brien (7) | 5,557 | Not televised |
| 18 April 2022, 15:00 | 9 | Leeds Rhinos | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 16–14 | Clare, Olpherts, Watts | O'Brien (2) | 9,372 | Sky Sports |
| 22 April 2022, 20:00 | 10 | St Helens | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 30–10 | Qareqare, Olpherts (2), Trueman, Westerman, Fonua | McShane (3) | 7,649 | Sky Sports |
| 29 April 2022, 19:30 | 11 | Catalans Dragons | A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | L | 12–44 | O'Brien, Qareqare | O'Brien (2) | 6,487 | Not televised |
| 15 May 2022, 15:30 | 12 | Hull KR | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 32–0 | Griffin, Edwards, Mamo (2), Qareqare (2) | O'Brien (4) | 8,175 | Not televised |
| 20 May 2022, 20:00 | 13 | Salford Red Devils | A | AJ Bell Stadium | L | 14–30 | Hampshire, Qareqare (2) | O'Brien | 5,355 | Sky Sports |
| 4 June 2022, 14:00 | 14 | Wigan Warriors | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 12–32 | Eden, Edwards | O'Brien (2) | 6,497 | Channel 4 |
| 12 June 2022, 14:30 | 15 | Toulouse Olympique | A | Stade Ernest Wallon | W | 20–14 | Matagi, Griffin, Fonua | Richardson (4) | 3,326 | Not televised |
| 26 June 2022, 15:30 | 16 | Catalans Dragons | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 17–16 | Blair, Hampshire, Olpherts | Richardson (2), Richardson 1 DG | 6,510 | Not televised |
| 1 July 2022, 20:00 | 17 | Huddersfield Giants | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 26–18 | Olpherts (2), Trueman, Mamo | Richardson (5) | 5,672 | Sky Sports |
| 9 July 2022, 19:00 | 18 | Leeds Rhinos | N | St James' Park | L | 20–34 | Mamo, Faraimo (2), Fonua | Richardson (2) | 36,821 | Sky Sports |
| 16 July 2022, 15:00 | 19 | Warrington Wolves | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 35–22 | Olpherts (2), Richardson, Evalds, Qareqare, Sutcliffe | Richardson (5), Richardson 1DG | 6,279 | Sky Sports |
| 22 July 2022, 20:00 | 20 | Hull FC | A | KCOM Stadium | W | 46–18 | Olpherts (4), Faraimo (2), Matagi, Sutcliffe | Richardson (7) | 9,550 | Sky Sports |
| 29 July 2022, 20:00 | 21 | Wakefield Trinity | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 6–32 | Richardson | Richardson | 6,796 | Sky Sports |
| 7 August 2022, 13:00 | 22 | St Helens | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 12–20 | Faraimo (3) | | 10,144 | Channel 4 |
| 12 August 2022, 20:00 | 23 | Catalans Dragons | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | W | 18–8 | O'Brien, Eden | O'Brien (5) | 6,147 | Not televised |
| 18 August 2022, 20:00 | 24 | Huddersfield Giants | A | John Smiths Stadium | L | 10–36 | Eden, Mellor | Richardson | 4,168 | Sky Sports |
| 25 August 2022, 20:00 | 25 | Warrington Wolves | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium | W | 19–18 | Olpherts (2), Mamo | Richardson (3) Richardson 1 DG | 8,104 | Not televised |
| 29 August 2022, 15:30 | 26 | Salford Red Devils | H | Mend-A-Hose Jungle | L | 10–50 | Olpherts, Mamo | Richardson | 7,322 | Sky Sports |
| 3 September 2022, 19:00 | 27 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Headingley | L | 6–14 | Mamo | McShane (2) | 15,418 | Sky Sports |
* ↑ After golden-point extra time

### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | St Helens (C, L) | 27 | 21 | 0 | 6 | 674 | 374 | +300 | 42 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 2 | Wigan Warriors | 27 | 19 | 0 | 8 | 818 | 483 | +335 | 38 | Advance to Semi-finals |
| 3 | Huddersfield Giants | 27 | 17 | 1 | 9 | 613 | 497 | +116 | 35 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 4 | Catalans Dragons | 27 | 16 | 0 | 11 | 539 | 513 | +26 | 32 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 27 | 14 | 1 | 12 | 577 | 528 | +49 | 29 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 6 | Salford Red Devils | 27 | 14 | 0 | 13 | 700 | 602 | +98 | 28 | Advance to Elimination Finals |
| 7 | Castleford Tigers | 27 | 13 | 0 | 14 | 544 | 620 | −76 | 26 | |
| 8 | Hull Kingston Rovers | 27 | 12 | 0 | 15 | 498 | 608 | −110 | 24 | |
| 9 | Hull FC | 27 | 11 | 0 | 16 | 508 | 675 | −167 | 22 | |
| 10 | Wakefield Trinity | 27 | 10 | 0 | 17 | 497 | 648 | −151 | 20 | |
| 11 | Warrington Wolves | 27 | 9 | 0 | 18 | 568 | 664 | −96 | 18 | |
| 12 | Toulouse Olympique (R) | 27 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 421 | 745 | −324 | 10 | Relegated to the Championship |

## Challenge Cup
### Results

Win Draw Loss  Postponed
| Date and Time | Round | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
| 26 March 2022, 16:30 | 6 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Headingley | W | 40–16 | Trueman, Mamo, O'Brien, Turner, Lawler, Eden (2) | O'Brien (6) | 5,112 | BBC | |
| 8 April 2022, 19:45 | QF | Hull KR | A | Sewell Group Craven Park | L | 10–34 | Eden (2) | O'Brien | 4,887 | | |

## Transfers and loans
### Gains

| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Joe Westerman | Wakefield Trinity | 2 Years | June 2021 |
| Jake Mamo | Warrington Wolves | 3 Years | July 2021 |
| Bureta Faraimo | Hull F.C. | 2 Years | August 2021 |
| Alex Sutcliffe | Leeds Rhinos | 2 Years | September 2021 |
| Kenny Edwards | Huddersfield Giants | 1 Year Loan | September 2021 |
| Suaia Matagi | Huddersfield Giants | 2 Years | October 2021 |
| George Lawler | Hull KR | 2 Years | October 2021 |
| Callum McLelland | Leeds Rhinos | 2 Years | October 2021 |
| Mahe Fonua | Hull FC | 1 Year | October 2021 |

### Losses

| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Peter Mata’utia | Warrington Wolves | 2 Years | June 2021 |
| Oliver Holmes | Warrington Wolves | 3 Years | June 2021 |
| Grant Millington | Retired | — | August 2021 |
| Jesse Sene-Lefao | Released | September 2021 |
| Alex Foster | Released | September 2021 |
| Michael Shenton | Retired | September 2021 |
| Lewis Bienek | London Broncos | 2 Years | September 2021 |