Castleford Tigers were on the receiving end of a 44-12 hammering by French side Catalans Dragons last Friday night.
There was little to cheer about for the Tigers fans with only Gareth O’Brien and Jason Qareqare dotting down as Catalans ran in eight tries.
But, Castleford head coach Lee Radford reveals that the build-up to the fixture in the south of France wasn’t the easiest.
Castleford were backed by a noisy and hardy few that made the journey to the south of France and Radford paid tribute to them, apologising to them for the display.
“They always do (have fun), even when we are winning they are unbelievable, when we’re losing some of the chants I have to stop myself laughing sometimes but they are enjoying themselves,” Radford continued.
“It’s a real shame that performance and I hate apologising to fans but we should have been better tonight.”
Castleford will have a week off next weekend with the Challenge Cup semi-finals taking place.
The Tigers themselves were knocked out by Hull KR who will go up against Huddersfield Giants at the home of Leeds United at Elland Road.
Next up for Castleford will be Hull KR again, this time at the Jungle on Sunday May 15.