Higson’s just potty
They looked in danger of slumping to a morale-crushing defeat when Luke Gale slotted over a 78th-minute drop goal.
But Wolves refused to give up and with less than a minute left, Hughes darted through for the winning try.
They moved up to second place in the Super 8s to keep their push for the Grand Final on track.
And it also sends them to Wembley with their tails up.
Coach Tony Smith said: “To keep one of the best attacking teams in the country to one try was pretty good.
“We had to fight hard for that. We scored three tries to one but contributed to how hard it was with some of our errors and we need to cut those out.”
Defeat all but kills off Castleford’s chances of breaking into the Super 8 semi-finals.
Boss Daryl Powell said: “It was always going to be tough but I genuinely believed we could win all our games.
“It’s a tough gig to do it now but we are not going to stop going for it.”
Cas, who had beaten Hull and Wigan in their opening Super 8s games, went behind early on to a Joe Westerman try and were under all ADAM HIGSON hacked a pot off his wrist in his desperation to help Leigh win promotion – and he will continue to play through the pain.
The Centurions winger (right) was put into plaster after dislocating his wrist in their opening Middle 8s win over London.
But Higson, 29, was furious at the thought it would stop him from playing and cut it off the following day. He said: “I am not playing all year in the Championship to then miss the Middle 8s. “My wrist needs some work but it can wait.” Leigh travel to face Featherstone today while Batley and Huddersfield battle it out in the other Middle 8s game. Widnes host Wakefield in the Super 8s. JULIE STOTT