Castleford Tigers remain winless under Lee Radford as Sam Wood’s double helped Hull Kingston Rovers to their first victory of the season 26-10.
After Bureta Faraimo was sin binned for a high shot on Will Dagger, Hull KR took advantage to open the scoring through Shaun Kenny-Dowall.
Liam Watts was also shown yellow for a foul in the build up to the opening try but Castleford survived the ten minutes then hit back with a Jordan Turner try.
But Rovers went into the break 8-6 ahead as Brad Takairangi offloaded for Mikey Lewis to put Wood in two minutes before half-time.
Wood got another on the other side of the break with a low drive into the corner as Hull KR began to take full control.
Matt Parcell finished a break and Brad Takairangi then went through a gap to further their advantage, making Faraimo’s late try a consolation.
Hull KR: 19 Will Dagger, 24 Sam Wood, 3 Brad Takairangi, 4 Shaun Kenny-Dowall, 5 Ryan Hall, 20 Mikey Lewis, 7 Jordan Abdull, 13 Matty Storton, 9 Matt Parcell, 10 George King, 27 Frankie Halton, 12 Kane Linnett, 17 Elliot Minchella. Subs: 14 Jez Litten, 25 Greg Richards, 26 Tom Garratt, 29 Phoenix Laulu-Togaga’e.
Tries: Kenny-Dowall (22), Wood (38, 52), Parcell (64), Takairangi (67)
Goals: Abdull 3
Castleford: 1 Niall Evalds, 2 Derrell Olpherts, 3 Jordan Turner, 17 Mahe Fonua, 5 Bureta Faraimo, 6 Jake Trueman, 31 Gareth O’Brien, 14 Nathan Massey, 9 Paul McShane, 15 George Griffin, 12 Alex Sutcliffe, 24 Cheyse Blair, 13 Joe Westerman; Subs: 8 Liam Watts, 22 Daniel Smith, 25 Suaia Matagi, 32 Cain Robb.
Tries: Turner (33), Faraimo (72)
Goals: O’Brien 1
Sinbins: Faraimo (18 – high tackle), Watts (24 – high tackle)
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