2017 Castleford Tigers season

Castleford Tigers 2017 season
Castleford Tigers 2017 season
Super League XXII Rank	1st
Play-off result	Runners-up
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
2017 record	Wins: 26; draws: 0; losses: 6
Points scored	For: 1,042; against: 578
Team information
Chairman	Ian Fulton
Head Coach	Daryl Powell
Captain	Michael Shenton;
Stadium	The Jungle (Wheldon Road)
Avg. attendance	8,933
Agg. attendance	142,920
High attendance	11,500
Low attendance	6,849
Top scorers
Tries	Greg Eden (41)
Goals	Luke Gale (145)
Points	Luke Gale (355)
Home colours	Away colours

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

2017 Castleford Tigers squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Zak Hardaker – FB 2 Greg Minikin – WG, CE 3 Jake Webster – CE 4 Michael Shenton (c) – CE 5 Greg Eden – WG, FB 6 Rangi Chase – SO 7 Luke Gale (vc) – SH 8 Andy Lynch – PR 9 Paul McShane – HK, SO 10 Grant Millington – PR, SR 11 Oliver Holmes – SR 12 Mike McMeeken – SR 13 Adam Milner – LF, HK		14 Nathan Massey – LF, PR 15 Jesse Sene-Lefao – SR, PR 16 Ben Roberts – SO, FB 17 Junior Moors – SR, PR, LF 18 Matt Cook – PR 19 Gadwin Springer – PR 20 Larne Patrick – PR 21 Joel Monaghan – WG, CE 22 Will Maher – PR 23 Tom Holmes – SH, HK 24 Brandon Douglas – PR 25 Jy Hitchcox – WG, FB 26 Kieran Gill – CE, WG		27 Tuoyo Egodo – CE, WG 28 Conor Fitzsimmons – SR, LF 29 Luke Million – HK 30 Declan Sheehan – WG 31 Brandon Westerman – SR 32 Daniel Igbinedion – PR 33 Kevin Larroyer – SR 34 Alex Foster – SR, LF 35 Jake Trueman – SO				Head coach Daryl Powell Assistant coaches Danny Orr Ryan Sheridan Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s)

Transfers and loans

Gains

No	Player	From	Contract	Date
5	Greg Eden	Brisbane Broncos	2 years	13 June 2016^[1]
27	Tuoyo Egodo	London Broncos	2 years	17 October 2016^[2]
32	Daniel Igbinedion	Oxford Rugby League	2 years	18 October 2016^[3]
15	Jesse Sene-Lefao	Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks	2 years	20 October 2016^[4]
35	Jake Trueman	Bradford Bulls	2 years	25 January 2017^[5]
33	Kevin Larroyer	Hull Kingston Rovers	1 year^[a]	15 February 2017^[6]
34	Alex Foster	Bradford Bulls^[b]	1 year^[a]	16 February 2022^[7]
1	Zak Hardaker	Leeds Rhinos	4½ years^[c]	27 June 2017^[8]

Loans in

No	Player	From	Loan type	Arrival	Return
1	Zak Hardaker	Leeds Rhinos	Season-long	8 November 2016^[9]	Permanent^[d]

Losses

No	Player	To	Contract	Date
14	Lee Jewitt	Townsville Blackhawks	1 year	6 April 2016^[10]
1	Luke Dorn	Retired		13 May 2016^[11]
20	Frankie Mariano	Featherstone Rovers	1 year	1 September 2016^[12]
21	Ryan Boyle	Halifax RLFC	1 year	19 October 2016^[13]
5	Denny Solomona	Retired^[e]		13 December 2016^[14]
31	Brandon Westerman	Released	–	22 January 2017^[15]
6	Rangi Chase	Widnes Vikings	2 years	7 July 2017^[16]

