Castleford show signs of best form in fightback

Castleford showed a few glimpses of their sparkling form of last season as they came from 8-0 down to beat Hull 28-18 in the Betfred Super League.

Captain Michael Shenton scored two tries and could have had a hat-trick as a makeshift winger as the Tigers continued their recovery from their opening-round thrashing by St Helens. Man of the match was stand-off Jamie Ellis, who had a role in three of Castleford’s five tries on his second appearance since rejoining them, while Joe Wardle enjoyed an eye-catching debut. Wardle was signed from Newcastle Knights as a second rower but found himself back in his old centre spot after Greg Eden went off injured midway through the first half, with Shenton shunted onto the wing, a position in which he revelled in the second half.

Marc Sneyd dummied his way over wide midway through the first half for the game’s first try and kicked the touchline conversion.

Castleford pulled a try back on 28 minutes when right winger Greg Minikin produced a flying finish at the corner. The Tigers then drew level when centre Jake Webster cut a superb line to breach the’ defence for their second try. Mike McMeeken touched down Ellis’ grubber to claim his side’s third try before Shenton scored twice to set up a decisive lead.

Elsewhere, secured a 16-14 victory at

Liam Finn passing 500 Super League points in the process.