Tigers fight back at Wolves

Warrington 26-37 Castleford

Warrington Wolves slumped to their third successive home defeat after Castleford Tigers staged an impressive comeback at Wilderspool.

The Wolves started in positive frame of mind building up a 14-0 lead after 25 minutes - but the Tigers scored two tries in three minutes at the end of the first half to claw their way back into the game.

After the match, Castleford coach Stuart Raper said: "I am happy with the win - it's always tough at Warrington. They are a tough and aggressive side and they have got some class players.

The good thing is that we are playing like a top five side and not just scraping in there - but there is long way to go

Castleford coach Stuart Raper

"But we scored some great tries and it's good to see them because we work hard on our skills during the week. The good thing is that we are playing like a top five side and not just scraping in there - but there is still a long way to go."

Frenchman Jerome Guisset opened the scoring with a 12th-minute try and the second-row forward grabbed a second try seven minutes later with Lee Briers kicking one conversion.

And the Wolves increased their lead when Briers made a break and winger Alan Hunte kicked on the stand-off's pass and won the race to touch down.

But then the Tigers began to play - Barrie-Jon Mather touched down on his return to the Tigers' ranks from Sale and then a sparkling 80-metre four-man move ended with Mather sending Michael Egar over under the post.

Momentum

Danny Orr landed both conversions to cut Warrington's lead to just two points.

Castleford maintained their momentum straight after the restart and crossed again just three minutes into the second period through prop forward Nathan Sykes.

Then when Warrington hooker Danny Sarrar was sin-binned for a trip the Tigers ran in three tries in his absence through Logan Campbell and Orr.

Orr landed three conversions as the Tigers scored 34 points without reply to build up a commanding 34-14 advantage. Castleford completed a well-deserved victory when Orr landed a further penalty and drop goal to give him a personal tally of 17 points, while Warrington's second-half points came from tries by Jon Roper and Sarrar with Roper landing two goals.

Teams:

Warrington v Castleford Warrington: Penny, Campbell, Knott, Roper, Hunte, Briers, Langer, Gee, Farrar, Nutley, Guisset, McCurrie, Nikau. Replacements: Busby, Noone, Hilton, Highton. Castleford: Flowers, Wells, Campbell, Eagar, Rogers, Orr, Purcell, Sykes, Tonks, Shaw, Smith, Wright, Vowles. Replacements: Lynch, Raper, Benn, Mather. Referee: Stuart Cummings (Widnes)