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

2013 Castleford Tigers squad
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coaches

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)


Transfers and loans

Transfers in

No Player From Contract Date Ref.
3 England Michael Shenton St Helens 4 years 7 June 2012 [1]
4 New Zealand Jake Webster Hull Kingston Rovers 3 years 26 June 2012 [2]
11 Scotland Lee Gilmour Huddersfield Giants 2 years 28 June 2012 [3]
19 England Jordan Tansey York City Knights 1 year 5 July 2012 [4]
2 Australia Justin Carney Sydney Roosters 2 years 9 August 2012 [5]
12 New Zealand Weller Hauraki Leeds Rhinos 2 years 13 September 2012 [6]
25 Wales Keith Mason Huddersfield Giants 1 year 12 December 2012 [7]
27 Ireland Ryan Boyle Salford City Reds 1½ years 4 April 2013 [8]
29 England Ben Davies Widnes Vikings ½ year 13 June 2013 [9]

Loans in

No Player From Loan type Arrival Return Ref.
26 England Gareth O'Brien Warrington Wolves One-month 14 February 2013 13 March 2013 [10][11]
28 Ireland Tyrone McCarthy Warrington Wolves One-month 29 April 2013 23 May 2013 [12][13]
30 Wales Michael Channing London Broncos Season-long 6 July 2013 Permanent[a] [14]

Transfers out

No Player To Contract Date Ref.
3 England Joe Arundel Hull FC 4 years 29 May 2012 [15]
2 Australia Nick Youngquest Retired 26 June 2012 [16]
16 England Ryan Hudson Retired 18 July 2012 [17]
27 England John Davies Batley Bulldogs 2 years 21 July 2012 [18]
7 England Danny Orr Retired 26 July 2012 [19]
14 England Stuart Jones Retired 2 August 2012 [20]
5 England Josh Griffin Released[b] 29 August 2012 [21]
13 England Steve Snitch Northern Pride 1 year 31 August 2012 [22][23]
29 England Josh Atkinson Released 9 September 2012 [24][25]
— Scotland Ryan Brierley Leigh Centurions 1 year[c] 9 September 2012 [23][26]
31 England Ben Blackmore Huddersfield Giants 1 year 22 September 2012 [27]
19 Scotland Paul Jackson Whitehaven 2 years 25 September 2012 [28]
— England Richie Mathers Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2 years[c] 23 October 2012 [29]
14 Wales Jake Emmitt Salford Red Devils 1½ years 4 April 2013 [8]
20 England Steve Nash Dewsbury Rams ½ year 26 July 2013 [30]
29 England Ben Davies Halifax ½ year 26 July 2013 [30]

Loans out

No Player To Loan type Departure Return Ref.
21 Ireland Ben Johnston Dewsbury Rams Season-long, one-month recall 25 October 2012 21 April 2013 [31]
23 England James Clare Doncaster Season-long, one-month recall 25 October 2012 4 March 2013 [32]
20 England Steve Nash Dewsbury Rams Season-long 1 February 2013 Permanent[d] [33]
21 Ireland Ben Johnston York City Knights Season-long 9 May 2013 2 September 2013 [34]

Dual registration

Under the newly-introduced dual registration system, Castleford agreed a partnership with Keighley Cougars in the Championship.[35][36] Additionally, Dan Fleming featured for Batley Bulldogs on an individual dual registration deal.[37][38]

Club No Player App T G DG Pts
Keighley Cougars 1 England Richard Owen 1 0 0 0 0
8 Scotland Jonathan Walker 2 0 0 0 0
14 Wales Jake Emmitt 3 0 0 0 0
24 England Charlie Martin 6 0 0 0 0
Batley Bulldogs 22 Wales Daniel Fleming 11 3 0 0 12
Sources: RLRKC – Keighley Cougars 2013 & RLRKC – Batley Bulldogs 2013
  1. ^ The deal was made permanent on 20 September 2013
  2. ^ Griffin crossed codes to rugby union and joined Leeds Carnegie
  3. ^ a b Initially joined on loan during the 2012 season, with the deal being made permanent ahead of 2013
  4. ^ The deal was made permanent on 26 July 2013

