2015 Castleford Tigers season

The 2015 season was the Castleford Tigers' 90th season in the Rugby Football League and their 8th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2015 Super League and the 2015 Challenge Cup.

2015 Castleford Tigers season
Super League Rank	5th
Play-off result	Did not qualify
Challenge Cup	Sixth round
2015 record	Wins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 15
Points scored	For: 745; against: 786
Team information
Chairman	Jack Fulton
Head coach	Daryl Powell
Captain	Michael Shenton
Stadium	The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Top scorers
Tries	Justin Carney & Denny Solomona (18)
Goals	Luke Gale (102)
Points	Luke Gale (249)
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First team squad

2015 Castleford Tigers squad

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Luke Dorn (vc) – FB 2 James Clare – WG 3 Jake Webster – CE, SR 4 Michael Shenton (c) – CE 5 Justin Carney – WG 6 Ben Roberts – SO, FB 7 Luke Gale (vc) – SH 8 Andy Lynch – PR 9 Adam Milner – HK 10 Grant Millington – PR, LF, SR 11 Oliver Holmes – SR 12 Matt Cook – PR, SR 13 Nathan Massey – LF, PR		14 Lee Jewitt – PR, LF 15 Ryan Boyle – PR 16 Junior Moors – SR, PR 17 Scott Moore – HK 18 Frankie Mariano – SR 19 Scott Wheeldon – PR, LF 20 Denny Solomona – WG 21 Liam Finn – SO 22 Jordan Tansey – FB 23 Michael Channing – CE 24 Mike McMeeken – SR, CE 25 Steve Crossley – PR 26 Ashley Gibson – CE, WG		27 Ash Robson – FB 28 Will Maher – PR 29 Jordan Howden – SO, FB 30 Brandon Westerman – SR 31 Brandon Moore – HK 32 Tom Holmes – SH 33 Ryan Bailey – PR 34 Gadwin Springer – PR 35 Paul McShane – HK				Head coach Daryl Powell Assistant coaches Danny Orr Ryan Sheridan Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

No	Player	From	Contract	Date	Ref.
16	Junior Moors	Melbourne Storm	3 years	11 June 2014	[1]
6	Ben Roberts	Melbourne Storm	2 years	7 July 2014	[2]
20	Denny Solomona	London Broncos	2 years	14 July 2014	[3]
12	Matt Cook	London Broncos	2 years	21 July 2014	[4]
25	Steve Crossley	Featherstone Rovers	2 years	4 August 2014	[5]
7	Luke Gale	Bradford Bulls	2 years	28 August 2014	[6]
17	Scott Moore	London Broncos	2 years	11 September 2014	[7]
24	Mike McMeeken	London Broncos	2 years	11 September 2014	[7]
33	Ryan Bailey	Hull Kingston Rovers	½ year	20 April 2015	[8]
34	Gadwin Springer	Catalans Dragons	2½ years	12 June 2015	[9]
35	Paul McShane	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2½ years	23 July 2015	[10]

Transfers out

No	Player	To	Contract	Date	Ref.
12	Weller Hauraki	Salford Red Devils	3 years	12 June 2014	[11]
25	Dan Fleming	Bradford Bulls	2 years	25 July 2014	[12]
14	Daryl Clark	Warrington Wolves	4 years	27 August 2014	[13]
17	Lee Gilmour	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2 years[a]	4 September 2014	[14]
10	Craig Huby	Huddersfield Giants	4 years	11 September 2014	[15]
31	Brad Day	Batley Bulldogs	1 year	13 September 2014	[16]
20	Jamie Ellis	Huddersfield Giants	2 years	1 October 2014	[17]
22	Richard Owen	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	3 years[a]	20 October 2014	[18]
28	Ben Reynolds	Leigh Centurions	1 year	30 October 2014	[19]
2	Kirk Dixon	Retired		7 January 2015	[20]
35	Garreth Carvell	Featherstone Rovers	2 years	27 January 2015	[21]
25	Steve Crossley	Bradford Bulls	1½ years	24 April 2025	[22]
22	Jordan Tansey	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	1½ years	26 June 2015	[23]
2	James Clare	Bradford Bulls	1½ years	23 July 2015	[24]

Loans out

No	Player	To	Loan type	Departure	Return	Ref.
17	Scott Moore	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Season-long	23 July 2015	Permanent[b]	[10]

Dual registration

Castleford agreed to extend their dual registration partnership with York City Knights in League 1 for a second season.^[25][26]

Club	No	Player	App	T	G	DG	Pts
York City Knights	2	James Clare	7	9	0	0	36
	23	Michael Channing	7	1	0	0	4
	29	Jordan Howden	17	8	12	1	57

