Castleford Tigers held firm to claim a 39-20 win over Hull FC at the MKM Stadium. There was little riding on the contest, with both sides out of contention for the play-offs, but the Tigers managed to run in six tries in East Yorkshire to pile the misery on their hosts.
Innes Senior got the scoreboard ticking over at the MKM Stadium as the winger was on hand to capitalise on a large overlap and touch down inside the opening few minutes of the contest.
Hull managed to hit back through Ligi Sao, but the Samoan’s effort wasn’t enough to swing momentum the home side’s way as Castleford touched down on three occasions in relatively quick succession. Rowan Milnes put the Tigers back in front with a solo effort, evading Hull defenders to touch down, before Liam Watts broke the line to put Jenson Windley over.
Tex Hoy added to his former club’s misery as he combined with Will Tate down Hull’s right before collecting a looping ball back inside and touching down. That was enough to see the Tigers 24-6 up and cruising before Hull sparked into life.
Harvey Barron pulled one back as he touched down in the corner and just before the break he repeated the feat, collecting a Jack Charles pass over the top to collect a brace on the day.
Hull still had plenty of work to do in order to launch a comeback but the impact of Herman Ese’ese in the second half helped bring them to within four as his pass out of the back put Carlos Tuimavave over.
The Tigers managed to hold out, though, and they all but made sure of the points when Sylvester Namo touched down with 13 minutes remaining and Milnes dropped the one-pointer to hammer that home. Hoy bagged another late one.
Star man
Tex Hoy. In what was a predictably low quality game, Hoy was arguably the best of the bunch, getting over for two tries and finding the odd bit of joy with the ball in hand. Rowan Milnes dictated play relatively well when the Tigers were on top, while Harvey Barron and Herman Ese’ese were among the better performers for the home side.
Key moment
Hull were in the ascendancy either side of half time, but the effort from Namo late on managed to just suck any hope of a comeback out of the Black and Whites.
Player ratings
Hull FC: Logan Moy 6, Harvey Barron 7, Carlos Tuimavave 6, Tom Briscoe 6, Lewis Martin 6; Morgan Smith 5, Jack Charles 5; Herman Ese’ese 7, Danny Houghton 5, Will Gardiner 5, Jordan Lane 5, Ligi Sao 6, Yusuf Aydin 5.
Bench: Jack Ashworth 6, Denive Balmforth 5, Leon Ruan 5, Sam Eseh 5.
Castleford Tigers: Tex Hoy 7, Jason Qareqare 5, Luke Hooley 6, Will Tate 6, Innes Senior 6, Rowan Milnes 7, Jenson Windley 6, Liam Watts 6, Liam Horne 6, Joe Westerman 6, Alex Mellor , Elie El-Zakhem 6, George Hill 5.
Bench: Paul McShane 6, George Lawler 6, Muizz Mustapha 6, Sylvester Namo 6.
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