Hightown Tiger
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Castleford Tigers 52 York City Knights 2
Attendance:5,768
Highlights:
-The team looked awesome in attack and excellent in defence against York, who are many people's NL2 promotion favourites.
-The fact we didn't concede a try, especially in the latter stages of the game. It would have been easy to ease off a little, but the players stuck to the task.
-The attendance. Yes, it was a local derby against York, and yes it was our first real game of 2005, but some Super League teams don't get 5,700+, let alone an NL1 team.
Lowlights:
-Discipline. Throughout the match, I felt our discipline was excellent. For some reason, we (or York-I didn't see the start of the incident) had to spoil it after the final whistle. Dave Woods didn't look impressed either.
Boom of the match: Not exactly hard tackles, but just after he came on, Adam Watene put in 2 or 3 good tackles, resulting in York not getting a kick away.
Referee Rating: 8. Ben Thaler handled the game well.
How many Cas Fans? 5000
How were the Cas Fans? Quite noisy throughout. Also credit to the York fans, they still supported the team up to the final whistle. Last season, some Super League teams didn't bring as many as York did (700ish).
Comedy Moment: Nope, can't think of one again.
My MOTM: Crouch, Huby, Handforth, Shenton and Kain all had outstanding games. But for me, Hepworth once again was superb in the centre.
In a nutshell:
An excellent start to the season, and you have to remember York are one of the stronger NL2 teams. In the first half, we could have scored even more so I still feel the team can improve a lot more.
Next week will no doubt be much tougher. Featherstone will be fired up for the match, but I feel if we play rugby like we did today, we can beat them.
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To those who've read this far, well done! I have managed to obtain 3 World Club Challenge programmes. I have promised Mr Charisma one, but I'll also send over a programme to the first 2 people who PM me. Sorry if you don't get one, but I feel this is the only fair way of doing it. Thanks
Attendance:5,768
Highlights:
-The team looked awesome in attack and excellent in defence against York, who are many people's NL2 promotion favourites.
-The fact we didn't concede a try, especially in the latter stages of the game. It would have been easy to ease off a little, but the players stuck to the task.
-The attendance. Yes, it was a local derby against York, and yes it was our first real game of 2005, but some Super League teams don't get 5,700+, let alone an NL1 team.
Lowlights:
-Discipline. Throughout the match, I felt our discipline was excellent. For some reason, we (or York-I didn't see the start of the incident) had to spoil it after the final whistle. Dave Woods didn't look impressed either.
Boom of the match: Not exactly hard tackles, but just after he came on, Adam Watene put in 2 or 3 good tackles, resulting in York not getting a kick away.
Referee Rating: 8. Ben Thaler handled the game well.
How many Cas Fans? 5000
How were the Cas Fans? Quite noisy throughout. Also credit to the York fans, they still supported the team up to the final whistle. Last season, some Super League teams didn't bring as many as York did (700ish).
Comedy Moment: Nope, can't think of one again.
My MOTM: Crouch, Huby, Handforth, Shenton and Kain all had outstanding games. But for me, Hepworth once again was superb in the centre.
In a nutshell:
An excellent start to the season, and you have to remember York are one of the stronger NL2 teams. In the first half, we could have scored even more so I still feel the team can improve a lot more.
Next week will no doubt be much tougher. Featherstone will be fired up for the match, but I feel if we play rugby like we did today, we can beat them.
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To those who've read this far, well done! I have managed to obtain 3 World Club Challenge programmes. I have promised Mr Charisma one, but I'll also send over a programme to the first 2 people who PM me. Sorry if you don't get one, but I feel this is the only fair way of doing it. Thanks