Pre-season friendlies

Date Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance
Sun 13 January[a] Hull FC A KC Stadium L 6–26 Webster Dixon 5,577
Sun 20 January Featherstone Rovers H Wheldon Road W 20–10 Carney (2), Webster, Dixon Dixon (2) 2,388
Source:[39]
  1. ^ Kirk Yeaman's testimonial match

Super League

Main article: 2013 Super League season

Results

Date Round Opposition H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Drop goals Attendance
Sun 3 February 1 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 24–40 Carney, Shenton, Owen, Webster Ellis (4) 10,721
Sun 10 February 2 Leeds Rhinos H Wheldon Road W 14–12 Tansey, Webster Ellis (3) 9,103
Sat 16 February 3 Bradford Bulls A Odsal Stadium L 12–38 Ellis, Dixon Ellis (2) 7,724
Sun 24 February 4 Catalans Dragons H Wheldon Road D 17–17 Thompson, Shenton, Dixon Ellis (2) O'Brien 5,205
Sun 3 March 5 Wigan Warriors H Wheldon Road L 22–28 Webster, Ellis, Carney (2) Ellis (3) 7,852
Fri 8 March 6 Hull FC A KC Stadium L 0–52 11,852
Sun 17 March 7 London Broncos H Wheldon Road L 12–26 Dixon, Huby Ellis (2) 4,751
Sun 24 March 8 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 22–26 Dixon, Webster, Owen, Clark Dixon (3) 6,489
Fri 29 March[a] 9 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Wheldon Road L 16–37 Thompson (2), Owen Ellis (2) 7,705
Mon 1 April 10 St Helens A Langtree Park L 18–48 Clark, Carney, Clare Ellis (3) 10,943
Sat 6 April[b] 11 Huddersfield Giants H Wheldon Road L 24–40 Holmes, Milner, Clark, Walker Ellis (4) 3,222
Sat 13 April[c] 12 Widnes Vikings H Wheldon Road W 28–26 Clare, Owen (2), Thompson, Milner Ellis (4) 3,986
Sat 27 April[d] 13 Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium L 30–34 Massey, Carney, Milner, Holmes, Ellis, Thompson Ellis (3) 2,306
Sun 5 May 14 Hull Kingston Rovers H Wheldon Road W 32–24 Boyle, Carney (2), Shenton, Walker, Tansey Ellis (4) 6,474
Sat 18 May[e] 15 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 30–39 Thompson (2), Carney (2), Clark Ellis (5) 7,083
Sat 25 May 16 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats N Etihad Stadium W 49–24 Clark, Ellis, Dixon (4), Huby, Carney, Thompson Ellis (6) Ellis 31,249
Sat 1 June 17 London Broncos A Twickenham Stoop D 30–30 Clark, Chase, Millington, Carney, Massey Ellis (5) 1,810
Fri 7 June 18 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 24–42 Hauraki, Tansey (2), Huby Ellis (4) 17,035
Fri 21 June 19 Hull FC H Wheldon Road W 30–28 Owen, Chase, Clark, Walker, Clare Dixon (5) 6,022
Fri 28 June 20 Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium W 18–4 Dixon, Millington, Clare Dixon (3) 12,463
Sun 7 July 21 St Helens H Wheldon Road L 24–40 Owen, Tansey, Hauraki, Carney, Chase Dixon (2) 8,229
Sun 21 July 22 Huddersfield Giants A Kirklees Stadium L 32–48 Shenton, Carney (2), Clark, Chase, Hauraki Dixon (4) 5,733
Sun 4 August 23 Warrington Wolves H Wheldon Road L 30–40 Carney, Hauraki, Milner, Dixon, Huby Dixon (5) 5,980
Sun 11 August 24 Widnes Vikings A Select Security Stadium W 42–38 Carney (2), Boyle, Massey, Ellis, Milner, Hauraki, Channing Dixon (5) 5,155
Sun 18 August 25 Bradford Bulls H Wheldon Road W 46–34 Dixon, Milner (2), Carney, Chase, Tansey, Massey, Ellis Dixon (7) 6,633
Sun 1 September 26 Salford Red Devils H Wheldon Road W 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 L 32–36 Clare (4), Chase, Hauraki Dixon (4) 6,404
Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2013 & [39]
  1. ^ The match was abandoned with 7 minutes remaining due to a floodlight issue, though it was agreed the result would stand.[40]
  2. ^ Ian Millward's final match as head coach
  3. ^ Danny Orr's first match as interim head coach
  4. ^ Salford were later deducted 2 competition points for having 14 players on the pitch during the closing minutes.[41]
  5. ^ Daryl Powell's first match as head coach

