1996 Castleford Tigers season

1996 Castleford Tigers season
1996 Castleford Tigers season
Super League II Rank	9th
Challenge Cup	Fourth round
1997 record	Wins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 14
Points scored	For: 564; Against: 657
Team information
Head coach	John Joyner
Stadium	Wheldon Road

The 1996 Castleford Tigers season was the club's 1st year in the Super League. The club finished in 9th place. Castleford also competed in the Challenge Cup, but were knocked out in the Fourth Round by St. Helens.

Table[]

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St. Helens	22	20	0	2	950	455	+495	40
2	Wigan Warriors	22	19	1	2	902	326	+576	39
3	Bradford Bulls	22	17	0	5	767	409	+358	34
4	London Broncos	22	12	1	9	611	462	+149	25
5	Warrington Wolves	22	12	0	10	569	565	+4	24
6	Halifax Blue Sox	22	10	1	11	667	576	+91	21
7	Sheffield Eagles	22	10	0	12	599	730	−131	20
8	Oldham Bears	22	9	1	12	473	681	−208	19
9	Castleford Tigers	22	9	0	13	548	599	−51	18
10	Leeds	22	6	0	16	555	745	−190	12
11	Paris Saint-Germain	22	3	1	18	398	795	−397	7
12	Workington Town	22	2	1	19	325	1021	−696	5

Champions	Relegated

Squad[]

Statistics include appearances and points in the Super League and Challenge Cup.^[1]

Player	Apps	Tries	Goals	DGs	Points	Ref
	1	0	0	0	0
Grant Anderson	11	2	0	0	8	[1]
	1	0	0	0	0	[2]
Frano Botica	21	5	84	2	190
	14	5	0	0	20	[3]
James Coventry	2	0	0	0	0
Lee Crooks	20	2	1	0	10	[4]
Diccon Edwards	12	1	0	0	4	[5]
Jason Flowers	22	10	0	0	40	[6]
	3	0	0	0	0
Adrian Flynn	19	9	0	0	36
David Furness	1	0	0	0	0
Richard Gay	10	2	0	0	8	[7]
	1	0	0	0	0
Richard Goddard	12	3	9	0	30	[8]
	3	0	0	0	0	[9]
Lee Harland	16	2	0	0	8	[10]
Colin Maskill	9	1	1	0	6
Simon Middleton	11	5	0	0	20	[11]
Tawera Nikau	1	0	0	0	0
Junior Paramore	11	3	0	0	12
	7	1	0	0	4	[12]
Paul Round	3	0	0	0	0
Richard Russell	12	1	0	0	4	[13]
Dean Sampson	18	2	0	0	8	[14]
	22	6	0	0	24	[15]
Ian Smales	15	5	0	0	20	[16]
Chris Smith	21	10	0	0	40	[17]
Tony Smith	19	10	0	0	40
Graham Steadman	12	3	0	0	12	[18]
Gareth Stephens	1	0	0	0	0
Nathan Sykes	23	1	0	0	4	[19]
	3	1	0	0	4	[20]
Brendon Tuuta	22	3	0	0	12	[21]
Jon Wells	3	0	0	0	0

Transfers[]

In[]

Player	From	Date
Grant Anderson	Halifax Blue Sox	February 1996
Richard Gay	Hull F.C.	March 1996
Paul Round	Bradford Bulls	March 1996
Diccon Edwards	Newport RFC	April 1996
	Hunter Mariners	May 1996
Junior Paramore	Hunter Mariners	May 1996
Jason Roach	Swinton Lions	October 1996

Out[]

Player	Pos	Date
Gareth Stephens	Hull F.C.	April 1996
	Hunslet Hawks	May 1996
Colin Maskill	Featherstone Rovers	July 1996
	Huddersfield Giants	December 1996

References[]

^ Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

External links[]

"Unofficial website for Castleford RLFC". castigers.net. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
Castleford Tigers - Rugby League Project

[1] Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

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