TIGERS ............... 52 Tigers have too

Darnell McIntosh; Jermaine McGillvary, Leroy Cudjoe, Alex Mellor, Gene Ormsby; Lee Gaskell, Ryan Brierley; Seb Ikahihifo, Ryan Hinchcliffe, Shannon Wakeman, Ukuma Ta’ai, Dale Ferguson, Paul Clough. minutes with a well-taken seventhminute short-range score from Ryan Hinchcliffe after a strong drive and offload from Sebastine Ikahihifo.

Ryan Brierley was unable to add the extras, but the start was certainly a promising one.

But all that began to change midway through the half.

Ben Roberts set the Castleford ball rolling, collecting a Luke Gale grubber to cross under the posts.

Gale converted and the Tigers were on their way to a 16-4 interval advantage.

Their second score came just two minutes after their first as Lee Gaskell’s restart went out on the full and from the subsequent set, Roberts set up Webster to cross.

And then in the 28th minute the lead was extended thanks to a strong finish through a tired-looking defence by Mike McMeeken, with Gale goaling to take the lead up to 12 points.

It took Castleford just a minute to extend their lead at the stat of the second half as former Giants full-back Greg Eden raced clear and fed Gale to finish off in the corner, too far out for him to convert.

And the lead was even greater three minutes later as Gadwin Stringer drove through to send Adam Miller bursting over under the posts for Gale to add the extras.

But the rot was stopped in the 50th minute when Brierley collected from deep inside his own territory from a scrum and sprinted 90 metres to the line and landed the conversion.

But the respite was shortlived as Jake Webster powered through five minutes later to set up Gale for his second, which he converted.

The concession of he Giants’ sixth penalty on the night paved the way for the Tigers to strike for the seventh time on the night as Joel Monaghan powered in at the corner.

At 36-10 with 20 minutes still to play, it was, unfortunately, a case of damage limitation - an assignment that didn’t start well as Paul McShane strolled through to feed Gale for his hat trick in the 61st minute.

He celebrated it with his fifth conversion on the night.

Mesmerising Rangi Chase play then set up Monaghan for his second in the 68th minute, and the Giants pain was continuing to increase, although a fourth Gale goal miss at least meant the 50-point mark had not been reached.

At least the Giants were refusing to wave the white flag, with Brierley’s grubber bouncing of a post for Gaskell to pounce and Brierley added the goal.

Huddersfield Giants Under 19s are in action at Lockwood Park tomorrow (2pm) when the Senior Academy face Widnes Vikings.

Giants from: Jon-Luke Kirby,