Castleford Tigers have suffered another huge blow in their fixture against Warrington Wolves.
Not only had Niall Evalds been taken off with a dislocated shoulder, but Cheyse Blair was sent off for a horror shot on Warrington’s Josh Thewlis.
The Tigers raced into an 18-0 lead after two tries from Derrell Olpherts and one from Danny Richardson, with Evalds dotting down just before half-time.
Richardson also slotted over a drop-goal to make it 23-0 as Warrington had no reply whatsoever.
Jason Qareqare – Evalds’ replacement – managed to dot down early in the second-half with Ben Currie finally getting the Wolves’ first points of the afternoon from a George Williams kick.
Matty Ashton crashed over next to set up an exciting finish but Blair saw red to give the Wolves a much better chance.
Castleford Tigers
1 Niall Evalds
2 Derrell Olpherts
17 Mahe Fonua
24 Cheyse Blair
5 Bureta Faraimo
23 Greg Eden
7 Danny Richardson
15 George Griffin
9 Paul McShane
10 George Lawler
11 Kenny Edwards
37 Alex Mellor
13 Joe Westerman
Substitutes
21 Alex Sutcliffe
22 Daniel Smith
25 Suaia Matagi
33 Jason Qareqare
Warrington Wolves
1 Stefan Ratchford
22 Josh Thewlis
3 Peter Mata’utia
34 Jake Wardle
5 Matty Ashton
7 George Williams
27 Riley Dean
19 Robbie Mulhern
9 Daryl Clark
20 James Harrison
11 Ben Currie
35 Matty Nicholson
12 Oliver Holmes
Substitutes
14 Jason Clark
15 Joe Bullock
23 Connor Wrench
33 Thomas Mikaele