2022 Castleford Tigers season

Castleford Tigers 2022 season
Castleford Tigers 2022 season
Team information
Chairman	Ian Fulton
Head Coach	Lee Radford
Captain	TBA;
Stadium	Mend-A-Hose Jungle
Home colours	Away colours

The 2022 season will be Castleford Tigers's 15th consecutive season playing in England's top division of rugby league. During the season, they will compete in the Super League XXVII and the 2022 Challenge Cup.

Preseason friendlies[]

Date and Time	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
16 January, 15:00	York City Knights	A	LNER Stadium	W	32–10	Faraimo (2), Vasuitoga, Mamo, Sutcliffe, Morley,	Richardson (4/6)		[1]
23 January, 15:00	Doncaster	A	Keepmoat Stadium	W	66–18	Fonua, Olpherts (2), Evalds, Robb, Richardson, Sutcliffe (2), Blair, Qareqare, Collins	Richardson (8/8), Sadler (3/3)		[2]

Super League[]

Regular season[]

Matches[]

Win Draw Loss Postponed

All fixtures are subject to change

Date and Time	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Score	TV
11 February, 20:00	1	Salford Red Devils	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–	N/A
17 February, 20:00	2	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	–	Sky Sports
25 February, 20:00	3	Hull KR	A	Hull College Community Stadium	–	Sky Sports
6 March 2022, 15:30	4	Hull FC	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–	N/A
12 March 2022, 20:00	5	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smiths Stadium	–	Sky Sports
17 March 2022, 20:00	6	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	–	Sky Sports
1 April 2022, 20:00	7	Toulouse Olympique	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–	N/A
14 April 2022, 19:45	8	Wakefield Trinity	A	The Mobile Rocket Stadium
18 April 2022, 15:00	9	Leeds Rhinos	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
22 April 2022, 20:00	10	St Helens	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–	Sky Sports
29 April 2022, 19:30	11	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	–	N/A
15 May 2022, 15:30	12	Hull KR	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
22 May 2022, 15:00	13	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	–
3 June 2022, 20:00	14	Wigan Warriors	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
12 June 2022, 14:30	15	Toulouse Olympique	A	Stade Ernest Wallon	–
26 June 2022, 15:30	16	Catalans Dragons	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
1 July 2022, 20:00	17	Huddersfield Giants	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
9 July 2022, 19:00	18	Leeds Rhinos	N	St James' Park	–	Sky Sports
15 July 2022, 19:00	19	Warrington Wolves	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–	N/A
24 July 2022, 15:00	20	Hull FC	A	KCOM Stadium	–
30 July 2022, 19:00	21	Wakefield Trinity	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
5 August 2022, 20:00	22	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	–
12 August 2022, 20:00	23	Catalans Dragons	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
19 August 2022, 19:45	24	Huddersfield Giants	A	John Smiths Stadium	–
25 August 2022, 20:00	25	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	–
29 August 2022, 19:00	26	Salford Red Devils	H	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	–
3 September 2022, 19:00	27	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	–

Challenge Cup[]

Transfers[]

Gains[]

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Joe Westerman	Wakefield Trinity	2 Years	June 2021^[1]
Jake Mamo	Warrington Wolves	3 Years	July 2021^[2]
Bureta Faraimo	Hull F.C.	2 Years	August 2021^[3]
Alex Sutcliffe	Leeds Rhinos	2 Years	September 2021^[4]
Kenny Edwards	Huddersfield Giants	1 Year Loan	September 2021^[5]
Suaia Matagi	Huddersfield Giants	2 Years	October 2021^[6]
George Lawler	Hull KR	2 Years	October 2021^[7]
Callum McLelland	Leeds Rhinos	2 Years	October 2021^[8]
Mahe Fonua	Hull FC	1 Year	October 2021^[9]

Losses[]

