The 2014 season was the Castleford Tigers' 89th season in the Rugby Football League and their 7th consecutive season in the top flight of English rugby league. The club competed in the 2014 Super League and the 2014 Challenge Cup.

First-team squad

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Player From Contract Date Ref.18 Frankie Mariano Wakefield Trinity Wildcats1 year11 July 201321 Ashley Gibson Salford City Reds2 years28 August 20136 Luke Dorn London Broncos2 years10 September 201329 Brett Seymour Hull FC1 year11 September 201319 Scott Wheeldon London Broncos2 years12 September 20138 Andy Lynch Hull FC2 years18 September 201323 Michael Channing London Broncos2 years20 September 201326 Liam Finn Featherstone Rovers1 year19 December 201332 Lee Jewitt Limoux Grizzlies½ year2 May 201435 Garreth Carvell Hull FC½ year21 July 2014

Loans in Player From Loan type Arrival Return Ref.7 Marc Sneyd Salford Red DevilsSeason-long13 September 201326 September 201435 Garreth Carvell Hull FCSeason-long18 June 2014

Transfers out Player To Contract Date Ref.6 Rangi Chase Salford Red Devils4 years4 September 201318 Jordan Thompson Hull FC3 years9 September 201325 Keith Mason colspan="2" 9 September 201321 Ben Johnston Halifax1 year27 September 20138 Jonathan Walker Hull Kingston Rovers3 years4 October 201332 Ryan Backhouse York City Knights1 year18 January 201429 Brett Seymour Whitehaven1 year6 March 201427 Charlie Martin Batley Bulldogs1 year14 March 2014

Loans out Player To Loan type Departure Return Ref.22 Richard Owen Wakefield Trinity WildcatsSeason-long15 May 201417 Lee Gilmour Wakefield Trinity WildcatsSeason-long27 May 2014

Dual registration Castleford agreed a dual registration arrangement with the York City Knights in the Championship 1.

Club Player York City Knights 31 Brad Day 4 5 0 0 20 25 Daniel Fleming 1 0 0 0 0 28 Ben Reynolds 16 7 70 0 168 4 Jake Webster 1 0 0 0 0

Source: RLRKC – York City Knights 2014

Pre-season friendlies

Date Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Thu 26 December Halifax H Wheldon Road D 30–30 Owen (4), Clark, Dixon Dixon (3) Sun 19 January York City Knights H Wheldon Road W 62–6 Carney (3), Sneyd (2), Owen, Huby, Clare, Clark, Reynolds, Millington Sneyd (9) Sun 26 January Featherstone Rovers A Post Office Road (P) P–P Sun 2 February Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 66–10 Dixon (3), Clark (2), Hauraki (2), Dorn, Owen, Shenton, Milner, Mariano Dixon (9) Sat 8 February Dewsbury Rams A Crown Flatt L 0–18

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Super League

Regular season

Results Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Sun 16 February 1 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium W 36–18 Hauraki, Dixon, Clark, Carney, Dorn, Millington Dixon (6) 8,214Sun 23 February 2 Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road W32–6Carney (3), Dixon, Tansey, ClarkSneyd (4) 5,104Fri 28 February 3 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park W30–10Owen (3), Mariano, HolmesSneyd (5) 7,022Sun 9 March 4 Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road W36–31Dixon, Dorn (2), Milner, Clark, ChanningSneyd (6) 8,504 Sun 16 March 5 Hull FC H Wheldon Road W19–16Shenton, Sneyd, MarianoSneyd (3)Sneyd 9,867 Sun 23 March 6 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L16–23Carney, Hauraki, DornSneyd (2) 5,823Thu 27 March 7 London Broncos A The Hive Stadium W54–6Channing, Holmes, Shenton (2), Finn, Huby, Carney (2), DornEllis (9) 1,036 Fri 11 April 8 St Helens H Wheldon Road L28–30Webster, Shenton (2), Millington, CarneySneyd (4) 6,487Fri 18 April 9 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue W43–20Carney, Clark (2), Owen (2), Wheeldon (2), FinnSneyd (5)Sneyd 5,159 Mon 21 April 10 Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road W40–6Clare (2), Shenton (3), Ellis, OwenSneyd (6) 6,853Sun 4 May 11 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium L28–29Shenton, Carney, Dixon, Webster, ClarkSneyd (4) 7,195 Thu 8 May 12 Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road L14–22Dixon, SneydSneyd (3) 9,208Sun 18 May 13 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats N City of Manchester Stadium W50–12Clark (2), Carney (2), Tansey, Shenton, Sneyd (2), MarianoSneyd (7) 28,213Sun 25 May 14 Widnes Vikings H Wheldon Road W34–22Shenton, Webster, Wheeldon, Dorn (2), ClarkSneyd (5) 5,576Sun 1 June 15 Hull Kingston Rovers H Wheldon Road W54–12Channing (2), Dorn (3), Millington, Dixon, Ellis, Webster, Huby, ClareSneyd (5) 7,196 Fri 13 June 16 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L6–46GibsonEllis 11,914 Sun 22 June 17 St Helens A Langtree Park L16–38Dixon, Sneyd, DornSneyd (2) 12,648Sat 28 June 18 Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road W14–10Carney, WebsterSneyd (3) 5,937Thu 3 July 19 Widnes Vikings A Select Security Stadium W40–20Dorn, Holmes, Clark (3), Shenton (2)Sneyd (6) 4,562Fri 11 July 20 Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road W44–30Holmes, Carney, Finn (2), Milner, Dixon, Mariano, MillingtonSneyd (6) 5,310 Thu 17 July 21 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium D24–24Shenton, Hauraki, Massey, MillingtonSneyd (4) 16,173 Thu 24 July 22 Hull FC A KC Stadium D18–18Shenton, Sneyd, Clare (2)Sneyd 9,959Sun 3 August 23 London Broncos H Wheldon Road W64–18Dorn (2), Carney (3), Wheeldon, Shenton, Carvell, Mariano, Dixon (2), MilnerSneyd (8) 5,233Fri 15 August 24 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L10–48Clare, HolmesFinn 8,391Sun 31 August 25 Bradford Bulls H Wheldon Road W32–18Lynch, Clare, Dorn, Shenton, ClarkSneyd (6) 7,428Sun 7 September 26 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Wheldon Road W26–22Dorn, Clare (2), Dixon, WebsterSneyd (3) 9,182Sat 13 September 27 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L6–28DixonSneyd 9,223

Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014 &

League table

Playoffs

Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Source Fri 19 September Qualifying play-off St Helens A Langtree Park L 0–41 7,548 Thu 25 September Preliminary semi-final Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road L 14–30 Ellis, Dorn, Shenton Sneyd 6,219

Challenge Cup

Results Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance Sun 6 April Round 4 Batley Bulldogs A Mount Pleasant W 48–10 Dorn (2), Carney (3), Ellis, Sneyd, Clare, Wheeldon Sneyd (6) 2,482 Sun 27 April Round 5 Sheffield Eagles H Wheldon Road W 60–16 Carney (4), Millington, Gibson, Dixon, Ellis (2), Clark, Tansey, Holmes Dixon (2), Sneyd (4) 4,648 Sat 7 June Quarter-final Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium W 16–4 Clare, Dixon, Jewitt Sneyd (2) 8,736 Sun 10 August Semi-final Widnes Vikings N Leigh Sports Village W 28–6 Finn, Clark, Dixon, Ellis, Webster Sneyd (4) 12,005 Sat 23 August Final Leeds Rhinos N Wembley Stadium L 10–23 Clark, Holmes Finn 77,914

Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014 &

Player statistics

Summary

Player 1 Jordan Tansey 7 3 0 0 12 2 Kirk Dixon 25 15 8 0 76 3 Michael Shenton 32 18 0 0 72 4 Jake Webster 22 7 0 0 28 5 Justin Carney 24 24 0 0 96 6 Luke Dorn 24 19 0 0 76 7 Marc Sneyd 31 7 116 2 262 8 Andy Lynch 31 1 0 0 4 9 Adam Milner 25 3 0 0 12 10 Craig Huby 29 2 0 0 8 11 Grant Millington 27 6 0 0 24 12 Weller Hauraki 30 3 0 0 12 13 Nathan Massey 23 1 0 0 4 14 Daryl Clark 30 16 0 0 64 15 Ryan Boyle 3 0 0 0 0 16 Oliver Holmes 32 7 0 0 28 17 Lee Gilmour 0 0 0 0 0 18 Frankie Mariano 30 5 0 0 20 19 Scott Wheeldon 27 5 0 0 20 20 Jamie Ellis 21 7 10 0 48 21 Ashley Gibson 7 2 0 0 8 22 Richard Owen 5 6 0 0 24 23 Michael Channing 16 4 0 0 16 24 James Clare 17 11 0 0 44 25 Daniel Fleming 5 0 0 0 0 26 Liam Finn 29 5 2 0 24 27 Charlie Martin 0 0 0 0 0 28 Ben Reynolds 2 0 0 0 0 29 Brett Seymour 0 0 0 0 0 30 Jordan Howden 0 0 0 0 0 31 Brad Day 1 0 0 0 0 32 Lee Jewitt 16 1 0 0 4 33 Will Maher 1 0 0 0 0 35 Garreth Carvell 6 1 0 0 4

Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2014

References

External links Castleford Tigers official website