Tries: Waine Pryce, Jon Hepworth
2, Michael Shenton 2, Andy Kain 3, Craig Huby, Deon Bird
Goals: Craig Huby 4, Paul Handforth 2
Attendance 5768
Tigers
Michael Platt ,Waine Pryce, Damien Reid , Jon Hepworth, Michael Shenton, Andy
Kain, Paul Handforth, Adam Watene, Andy Henderson, Craig Huby ,Tommy Haughey,
Steven Crouch, Aaron Smith SUBS Deon Bird, Leigh Cooke ,Byron Smith,
Frank Watene
York
Matthew Blaymire, Peter Fox, Dan Potter, Chris Ross, Austin Buchanan, Paul
Thorman, Chris Levy, Yusuf Sozi, Lee Jackson, Adam Sullivan, Ian Kirke, Darren
Callaghan, Lee Patterson SUBS James Elston, Mark Cain, John Smith, Tom
Buckenhan
Match Report Taken from the Excellent Castigers.net site run by Stuart Main - I couldn't find a match report anywhere else on the net and didn't keep the stats/incidents myself while I was at the game for I opted to post the next best thing.
The new look Tigers, with 10
debutants in the 17, romped to a 50 points victory over the highly rated York
City Knights in atrocious conditions at The Jungle yesterday. Craig Huby took an
early lead in the points scoring charts for Cas with 12 points from a try and
four goals while there were debut tries for Deon Bird and Aaron Smith. The right
hand attack contributed four tries with a brace each for John Hepworth and
Michael Shenton. Stand off Andy Kain also contributed two scores. But arguably
the most impressive result of the day was the attendance of 5,768. That is more
than 2,000 greater than the previous record attendance for the qualifying stages
of this tournament and even beats the attendance for last year's final by more
than 1,000.
Playing into a howling wind in the first half, the Tigers dominated their NL2
opponents. They didn't have to wait long for their first try either. After just
6 minutes Hepworth notched the first competitive Tigers try outside the top
flight. However, they then proceeded to spurn a number of opportunities as some
adventurous offloads failed to pay off.
York pegged us back on 15 minutes with a penalty but it was to turn out to be
their only score of the match as some ferocious defence paid dividends for Cas.
10 minutes later Aaron Smith drove over the line for his first Tigers try which,
with Huby's first goal of the day, extended the lead to 10-2. Then, right on the
hooter, Paul Handforth got his first Tigers' points with a penalty to make the
lead 12-2.
Cas then really turned the screw in the second half. Playing with the wind to
their backs they kicked early, turned York around and, with a good chase,
exerted real pressure on the visitors. The first try came on 43 minutes to Andy
Kain and the scoring was unrelenting from there. 6 minutes later Hepworth raced
over from distance for his second; 3 further minutes and we broke through on the
right again with Michael Shenton getting his first Cas try. The 60th minute saw
the ball switched back to the left and a deft Aaron Smith kick saw Waine Pryce
grab a deserved try for his performance.
The scoring continued in the 67th minute with Craig Huby returning from a spell
on the bench to crash over. He converted to make it 40-2 and he also converted
two further tries by the club's shining lights. Firstly Kain grabbed his second,
pouncing on the full backs error and then Shenton raced in to bring up the 50 to
great applause. It could have been even more had we not missed so many goal
kicks. Paul Handforth managed just 2 from 6 but to be fair he had a number of
kicks from wide in terribly windy conditions.