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Peter Mata’utia	Warrington Wolves	2 Years	June 2021^[10]
Oliver Holmes	Warrington Wolves	3 Years	June 2021^[10]
Grant Millington	Retired	N/A	August 2021^[11]
Jesse Sene-Lefao	Released	September 2021^[12]
Alex Foster	Released	September 2021^[13]
Michael Shenton	Retired	September 2021^[14]
Lewis Bienek	London Broncos	2 Years	September 2021^[15]

2022 squad[]

2022 Castleford Tigers Squad
First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Niall Evalds – FB 2 Derrell Olpherts – WG 3 Jordan Turner – CE, WG 4 Jake Mamo – CE, FB 5 Bureta Faraimo – WG 6 Jacob Trueman – SO, SH 7 Danny Richardson – SH (GK) 8 Liam Watts (vc) �� PR 9 Paul McShane (c) – HK 10 George Lawler – PR, SR 11 Kenny Edwards – SR, LF 12 Adam Milner – SR, LF, HK 13 Joe Westerman – LF, SR		14 Nathan Massey – LF, PR 15 George Griffin – PR 16 Callum McLelland – SO, SH 17 Mahe Fonua – WG, CE 18 Jacques O'Neill – HK, LF 19 Tyla Hepi – PR 20 James Clare – WG 21 Alex Sutcliffe – SR, CE 22 Daniel Smith – PR 23 Greg Eden – WG, FB 24 Cheyse Blair – SR, CE 25 Suaia Matagi – PR 26 Junior Vasuitoga – WG		27 Lewis Peachey – SR 28 Brad Martin – PR, SR 29 Sam Hall – PR 30 Sosaia Feki – WG 31 Gareth O'Brien – SO, FB (GK) 32 Cain Robb – HK 33 Jason Qareqare – WG, FB 34 Jack Sadler – SO 35 Nathan Carter – SR 36 Mackenzie Scurr – WG				Head coach Lee Radford Assistant coach Andy Last Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice captain(s) Injured GK = Goal Kicker

Notes[]

References[]

^ "Westerman returns to Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 22 June 2021.
^ "Mamo Joins Castleford on 3 year deal". BBC Sport. 1 July 2021.
^ "Faraimo Joins Castleford on 2 year deal". castlefordtigers.com. 5 August 2021.
^ "Tigers sign Sutcliffe". castlefordtigers.com. 21 September 2021.
^ "Castleford sign Kenny Edwards on loan". bbc sport. 19 September 2021.
^ "Castleford sign Suaia Matagi on 2 year deal". castlefordtigers.com. 10 October 2021.
^ "Lawler joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 5 October 2021.
^ "McLelland joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 10 October 2021.
^ "Fonua joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 13 October 2021.
^ "Warrington confirm capture of Mata'utia and Holmes". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
^ "Millington announces retirement". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
^ "Sene-Lefao leaves Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.
^ "Foster leaves Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ "Shenton to join Hull FC's backroom staff". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
^ "Bienek joins London Broncos". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

[1] "Westerman returns to Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 22 June 2021.

[2] "Mamo Joins Castleford on 3 year deal". BBC Sport. 1 July 2021.

[3] "Faraimo Joins Castleford on 2 year deal". castlefordtigers.com. 5 August 2021.

[4] "Tigers sign Sutcliffe". castlefordtigers.com. 21 September 2021.

[5] "Castleford sign Kenny Edwards on loan". bbc sport. 19 September 2021.

[6] "Castleford sign Suaia Matagi on 2 year deal". castlefordtigers.com. 10 October 2021.

[7] "Lawler joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 5 October 2021.

[8] "McLelland joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 10 October 2021.

[9] "Fonua joins Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. 13 October 2021.

[Castleford-10] "Warrington confirm capture of Mata'utia and Holmes". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 15 June 2021.

[11] "Millington announces retirement". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 27 August 2021.

[12] "Sene-Lefao leaves Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. Retrieved 8 September 2021.

[13] "Foster leaves Castleford". castlefordtigers.com. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[14] "Shenton to join Hull FC's backroom staff". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 27 September 2021.

[15] "Bienek joins London Broncos". loverugbyleague.com. Retrieved 15 September 2021.

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