CASTLEFORD TIGERS may have been demolished, 40-4, by St Helens on Friday night at the Totally Wicked Stadium, but they made a unique piece of history in the process.
With the West Yorkshire side heavily down on numbers, head coach Craig Lingard handed a debut to young forward Akim Matvejev, who has progressed through the Tigers’ ranks into the first-team.
Matvejev, who signed a two-year contract with Castleford earlier this season with the option of a third, is an Estonian national.
And in playing for the Tigers on Friday night, the 18-year-old became the first ever Estonian to play in Super League.
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