Tries: Weeden Platt, Shenton, Kain, Haughey Goals: Weeden 3 Huby, Handforth 2
Attend: 6,353
Attend 4,183
Tries: Shenton, Huby, Reid, James,
Watene , Haughey , Hepworth, Platt, Handforth,
Conversions: Huby 8, Handforth
Attendance 4483
Teams
Tigers
Michael Platt , Michael Shenton, Jon Hepworth, Damien Reid, Waine Pryce, Andy
Kain, Paul Handforth, Byron Smith, Andy Henderson, Craig Huby ,Tommy Haughey,
Jordan James, Aaron Smith SUBS Adam Watene, Leigh Cooke , Dom
Brambani, Frank Watene
Hunslet
Raynor, Amraz, A Gibbons, Cummins, McCleland, D Gibbons, Moxon, Staveley,
Hawley, Pryce, W Freeman, Mears, Wray SUBS Cass, G Freeman, Carbutt,
Redfearn
Action:
5 min - Try, Michael Shenton, (Castleford)
10 min - Substitution, Cass on for Cummins, (Hunslet)
20 min - Try, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
20 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
20 min - Substitution, A Watene on for James, (Castleford)
20 min - Substitution, G Freeman on for S Pryce, (Hunslet)
22 min - Try, Michael Shenton, (Castleford)
22 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
29 min - Try, Damien Reid, (Castleford)
29 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
30 min - Substitution, A Watene on for B Smith, (Castleford)
30 min - Substitution, Huby on for Cooke, (Castleford)
33 min - Try, Jordan James, (Castleford)
35 min - Try, Frank Watene, (Castleford)
35 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
38 min - Try, Tommy Haughey, (Castleford)
39 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
40 min - Substitution, Carbett on for W Freeman, (Hunslet)
50 min - Try, Jon Hepworth, (Castleford)
53 min - Try, Jon Hepworth, (Castleford)
53 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
55 min - Try, Michael Platt, (Castleford)
55 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
59 min - Try, Paul Handforth, (Castleford)
59 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
65 min - Try, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
65 min - Substitution, Brambani on for Handforth, (Castleford)
69 min - Try, Jon Hepworth, (Castleford)
69 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
70 min - Substitution, Redfearn on for Cummins, (Hunslet)
Match Report below taken from the Excellent Castigers.net site run by Stuart Main
Cas cantered to victory over
Hunslet this afternoon, running out 70-0 victors. Craig Huby notched 24 points
with two tries and 8 goals whilst John Hepworth scored a hat-trick of tries. The
Tigers opened the scoring with a 3rd minute score to Michael Shenton and never
looked back from there. Despite a brief flurry of Hunslet possession in the
second half our try line never looked in danger of being breached.
Again there is no doubt that tougher challenges lay ahead for the Tigers but you
can only beat what's in front of you and Cas produced a display of running rugby
that was both creative and incisive. Michael Shenton notched two tries within
the first twelve minutes as Hunslet were exposed on the right hand side. Those
scores sandwiched Huby's first try and he converted two of the three to
establish a 16-0 lead.
There was to be no letting up and Michael Platt sent Damien Reed in by the posts
for his first competitive Tigers try, again Huby converted. 6 minutes later a
sublime inside ball from Hepworth gave Jordan James his first Tigers try and
after 23 minutes Cas' were 26-0 ahead. The flurry of first-time scorers
continued as Frank Watene forced his way over the line on 26 minutes before
Tommy Haughey notched his second try of the season on 31 minutes. Both were
converted, by Huby and Handforth respectively, as Cas raced to a 38-0 half time
lead.
The second half continued the Tigers rout. 7 minutes in John Hepworth got on the
outside of his man and then inside the full-back to score his first of the
afternoon. He crossed again on 53 minutes, completing a length of the pitch move
by supporting Paul Handforth's break. 4 minutes later Michael Platt moved us
into double figures with the 10th try of the afternoon. Having returned to the
field Huby converted twice as the scoreboard moved past the 50 points mark.
Handforth jinked over on 63 minutes to become the 4th player to score their
first club try during the game and Huby again added the extras to make the score
60-0. Huby then powered over in the right hand corner for his second try of the
afternoon before Hepworth completed his hat-trick in the 70th minute, the
conversion to which brought up the 70-0 scoreline. Jordan James was dismissed
along with Jermain Wray in the 73rd minute for fighting but even that didn't take
away the gloss from a superb afternoon's work for Cas.
