Warrington Wolves 18-19 Castleford Tigers: Highlights, match report and player ratings

Warrington Wolves took on the Castleford Tigers at the Halliwell Jones Stadium tonight.

Matt Dufty opened the scoring early on after a Josh Thewlis break and the Wolves doubled their lead on 15 minutes when Stefan Ratchford produced a nifty side-step to go under the posts.

12-0 down at half-time and Castleford had a lot to do in the second forty minutes, despite finishing off the first-half in good spirits.

That good spirits certainly proved dividends in the second-half as two tries from Derrell Olpherts and one from Jake Mamo handed the Tigers an 19-12 lead after Danny Richardson had slotted over all three conversions and a drop-goal for good measure.

That being said, Warrington hit back through Peter Mata’utia to set up a grandstand finish with five minutes left, but Castleford held on.

Warrington Wolves

36 Matt Dufty – 7
21 Greg Minikin – 6
3 Peter Mata’utia – 9
Jake Wardle – 7
22 Josh Thewlis – 7
1 Stefan Ratchford – 7
7 George Williams – 7
16 Rob Mulhern – 7
9 Daryl Clark – 7
15 Joe Bullock – 6
11 Oliver Holmes – 6
20 James Harrison – 7
14 Jason Clark – 6
Substitutes
11 Ben Currie – 7
16 Danny Walker – 7
36 Thomas Mikaele – 6
Luke Thomas – 6

Castleford Tigers

23 Greg Eden – 7
5 Bureta Faraimo – 7
21 Alex Sutcliffe – 6
17 Mahe Fonua – 5
2 Derrell Olpherts – 9
31 Gareth O’Brien – 5
7 Danny Richardson – 8
14 Nathan Massey – 7
9 Paul McShane – 8
15 George Griffin – 6
11 Kenny Edwards – 6
37 Alex Mellor – 7
13 Joe Westerman – 7
Substitutes
4 Jake Mamo – 8
8 Liam Watts – 7
10 George Lawler – 7
28 Brad Martin – 6