Source: RLRKC – York City Knights 2015

1. Initially joined on loan during the 2014 season, with the deal being made permanent ahead of 2015
2. The deal was made permanent on 9 November 2015

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opposition	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Drop goals	Attendance
Sun 28 December	Featherstone Rovers	H	Wheldon Road	W	18–0	Solomona, Cook, Tansey	Finn (3)		4,800
Sun 11 January[a]	Bradford Bulls	H	Wheldon Road	W	22–14	Carney, Gibson, S. Moore, McMeeken	Gale (3)		3,844
Sun 18 January	Doncaster RLFC	A	Keepmoat Stadium	W	32–12	Gibson (2), Massey, Roberts, T. Holmes, Solomona	Finn (2), Gale (2)		1,200
Sun 25 January	Widnes Vikings	H	Wheldon Road	W	20–18	Solomona (2), Roberts, Finn	Gale (2)		2,141

Source:^[27]

1. Andy Lynch's testimonial match

Table

Super League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos	23	16	1	6	758	477	+281	33	Super League Super 8s
2	St Helens	23	16	0	7	598	436	+162	32
3	Wigan Warriors	23	15	1	7	589	413	+176	31
4	Huddersfield Giants	23	13	2	8	538	394	+144	28
5	Castleford Tigers	23	13	0	10	547	505	+42	26
6	Warrington Wolves	23	12	0	11	552	456	+96	24
7	Hull F.C.	23	11	0	12	452	484	−32	22
8	Catalans Dragons	23	9	2	12	561	574	−13	20
9	Widnes Vikings	23	9	1	13	518	565	−47	19	The Qualifiers
10	Hull Kingston Rovers	23	9	0	14	534	646	−112	18
11	Salford City Reds	23	8	1	14	447	617	−170	17
12	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	3	0	20	402	929	−527	6

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super 8s

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos (L, C)	30	20	1	9	944	650	+294	41	Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors	30	20	1	9	798	530	+268	41
3	Huddersfield Giants	30	18	2	10	750	534	+216	38
4	St Helens	30	19	0	11	766	624	+142	38
5	Castleford Tigers	30	16	0	14	731	746	−15	32
6	Warrington Wolves	30	15	0	15	714	636	+78	30
7	Catalans Dragons	30	13	2	15	739	770	−31	28
8	Hull F.C.	30	12	0	18	620	716	−96	24

Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

2015 fixtures and results

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

2015 Super League Fixtures

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
8/2/15	Super League XX	1	Wakefield Trinity	H	The Jungle	L	22-24	Solomona (2), Gale, Carney	Gale 3/4	10,728	-
14/2/15	Super League XX	2	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	12-13	Carney, Tansey	Gale 2/2	6,584	Sky Sports
27/2/15	Super League XX	3	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	L	14-21	Carney (2), Tansey	Gale 1/3	-	Sky Sports
6/3/15	Super League XX	4	Wigan	H	The Jungle	W	42-14	Carney (2), Clare, Dorn, Finn, O. Holmes, Shenton	Gale 7/7	7,772	-
12/3/15	Super League XX	5	Huddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	0-22	-	-	5,257	Sky Sports
20/3/15	Super League XX	6	Salford	H	The Jungle	W	30-16	Carney (2), Finn, Shenton, Wheeldon, Clare	Gale 3/6	6,901	-
27/3/15	Super League XX	7	Hull F.C.	H	The Jungle	W	20-14	Gale (2), Carney, Clare	Gale 2/4	8,744	-
3/4/15	Super League XX	8	Leeds	H	The Jungle	L	12-26	Shenton (2)	Gale 2/2	11,323	Sky Sports
6/4/15	Super League XX	9	Warrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	22-14	Tansey, Dorn, Milner, Roberts	Gale 3/4	8,518	Sky Sports
11/4/15	Super League XX	10	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	The Jungle	W	25-4	Tansey, Gale, Massey, Mariano	Gale 4/4, Gale 1 DG	6,012	Sky Sports
19/4/15	Super League XX	11	Widnes	A	Halton Stadium	L	16-46	Roberts, O. Holmes, Shenton	Finn 2/3	5,257	-
26/4/15	Super League XX	12	Salford	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	22-20	Gibson (2), Massey, Robson	Gale 3/4	2,800	-
3/5/15	Super League XX	13	Catalans Dragons	H	The Jungle	W	36-28	Gibson, Channing, Millington, Shenton, Tansey, S. Moore	Gale 6/6	5,704	-
8/5/15	Super League XX	14	Wigan	A	DW Stadium	L	0-28	-	-	15,022	-
21/5/15	Super League XX	15	Huddersfield	H	The Jungle	L	16-24	Webster, Roberts, Shenton	Gale 2/3	4,634	Sky Sports
31/5/15	Magic Weekend	16	Wakefield Trinity	N	St James' Park	W	56-16	Solomona (4), Tansey, Shenton, Gibson (3), Gale	Gale 8/10	26,970	Sky Sports
5/6/15	Super League XX	17	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	W	30-22	Roberts, Solomona, O. Holmes, Gale, Finn	Gale 5/5	7,093	-
11/6/15	Super League XX	18	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	W	31-24	Millington, Finn, Shenton, Solomona (2)	Gale 5/5, Finn 1 DG	15,089	Sky Sports
18/6/15	Super League XX	19	St. Helens	H	The Jungle	W	25-24	Carney, Solomona, Webster, Cook	Gale 4/4, Roberts 1 DG	6,086	Sky Sports
5/7/15	Super League XX	20	Widnes	H	The Jungle	W	34-20	Solomona (3), Webster, Cook, Carney	Gale 5/6	7,002	-
12/7/15	Super League XX	21	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	18-21	Solomona (2), Dorn, Roberts	Finn 1/4	10,114	-
19/7/15	Super League XX	22	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	W	58-20	Millington, Gale, McMeeken, O. Holmes, Dorn (2), Carney (4)	Gale 9/10	4,000	-
26/7/15	Super League XX	23	Warrington	H	The Jungle	L	6-44	Moors	Finn 1/1	7,239	-

