Jon Wilkin makes bizarre statement about Castleford Tigers during Leeds Rhinos clash

Castleford Tigers have been playing Leeds Rhinos in the Super League this afternoon live on Sky Sports.

Jon Wilkin, a Sky Sports pundit, has riled up Castleford fans in the past with some of his comments – particularly when the Tigers last faced Leeds in the Challenge Cup.

And, Wilkin will not have made anymore fans at the Jungle with his bizarre statement about the Tigers midway through their fixture.

“They love stealing the ball,” Wilkin said on Sky Sports.

“I don’t think a team steals the ball as much as Castleford.

“Leeds will have talked about that during the game – when I was at St Helens we knew that and took advantage of it.”

Castleford were up 8-6 at half-time after a Jake Mamo mistake enabled the Rhinos’ Rhyse Martin to dot down on the stroke of half-time.

Before that, the Tigers had crossed twice through James Clare and Derrell Olpherts with Jake Trueman getting a try disallowed for a knock on.