Scot Morris opened issue #1: Castleford Beat Giants for very First Super Leag...

Scot Morris
2026-04-11T02:53:17Z

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Castleford Tigers (16) 34

Tries: Hood, McIntosh, Lawler, Weaver 2, Golding Goals: Weaver 5

Huddersfield Giants (4) 8

Tries: Gagai, Flanagan

Ashton Golding scored on his Castleford debut versus previous club Huddersfield Giants to finish Tigers' very first Super League win of the season.

Tries from Liam Hood, Darnell McIntosh and George Lawler had Tigers travelling inside the opening thirty minutes, however Jacob Gagai pulled one back simply before the break to make it 16-4.

Tom Weaver then grabbed 2 crucial second-half shots, either side of George Flanagan's four-pointer, to put Tigers on the way to sealing a first league win under head coach Ryan Carr.

The biggest event of the night was reserved for Golding, as he crossed for a memorable very first shot for his brand-new club against the side he left after 5 years at the end of last season.

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The early season form and misfortune of the West Yorkshire rivals had actually mirrored one another before their meeting at the OneBore Stadium. Both had actually been winless, pointless and struck by injuries.

Captain Alex Mellor ended up being the most current Tiger to be sidelined after he broke his leg in recently's defeat at Toulouse, while Giants lacked a host of injured regulars themselves, consisting of Liam Sutcliff, Joe Greenwood and Harry Rushton since of lengthy lay-offs.

France international Tanguy Zenon started for injury-hit Huddersfield simply 2 days after signing up with the club, while there were Tigers debuts for Wigan loanee George Hirst and former Giants pair Jack Ashworth and Golding.

Hood offered the hosts the perfect start, darting from dummy-half to grab his second try of the season after Joe Stimson was lowered near to the line.

Castleford got a should have second through McIntosh, who through a tired out Giants defence that had actually been pinned back on their line after Taane Milne distributed a careless charge for his high hit on Krystian Mapapalangi.

Milne was in the sin-bin when Lawler crashed over under the posts for Castleford's 3rd shot in the 26th minute, but after that it was Huddersfield who finished the half more powerful, with Zenon denied by a try-saving take on from Mikaele Ravalawa before Gagai eventually reacted with a 38th-minute score.

Huddersfield continued to threaten however were wasteful searching for a method back into the video game before Weaver got on the end of a remarkably weighted grubber kick from Daejarn Asi to edge Castleford 18 points ahead.

Flanagan gave Giants renewed hope when he struck back soon after, but a second from Weaver put the result beyond doubt before Golding crashed over to stimulate wild events.

'We play for this winning sensation' - response

Castleford Tigers head coach Ryan Carr informed BBC Radio Leeds:

"That's what we bet, we play to win and bet this sensation today.

"I'm really happy for my group and actually happy for everyone included in our club since a great deal of work has actually entered into getting to this point. And there will continue to be a lot more work.

"But to be able to see them with a smile on their faces, with all the effort they have actually done since the first day of pre-season, is enjoyable.

"But it is one win, we need to keep ensuring we carry out regularly each week now."

"I thought we were rubbish, as plain and easy as that.

"We just robbed ourselves of energy with the amont of dropped balls that we had in that first half. The lads strove, but they were tired.

"I think they finished 100% [of their sets] in the 2nd half, and we finished around 60-odd. If you just offer the opposition the ball over and over again, you are going to get the same outcome.

"Eventually it just robs you of energy and you are basically playing on fumes.

"Look, they are running around, rushing and trying their hardest however ultimately it just comes back to bite you. We simply require to learn and require to find out quick."

Castleford Tigers: Cini, Ravalawa, Mapapalangi, McIntosh, Qaraqare, Asi, Weaver, Atoni, Hood, Westerman, Lane, Hirst, Stimson.

Replacements: Lawler, Ashworth, Hall, Golding.

Huddersfield Giants: Patolo, Woolford, Rogers, O'Donnell, Billington, Powell, Russell, Lolohea, Halsall, Milne, Gagai, Zenon, Flanagan.

Replacements: Burgess, King, Rush, English.

Referee: Matty Lynn.