2015 Super 8's

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Live on TV
7/8/15	Super League XX	S1	Hull F.C.	H	The Jungle	W	36-30	Shenton (4), Gale, Gibson	Gale 6/6	6,760	Sky Sports
13/8/15	Super League XX	S2	Warrington	H	The Jungle	W	17-16	Carney (2), Shenton	Gale 2/4, Finn 1 DG	5,212	Sky Sports
22/8/15	Super League XX	S3	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	26-44	Carney, O. Holmes, Milner (2), Moors	Gale 3/5	7,473	Sky Sports
3/9/15	Super League XX	S4	Huddersfield	A	Galpharm Stadium	L	26-40	Gale, Gibson, Dorn, Roberts, Solomona	Gale 3/5	5,350	Sky Sports
10/9/15	Super League XX	S5	St. Helens	H	The Jungle	L	38-42	Dorn (2), Roberts (2), Solomona, Moors	Gale 7/7	5,253	Sky Sports
17/9/15	Super League XX	S6	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	W	29-22	Gale (2), Solomona, Dorn, Roberts	Gale 4/5, Roberts 1 DG	15,069	Sky Sports
25/9/15	Super League XX	S7	Wigan	A	DW Stadium	L	12-47	Dorn, Moors	Gale 2/2	15,070	Sky Sports

Player appearances

• Super League Only

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	SO=Stand-off	SH=Scrum half	PR=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Loose forward	B=Bench

No	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	S1	S2	S3	S4	S5	S6	S7
1	Luke Dorn				FB	FB	FB		FB	FB											FB	FB	FB	FB		B		FB	FB	FB	FB
2	James Clare	x	x	x	W	W	W	W	W			W	W		W						x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
3	Jake Webster	B	B		C	C	C	SR	SR						B	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C	C
4	Michael Shenton	C	C	C	C		C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C		C	C
5	Justin Carney	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W									W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W
6	Ben Roberts		SO		B	B	B	B		SO	SO	SO	SO		B	SO		FB	FB	FB	B	SO	B	B	B	FB	FB	SO	SO	SO	SO
7	Luke Gale	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH		SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH		SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH
8	Andy Lynch	P	P	P		P		B	P	P	P	P	P	P		P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P
9	Adam Milner	B		B	H		H	H	B	B	B	B	B		H	H	B	H	B	B	H	H	H	H	B	H	H	H	H	H	H
10	Grant Millington	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	B	B	SR	SR	B	B	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	SR	P	P	P
11	Oliver Holmes	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR		SR	SR
12	Matt Cook			B	P	B	P		B	SR										B	B	L	B	B	B	B	B	B		B	B
13	Nathan Massey	L	L	L	L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L	L		L	L	L	L	L	L				L	L	L	L
14	Lee Jewitt	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B		L	B
15	Ryan Boyle	B	x	B	B	x	B	x	B	B	B	B		B	P		B	B	B			B	B	B				B	B	B
16	Junior Moors	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	P					B		SR		B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	SR	B	B	SR	SR	SR	SR
17	Scott Moore	H	H	H					H	H	H	H	H	H			H			H		B		x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
18	Frankie Mariano	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SR	SR			SR	SR	SR
19	Scott Wheeldon	x	B	x	B	B	B	L	B	P	P	P	P		B									x	x	x	x	P	L	L	L
20	Denny Solomona	W	W	W												W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W					W	W	W	W
21	Liam Finn	SO	B	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO			SH		SO	SO	B	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SH	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO
22	Jordan Tansey	FB	FB	FB				FB		W	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	B				x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
23	Michael Channing	x	C	C	x	C	x	x	x	C	C	C	x	C	C												C	C
24	Mike McMeeken	x	x	B	x	x	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	B	SR	SR	C	C	C	C
25	Steve Crossley	B	B	x	B	B	x	B				B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
26	Ashley Gibson	C	x	x	x	x	x	C	C	W	W	x	C	C	W	W	W	W	W				C	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	C
27	Ashley Robson	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	W										x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W
28	Will Maher	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	x	x	B	B	x	x	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	B
29	Jordan Howden	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Brandon Westerman	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
31	Brandon Moore	x	x	x	x	H	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	H	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
32	Tom Holmes	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SR
33	Ryan Bailey	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	P	P	P			B	B
34	Gadwin Springer	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	L	L	B	B	B	B	B		B
35	Paul McShane	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	H		B	B	B	B	B

= Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	TV
16/5/15	Cup	6th	Hull F.C.	A	KC Stadium	L	14-40	Gibson, Clare, McMeeken	Gale 1/3	6,750	-

Player appearances

• Challenge Cup Games only

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	SO=Stand Off	SH=Scrum half	P=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Loose forward	B=Bench

No	Player	6
1	Luke Dorn
2	James Clare	W
3	Jake Webster	C
4	Michael Shenton	C
5	Justin Carney
6	Ben Roberts	SO
7	Luke Gale	SH
8	Andy Lynch	P
9	Adam Milner	H
10	Grant Millington	B
11	Oliver Holmes	SR
12	Matt Cook
13	Nathan Massey	L
14	Lee Jewitt	B
15	Ryan Boyle
16	Junior Moors	SR
17	Scott Moore
18	Frankie Mariano	x
19	Scott Wheeldon	x
20	Denny Solomona
21	Liam Finn	B
22	Jordan Tansey	FB
23	Michael Channing
24	Mike McMeeken	B
26	Ashley Gibson	W
27	Ashley Robson	x
28	Will Maher	x
29	Jordan Howden	x
30	Brandon Westerman	x
31	Brandon Moore	x
32	Tom Holmes	x
33	Ryan Bailey	P

Player statistics

Summary

Appearances and points in all competitions

No	Player	App	T	G	DG	Pts
1	Luke Dorn	14	10	0	0	40
2	James Clare	9	4	0	0	16
3	Jake Webster	19	3	0	0	12
4	Michael Shenton	28	14	0	0	56
5	Justin Carney	18	18	0	0	72
6	Ben Roberts	26	9	0	2	38
7	Luke Gale	29	11	102	1	249
8	Andy Lynch	28	0	0	0	0
9	Adam Milner	28	3	0	0	12
10	Grant Millington	31	3	0	0	12
11	Oliver Holmes	28	5	0	0	20
12	Matt Cook	17	2	0	0	8
13	Nathan Massey	23	2	0	0	8
14	Lee Jewitt	6	0	0	0	0
15	Ryan Boyle	19	0	0	0	0
16	Junior Moors	25	4	0	0	16
17	Scott Moore	14	1	0	0	4
18	Frankie Mariano	5	1	0	0	4
19	Scott Wheeldon	15	1	0	0	4
20	Denny Solomona	15	18	0	0	72
21	Liam Finn	24	4	4	2	26
22	Jordan Tansey	14	6	0	0	24
23	Michael Channing	10	1	0	0	4
24	Mike McMeeken	20	2	0	0	8
25	Steve Crossley	6	0	0	0	0
26	Ashley Gibson	22	9	0	0	36
27	Ash Robson	3	1	0	0	4
28	Will Maher	8	0	0	0	0
29	Jordan Howden	0	0	0	0	0
30	Brandon Westerman	0	0	0	0	0
31	Brandon Moore	0	0	0	0	0
32	Tom Holmes	1	0	0	0	0
33	Ryan Bailey	6	0	0	0	0
34	Gadwin Springer	10	0	0	0	0
35	Paul McShane	6	0	0	0	0

Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2015