Castleford 26-18 Huddersfield: Tigers record third straight win

Castleford Tigers claimed their third straight Super League win, after a convincing victory over Huddersfield Giants at The Mend-A-Hose Jungle.

The Tigers exploded into life with early tries from Derrell Olpherts and Jake Trueman. Olpherts then got a second before the break, and Jake Mamo added a second half try.

Huddersfield responded through Jermaine McGillvary, Chris McQueen and Will Pryce, but their six-game winning run in the Super League has come to an end.

Castleford made three changes to the side that beat Catalans in Golden Point on Sunday. Ryan Hampshire, Cheyse Blair and Liam Watts all come out of the side. Hampshire has been ruled out for the season with a knee injury, while Liam Watts serves a one-match suspension. Greg Eden returned at full-back, while Jake Mamo and Daniel Smith also returned to the side.

Meanwhile, Huddersfield made two changes to the side that beat Hull KR on the same day. Ricky Leutele and Matty English came out of the side, while Toby King made his debut after signing on loan from Warrington. Sebastine Ikahihifo also came in off the bench. Leutele suffered a knee injury, and it was revealed he would be out for eight to 10 weeks.

It was Castleford who drew first blood after eight minutes against the run of play. After Tui Lolohea’s pass went to ground, Jake Trueman was able to break through, and put Derrell Olpherts over the try-line. Danny Richardson then added the conversion to give the Tigers a six-point lead.

Just six minutes later, the Tigers doubled their lead. Trueman managed to break from inside his own half, and had the legs to be able to score the try himself. Richardson scored the conversion.

Castleford extended that lead before the 20-minute mark. Richardson added a penalty