CASTLEFORD TIGERS went down 36-0 at home to the Wigan Warriors at the Jungle last night.
In what was the Tigers’ third defeat in as many games, head coach Lee Radford believed his side were a bit ‘stiff.’
“In the first-half I was really pleased with where we were. The arm wrestle, we were in,” Radford said.
From a performance perspective I thought we showed a bit of stiffness. We had a few opportunities that we probably should have taken.
“Second-half staying in that grind was difficult for us with all the bumps and bruises. A couple of poor decisions then all add up to a scoreline like that.
“I’m very pleased with the first-half, but in the second we’ve picked up a few.”
Radford also revealed that three men suffered injuries during the game – including captain Paul McShane.
“They’re a very good side at staying in the grind. You’ve got to stay stiff with them.
“We made a couple of errors coming out of yardage that absolutely killed us. Add onto those errors some blokes coming off and some blokes coming out position and it looks a Mickey Mouse second half.
“That’s the way the game can go sometimes.
“Macca (McShane) back spasm. We’ll see how he is. Obviously he’s important for us so he was a huge loss. It put some pressure on Adz (Adam Milner) playing the majority of the game.
“Bureta (Faraimo) hip I believe, Niall Evalds shoulder.”