Loans out

No	Player	To	Loan type	Departure	Return
26	Kieran Gill	Oldham RLFC	Season-long, recall	31 August 2016^[17]	2 May 2017^[18]
22	Will Maher	Batley Bulldogs	Season-long, recall	13 October 2016^[19]	20 September 2017^[20]
23	Tom Holmes	Batley Bulldogs	Season-long, recall	13 October 2016^[19]	2 May 2017^[18]
28	Conor Fitzsimmons	Workington Town	Season-long	31 October 2016^[21]	20 September 2017^[20]
19	Ben Crooks	Leigh Centurions	Season-long	7 November 2016^[22]	Permanent^[f]
25	Jy Hitchcox	Batley Bulldogs	Season-long, recall	11 November 2016^[23]	2 June 2017^[24]
27	Tuoyo Egodo	Oldham RLFC	Season-long, recall	24 January 2017^[25]	16 June 2017^[26]
33	Kevin Larroyer	Bradford Bulls	Season-long, recall	15 February 2017^[6]	2 May 2017^[18]
24	Brandon Douglas	Dewsbury Rams	Season-long, recall	15 March 2017^[27]	13 May 2017^[28]
6	Rangi Chase	Widnes Vikings	Season-long	15 May 2017^[29]	Permanent^[g]
24	Brandon Douglas	Halifax RLFC	Season-long, recall	19 May 2017^[28]	16 September 2017
27	Tuoyo Egodo	York City Knights	Season-long, recall	23 June 2017^[30]	20 September 2017^[20]

^ ^a ^b With an option for a further 2 years
^ Released without appearing for Bradford after the Bulls entered administration, having most recently played for the London Broncos
^ Hardaker initially joined on loan from Leeds, with the deal being made permanent during the season
^ The deal was made permanent on 27 June 2017
^ Solomona controversially retired from rugby league, aged 23 and with 2 years left on his contract, in order to join rugby union side Sale Sharks
^ The deal was made permanent on 4 October 2017
^ The deal was made permanent on 7 July 2017

Pre-season friendlies

Date	Opposition	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Drop goals	Source
Mon 26 December	Hull FC	H	Wheldon Road	W	42–10	McMeeken, Hardaker, Minikin (2), Eden (3), Egodo, Million	McShane (2/6), Hardaker (0/1), Turner (1/2)		^[31]
Sun 15 January	Wakefield Trinity	A	Belle Vue	L	30–32	Gale, Minikin, McShane, Eden, Million	Gale (4/4), Eden (1/1)		^[32]
Fri 27 January	Batley Bulldogs	A	Mount Pleasant	L	12–38	Gill, Sheehan	Sweeting (2/2)		^[33]
Sun 29 January	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	22–6	Chase, Hardaker, Sene-Lefao, Millington	Gale (3/4)	Zdroj:https://en.wikipedia.org?pojem=2017_Castleford_Tigers_season Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. Navigácia: Veda > Analytika Antropológia Aplikované vedy Bibliometria Dejiny vedy Encyklopédie Filozofia vedy Forenzné vedy Humanitné vedy Knižničná veda Kryogenika Kryptológia Kulturológia Literárna veda Medzidisciplinárne oblasti Metódy kvantitatívnej analýzy Metavedy Metodika Metodológia vedy Náboženstvo a veda Náučná literatúra Podvody vo vede Popularizácia vedy Potravinárstvo Prírodné vedy Pseudoveda Scientometria Spoločenské vedy Teórie Teatrológia Technické vedy Technika Terminológia Umenie Výskum Veda Veda a technika podľa štátu Veda a technika podľa kontinentu Veda a technika podľa roka Veda v kozme Vedci Vedecká literatúra Vedecké databázy Vedecké experimenty Vedecké konferencie Vedecké metódy Vedecké ocenenia Vedecké organizácie Vedecké parky Vedeckí spisovatelia Vzdelávanie Záhady Príbuzné výrazy: Text je dostupný za podmienok Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License 3.0 Unported; prípadne za ďalších podmienok. Podrobnejšie informácie nájdete na stránke Podmienky použitia. www.astronomia.sk \| www.biologia.sk \| www.botanika.sk \| www.dejiny.sk \| www.economy.sk \| www.elektrotechnika.sk \| www.estetika.sk \| www.farmakologia.sk \| www.filozofia.sk \| Fyzika \| www.futurologia.sk \| www.genetika.sk \| www.chemia.sk \| www.lingvistika.sk \| www.politologia.sk \| www.psychologia.sk \| www.sexuologia.sk \| www.sociologia.sk \| www.veda.sk I www.zoologia.sk

[Option2-6] With an option for a further 2 years

[8] Released without appearing for Bradford after the Bulls entered administration, having most recently played for the London Broncos

[10] Hardaker initially joined on loan from Leeds, with the deal being made permanent during the season

[13] The deal was made permanent on 27 June 2017

[18] Solomona controversially retired from rugby league, aged 23 and with 2 years left on his contract, in order to join rugby union side Sale Sharks

[28] The deal was made permanent on 4 October 2017

[36] The deal was made permanent on 7 July 2017

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