# 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.

## 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 | 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 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 18 October 2020, 15:00 | 9 | Hull FC | A | KCOM Stadium | L | 6–48 | O'Neill | Richardson | 0 | | Report |
| 16 August 2020, 16:15 | 10 | St. Helens | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 0–10 | — | — | 0 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 3 September 2020, 14:30 | 11 | Salford Red Devils | N | Emerald Headingley | W | 37–30 | Richardson, Shenton, McShane (2), Mcmeeken, Millington | Richardson (6) + (1) DG | 0 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 10 September 2020, 20:15 | 12 | Warrington Wolves | N | Totally Wicked Stadium | L | 10–12 | O'Brien, Olpherts | Richardson | 0 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 24 September 2020, 20:15 | 13 | Huddersfield Giants | N | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 19–31 | O'Brien, Eden, Sanderson | O'Brien (3) | 0 | 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 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 26 October 2020, 19:45 | 15 | Leeds Rhinos | A | Emerald Headingley | L | 24–28 | Watts Eden (2), Penalty Try, | Richardson | 0 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 22 October 2020, 18:30 | 17 | Salford Red Devils | N | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 38–24 | O'Neill Milner, Foster Eden (3), | Richardson (7) | 0 | Sky Sports | Report |
| 29 August 2020, 16:15 | 18 | Wigan Warriors | N | Halliwell Jones Stadium | L | 22–30 | O'Brien, Massey, Olpherts, Shenton | Richardson (3) | 0 | Sky Sports | Report |
| C–C | 19 | Huddersfield Giants | | | | | | | | | |
| C–C | 20 | Leeds Rhinos | | | | | | | | | |

## League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | Pts | PCT | Qualification |
| 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 | Semi-finals |
| 3 | Warrington Wolves | 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 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 5 | Leeds Rhinos | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 369 | 390 | 94.6 | 20 | 58.82 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 6 | Hull F.C. | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 405 | 436 | 92.9 | 18 | 52.94 | Elimination semi-finals |
| 7 | Huddersfield Giants | 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 | 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 | |
* ↑ Statistics do not include Round 1, because results involving Toronto were expunged following their withdrawal from the league
* ↑ Not including fixtures played behind closed doors
* ↑ Match originally scheduled for 22 August, but postponed due to positive Covid-19 tests among the Hull squad.
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Match played behind closed doors
* 1 2 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.
* 1 2 3 4 5 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.
* ↑ 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.
* ↑ Game postponed on 28 October due to 12 positive COVID-19 cases amongst the Castleford squad.
* 1 2 Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.
* ↑ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).

## Discipline

| Rank | Player | Red Cards |
| 1 | Oliver Holmes | 1 |
| Rank | Player | Yellow Cards |
| 1= | Peter Mata'utia | 1 |
| 1= | Grant Millington | 1 |
| 1= | Derrell Olpherts | 1 |

## 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 transfers

Gains
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Tyla Hepi | Toulouse Olympique | 1 Year | June 2019 |
| George Griffin | Salford Red Devils | 2 Years | July 2019 |
| Derrell Olpherts | Salford Red Devils | 3 Years | July 2019 |
| Sosaia Feki | Cronulla Sharks | 3 Years | July 2019 |
| Jordan Rankin | Huddersfield Giants | 1 Year | October 2019 |
| Danny Richardson | St Helens | 3 Years | October 2019 |
Losses
| Player | Club | Contract | Date |
| Mitch Clark | Wigan Warriors | 2 Years | July 2019 |
| Cory Aston | London Broncos | 2 Years | July 2019 |
| Will Maher | Hull KR | 2 Years | August 2019 |
| Greg Minikin | Hull KR | 3 Years | August 2019 |
| Tuoyo Egodo | London Broncos | 2 Years | August 2019 |
| Kieran Gill | Newcastle | 1 Year | September 2019 |
| Joe Wardle | Huddersfield Giants | 1 Year | October 2019 |
| Luke Gale | Leeds Rhinos | 2 Years | October 2019 |
| Chris Clarkson | York City Knights | 1 Year | October 2019 |
| Jake Sweeting | Featherstone Rovers | 1 Year | October 2019 |
| Jamie Ellis | Hull KR | 1 Year | December 2019 |
Castleford also agreed dual registration partnerships with the York City Knights in the RFL Championship and the Keighley Cougars in League 1.