1996 Castleford Tigers season

1996 Castleford Tigers season
Super League II Rank	9th
Challenge Cup	Fourth round
1997 record	Wins: 9; Draws: 0; Losses: 14
Points scored	For: 564; Against: 657
Team information
Head coach	John Joyner
Stadium	Wheldon Road
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The 1996 Castleford Tigers season was the club's 1st year in the Super League. The club finished in 9th place. Castleford also competed in the Challenge Cup, but were knocked out in the Fourth Round by St Helens.

Table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens	22	20	0	2	950	455	+495	40
2	Wigan Warriors	22	19	1	2	902	326	+576	39
3	Bradford Bulls	22	17	0	5	767	409	+358	34
4	London Broncos	22	12	1	9	611	462	+149	25
5	Warrington Wolves	22	12	0	10	569	565	+4	24
6	Halifax Blue Sox	22	10	1	11	667	576	+91	21
7	Sheffield Eagles	22	10	0	12	599	730	−131	20
8	Oldham Bears	22	9	1	12	473	681	−208	19
9	Castleford Tigers	22	9	0	13	548	599	−51	18
10	Leeds	22	6	0	16	555	745	−190	12
11	Paris Saint-Germain	22	3	1	18	398	795	−397	7
12	Workington Town	22	2	1	19	325	1021	−696	5

Champions

Relegated

Squad

Statistics include appearances and points in the Super League and Challenge Cup.^[1]

Player	Apps	Tries	Goals	DGs	Points	Ref
Allen, ChrisChris Allen	1	0	0	0	0
Anderson, GrantGrant Anderson	11	2	0	0	8
Bardawskas, LeeLee Bardawskas	1	0	0	0	0
Botica, FranoFrano Botica	21	5	84	2	190
Chapman, DavidDavid Chapman	14	5	0	0	20
Coventry, JamesJames Coventry	2	0	0	0	0
Crooks, LeeLee Crooks	20	2	1	0	10
Edwards, DicconDiccon Edwards	12	1	0	0	4
Flowers, JasonJason Flowers	22	10	0	0	40
Flowers, StuartStuart Flowers	3	0	0	0	0
Flynn, AdrianAdrian Flynn	19	9	0	0	36
Furness, DavidDavid Furness	1	0	0	0	0
Gay, RichardRichard Gay	10	2	0	0	8
Glaze, EddieEddie Glaze	1	0	0	0	0
Goddard, RichardRichard Goddard	12	3	9	0	30
Hargrave, SpencerSpencer Hargrave	3	0	0	0	0
Harland, LeeLee Harland	16	2	0	0	8
Maskill, ColinColin Maskill	9	1	1	0	6
Middleton, SimonSimon Middleton	11	5	0	0	20
Nikau, TaweraTawera Nikau	1	0	0	0	0
Paramore, JuniorJunior Paramore	11	3	0	0	12
Richardson, ShaunShaun Richardson	7	1	0	0	4
Round, PaulPaul Round	3	0	0	0	0
Russell, RichardRichard Russell	12	1	0	0	4
Sampson, DeanDean Sampson	18	2	0	0	8
Schick, AndrewAndrew Schick	22	6	0	0	24
Smales, IanIan Smales	15	5	0	0	20
Smith, ChrisChris Smith	21	10	0	0	40
Smith, TonyTony Smith	19	10	0	0	40
Steadman, GrahamGraham Steadman	12	3	0	0	12
Stephens, GarethGareth Stephens	1	0	0	0	0
Sykes, NathanNathan Sykes	23	1	0	0	4
Tonks, IanIan Tonks	3	1	0	0	4
Tuuta, BrendonBrendon Tuuta	22	3	0	0	12
Wells, JonJon Wells	3	0	0	0	0

Transfers

In

Player	From	Fee	Date	Ref
Grant Anderson	Halifax Blue Sox		February 1996
Richard Gay	Hull		March 1996
Paul Round	Bradford Bulls		March 1996
Diccon Edwards	Newport RFC		April 1996
David Chapman	Hunter Mariners		May 1996
Junior Paramore	Hunter Mariners		May 1996
Jason Roach	Swinton Lions		October 1996

Out

Player	Pos	Fee	Date	Ref
Gareth Stephens	Hull		April 1996
Stuart Flowers	Hunslet Hawks		May 1996
Colin Maskill	Featherstone Rovers		July 1996
Jamie Coventry	Huddersfield Giants		December 1996

References

1. Fletcher, Raymond (1997). Rothmans Rugby League Yearbook 1997. Headline Book Publishing. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-7472-7764-4.

External links

• "Unofficial website for Castleford RLFC". castigers.net. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
• Castleford Tigers - Rugby League Project