The 2013 season was the Castleford Tigers' 88th season in the Rugby Football League and their 6th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2013 Super League and the 2013 Challenge Cup.

Castleford began the season under head coach Ian Millward, before he was dismissed in April. After assistant Danny Orr took charge as caretaker, Daryl Powell was appointed head coach in May. The team was captained by Michael Shenton. They finished the Super League season in 12th place.

First-team squad

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Player From Contract Date Ref.3 Michael Shenton St Helens4 years7 June 20124 Jake Webster Hull Kingston Rovers3 years26 June 201211 Lee Gilmour Huddersfield Giants2 years28 June 201219 Jordan Tansey York City Knights1 year5 July 20122 Justin Carney Sydney Roosters2 years9 August 201212 Weller Hauraki Leeds Rhinos2 years13 September 201225 Keith Mason Huddersfield Giants1 year12 December 201227 Ryan Boyle Salford City Reds1½ years4 April 201329 Ben Davies Widnes Vikings½ year13 June 2013

Loans in Player From Loan type Arrival Return Ref.26 Gareth O'Brien Warrington WolvesOne-month14 February 201313 March 201328 Tyrone McCarthy Warrington WolvesOne-month29 April 201323 May 201330 Michael Channing London BroncosSeason-long6 July 2013

Transfers out Player To Contract Date Ref.3 Joe Arundel Hull FC4 years29 May 20122 Nick Youngquest colspan="2" 26 June 201216 Ryan Hudson colspan="2" 18 July 201227 John Davies Batley Bulldogs2 years21 July 20127 Danny Orr colspan="2" 26 July 201214 Stuart Jones colspan="2" 2 August 20125 Josh Griffin colspan="2" 29 August 201213 Steve Snitch Northern Pride1 year31 August 201229 Josh Atkinson colspan="2" 9 September 2012— Ryan Brierley Leigh Centurions1 year9 September 201231 Ben Blackmore Huddersfield Giants1 year22 September 201219 Paul Jackson Whitehaven2 years25 September 2012— Richie Mathers Wakefield Trinity Wildcats2 years23 October 201214 Jake Emmitt Salford Red Devils1½ years4 April 201320 Steve Nash Dewsbury Rams½ year26 July 201329 Ben Davies Halifax½ year26 July 2013

Loans out Player To Loan type Departure Return Ref.21 Ben Johnston Dewsbury RamsSeason-long, one-month recall25 October 201221 April 201323 James Clare DoncasterSeason-long, one-month recall25 October 20124 March 201320 Steve Nash Dewsbury RamsSeason-long1 February 201321 Ben Johnston York City KnightsSeason-long9 May 20132 September 2013

Dual registration Under the newly-introduced dual registration system, Castleford agreed a partnership with Keighley Cougars in the Championship. Additionally, Dan Fleming featured for Batley Bulldogs on an individual dual registration deal.

Club Player Keighley Cougars 1 Richard Owen 1 0 0 0 0 8 Jonathan Walker 2 0 0 0 0 14 Jake Emmitt 3 0 0 0 0 24 Charlie Martin 6 0 0 0 0 Batley Bulldogs 22 Daniel Fleming 11 3 0 0 12

Sources: RLRKC – Keighley Cougars 2013 & RLRKC – Batley Bulldogs 2013

Pre-season friendlies

Date Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Sun 13 January Hull FC A KC Stadium 6–26 Webster Dixon 5,577 Sun 20 January Featherstone Rovers H Wheldon Road 20–10 Carney (2), Webster, Dixon Dixon (2) 2,388

Source:

Super League

Results Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Sun 3 February 1 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium 24–40 Carney, Shenton, Owen, Webster Ellis (4) 10,721 Sun 10 February 2 Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road 14–12 Tansey, Webster Ellis (3) 9,103 Sat 16 February 3 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium 12–38 Ellis, Dixon Ellis (2) 7,724 Sun 24 February 4 Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road 17–17 Thompson, Shenton, Dixon Ellis (2) O'Brien 5,205 Sun 3 March 5 Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road 22–28 Webster, Ellis, Carney (2) Ellis (3) 7,852 Fri 8 March 6 Hull FC A KC Stadium 0–52 11,852 Sun 17 March 7 London Broncos H Wheldon Road 12–26 Dixon, Huby Ellis (2) 4,751 Sun 24 March 8 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park 22–26 Dixon, Webster, Owen, Clark Dixon (3) 6,489 Fri 29 March 9 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Wheldon Road 16–37 Thompson (2), Owen Ellis (2) 7,705 Mon 1 April 10 St Helens A Langtree Park 18–48 Clark, Carney, Clare Ellis (3) 10,943 Sat 6 April 11 Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road 24–40 Holmes, Milner, Clark, Walker Ellis (4) 3,222 Sat 13 April 12 Widnes Vikings H Wheldon Road 28–26 Clare, Owen (2), Thompson, Milner Ellis (4) 3,986 Sat 27 April 13 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium 30–34 Massey, Carney, Milner, Holmes, Ellis, Thompson Ellis (3) 2,306 Sun 5 May 14 Hull Kingston Rovers H Wheldon Road 32–24 Boyle, Carney (2), Shenton, Walker, Tansey Ellis (4) 6,474 Sat 18 May 15 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus 30–39 Thompson (2), Carney (2), Clark Ellis (5) 7,083 Sat 25 May 16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats N Etihad Stadium 49–24 Clark, Ellis, Dixon (4), Huby, Carney, Thompson Ellis (6) Ellis 31,249 Sat 1 June 17 London Broncos A Twickenham Stoop 30–30 Clark, Chase, Millington, Carney, Massey Ellis (5) 1,810 Fri 7 June 18 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium 24–42 Hauraki, Tansey (2), Huby Ellis (4) 17,035 Fri 21 June 19 Hull FC H Wheldon Road 30–28 Owen, Chase, Clark, Walker, Clare Dixon (5) 6,022 Fri 28 June 20 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium 18–4 Dixon, Millington, Clare Dixon (3) 12,463 Sun 7 July 21 St Helens H Wheldon Road 24–40 Owen, Tansey, Hauraki, Carney, Chase Dixon (2) 8,229 Sun 21 July 22 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium 32–48 Shenton, Carney (2), Clark, Chase, Hauraki Dixon (4) 5,733 Sun 4 August 23 Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road 30–40 Carney, Hauraki, Milner, Dixon, Huby Dixon (5) 5,980 Sun 11 August 24 Widnes Vikings A Select Security Stadium 42–38 Carney (2), Boyle, Massey, Ellis, Milner, Hauraki, Channing Dixon (5) 5,155 Sun 18 August 25 Bradford Bulls H Wheldon Road 46–34 Dixon, Milner (2), Carney, Chase, Tansey, Massey, Ellis Dixon (7) 6,633 Sun 1 September 26 Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road 44–30 Channing (2), Shenton, Carney (3), Fleming, Chase, Thompson Dixon (3), Ellis 6,817 Sun 8 September 27 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue 32–36 Clare (4), Chase, Hauraki Dixon (4) 6,404

Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2013 &

League table

Challenge Cup

Results Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Fri 19 April Round 4 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium 12–28 Chase, Ellis Ellis (2) 8,130

Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2013 &

Player statistics

Summary

+ Appearances and points in all competitions Player 1 Richard Owen 14 7 0 0 0 2 Justin Carney 20 21 0 0 0 3 Michael Shenton 27 5 0 0 0 4 Jake Webster 7 4 0 0 0 5 Kirk Dixon 21 11 41 0 0 6 Rangi Chase 26 8 0 0 0 7 Jamie Ellis 24 7 59 1 0 8 Jonathan Walker 20 3 0 0 0 9 Daryl Clark 28 8 0 0 0 10 Craig Huby 28 4 0 0 0 11 Lee Gilmour 13 0 0 0 0 12 Weller Hauraki 26 6 0 0 0 13 Grant Millington 21 2 0 0 0 14 Jake Emmitt 5 0 0 0 0 15 Adam Milner 23 7 0 0 0 16 Nathan Massey 28 4 0 0 0 17 Oliver Holmes 23 2 0 0 0 18 Jordan Thompson 25 9 0 0 0 19 Jordan Tansey 27 6 0 0 0 20 Steve Nash 0 0 0 0 0 21 Ben Johnston 0 0 0 0 0 22 Daniel Fleming 11 1 0 0 0 23 James Clare 9 8 0 0 0 24 Charlie Martin 6 0 0 0 0 25 Keith Mason 16 0 0 0 0 26 Gareth O'Brien 2 0 0 1 1 27 Ryan Boyle 17 2 0 0 0 28 Tyrone McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0 29 Ben Davies 2 0 0 0 0 30 Michael Channing 4 3 0 0 0 31 Ben Reynolds 2 0 0 0 0 32 Ryan Backhouse 0 0 0 0 0

Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2013

References

External links Castleford Tigers official website