League table

Super League XVIII
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Huddersfield Giants (L) 27 21 0 6 851 507 +344 42 Play-offs
2 Warrington Wolves 27 20 1 6 836 461 +375 41
3 Leeds Rhinos 27 18 1 8 712 507 +205 37
4 Wigan Warriors (C) 27 17 1 9 816 460 +356 35
5 St. Helens 27 15 1 11 678 536 +142 31
6 Hull F.C. 27 13 2 12 652 563 +89 28
7 Catalans Dragons 27 13 2 12 619 604 +15 28
8 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 13 0 14 642 760 −118 26
9 Bradford Bulls 27 10 2 15 640 658 −18 22
10 Widnes Vikings 27 10 2 15 695 841 −146 22
11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 10 1 16 660 749 −89 21
12 Castleford Tigers 27 9 2 16 702 881 −179 20
13 London Broncos 27 5 2 20 487 946 −459 12
14 Salford City Reds 27 6 1 20 436 953 −517 11[a]
Source: superleague.co.uk and BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference. Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
  1. ^ Salford deducted 2 points on 14 June 2013 for fielding 14 players during home game against Castleford[42]

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2013 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 L 12–28 Chase, Ellis Ellis (2) 8,130
Sources: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2013 & [39]

Player statistics

Summary

Appearances and points in all competitions
No Player App T G DG Pts
1 England Richard Owen 14 7 0 0 0
2 Australia Justin Carney 20 21 0 0 0
3 England Michael Shenton 27 5 0 0 0
4 New Zealand Jake Webster 7 4 0 0 0
5 England Kirk Dixon 21 11 41 0 0
6 England Rangi Chase 26 8 0 0 0
7 England Jamie Ellis 24 7 59 1 0
8 Scotland Jonathan Walker 20 3 0 0 0
9 England Daryl Clark 28 8 0 0 0
10 England Craig Huby 28 4 0 0 0
11 Scotland Lee Gilmour 13 0 0 0 0
12 New Zealand Weller Hauraki 26 6 0 0 0
13 Australia Grant Millington 21 2 0 0 0
14 Wales Jake Emmitt 5 0 0 0 0
15 England Adam Milner 23 7 0 0 0
16 England Nathan Massey 28 4 0 0 0
17 England Oliver Holmes 23 2 0 0 0
18 England Jordan Thompson 25 9 0 0 0
19 England Jordan Tansey 27 6 0 0 0
20 England Steve Nash 0 0 0 0 0
21 Ireland Ben Johnston 0 0 0 0 0
22 Wales Daniel Fleming 11 1 0 0 0
23 England James Clare 9 8 0 0 0
24 England Charlie Martin 6 0 0 0 0
25 Wales Keith Mason 16 0 0 0 0
26 England Gareth O'Brien 2 0 0 1 1
27 Ireland Ryan Boyle 17 2 0 0 0
28 Ireland Tyrone McCarthy 0 0 0 0 0
29 England Ben Davies 2 0 0 0 0
30 Wales Michael Channing 4 3 0 0 0
31 England Ben Reynolds 2 0 0 0 0
32 England Ryan Backhouse 0 0 0 0 0
Source: RLRKC – Castleford Tigers 2013

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Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Castleford_Tigers_season
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