Referee: B Thaler (Wakefield)
Hunslet: George Raynor, Scott Dyson, Anthony Gibbons, Chris Redfearn, Steve
Morton, Mark Cass, Mark Moxon, Nick Staveley, Joe Hawley, Steve Pryce, Mike
Fletcher, Paul Cummins, David Gibbons
Subs: Matt Carbett, Chris North, David Norcross, Danny Cook
Castleford: Michael Platt, Michael Shenton, Jon Hepworth, Damien Reid, Waine
Pryce, Andy Kain, Paul Handforth, Adam Watene, Andrew Henderson, Frank Watene,
Jordan James, Craig Huby, Tommy Haughey
Subs: Leigh Cooke, Anthony England, Mike Knowles, Tim Robinson
Action:
1 min - Try, Any Kain, (Castleford)
1 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
17 min - Try, Jordan James, (Castleford)
22 min - Try, Waine Pryce, (Castleford)
37 min - Try, Steve Morton, (Hunslet)
37 min - Goal, Scott Dyson, (Hunslet)
44 min - Try, Michael Shenton, (Castleford)
44 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
55 min - Try, Andrew Henderson, (Castleford)
55 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
58 min - Try, Damien Reid, (Castleford)
74 min - Try, Waine Pryce, (Castleford)
York: Lee Lingard,
Peter Fox, Darren Callaghan, Neil Law, Calvin Watson, Scott Rhodes, Paul
Thorman, James Ward, Jim Elston, Adam Sullivan, John Smith, Simon Friend, Jon
Liddell
Subs: Lee Jackson, Neil Thorman, Yusuf Sozi, Craig McDowell
Castleford: Stuart
Kain, Waine Pryce, Damien Reid, Jon Hepworth, Michael Shenton, Andy Kain, Paul
Handforth, Adam Watene, Andrew Henderson, Frank Watene, Tommy Haughey, Steve
Crouch, Aaron Smith
Subs: Shaun Lunt, Leigh Cooke, Jordan James, Byron Smith
6 min - Try, Calvin Watson, (York)
6 min - Goal, Paul Thorman, (York)
14 min - Goal, Paul Thorman, (York)
21 min - Goal, Paul Thorman, (York)
28 min - Try, Lee Lingard, (York)
28 min - Goal, Paul Thorman, (York)
Tries: Handforth 9min, Shenton
17min, Henderson 54min, Haughey 64min, Kain 75min
Goals: Handforth 54min, Kain 75min
What a tough match - Cas always behind until the last 15 minutes when Tom Haughey went over for the lead whilst York were down to 12 men.
The Tigers were down 16:8 at halftime but came back 16:0 in the 2nd half for victory but Adam Watene was sent off in the last minute - This could be a blow for us.
Phew - A big escape and hopefully something that we will learn from in future matches. We certainly are not as good away from home as we are at home - Still, at least we have now qualified for the quarter-finals.
Probably best to forget about this one!!!
Match Report below taken from the Excellent Castigers.net site run by Stuart Main
Tries: Pryce 15min, 19min, 44min,S
Kain 24min, Robinson 51min, Shenton 54min,
Goals: A Kain 15min, 24min, 34min, 54min, 59min
Drop Goals: Kain
Tigers
Stuart Kain, Waine Pryce, Damien Reid, Tim Robinson, Michael Shenton, Andy Kain,
Dominic Brambani, Byron Smith, Shaun Lunt, Alex Rowe, Leigh Cooke, Lance
Hamilton, Jordan James SUBS Tommy Haughey, Rob
Warrincy, Paul Handforth, Frank Watene
Featherstone
Nathan Batty, Bryn Powell, Danny Maun, Richard Newlove, Matthew Wray, Andy
McNally, Josh Weeden, Ian Tonks, Andy Kaye, Nathan Sykes, James Huston, Neil
Lowe, Greg Nicholson SUBS
Craig Moss, Danny Evans, Carl Hughes, Jimmy
Carlton
Attendance: 7338
n absorbing and highly
entertaining derby last night saw the Tigers notch their second win over
Featherstone. The NRC record crowd of 7338, bettered only by a Superleague
record of 25,004 at Wigan despite 4 other Superleague games, was silenced early
on as Fev raced into an 8-0 lead. However, the Tigers then clicked into gear and
scored all their 35 points before Fev got two late tries to bring the score to
35-16. Stuart Kain and Tim Robinson got their first tries for the club, Waine
Pryce scored a hat-trick whilst Andy Kain, as captain, contributed 11 points
with the boot.
It was a night when a number of fringe players stepped to the fore and
demonstrated the trues srength in depth of this Tigers squad. Waine Pryce has
always had his critics but, in his 99th game for the club, he was outstanding in
both defence and attack; Andy Kain stepped out of Paul Handforth's shadow with
an incredidibly mature performance; and Byron Smith led the forwards superbly.
Those that expected a tight and compact game couldn't be further from the truth.
Both sides threw the ball about and the relatively poor kicking ratios of Kain
and Featherstone's Josh Weedon reflect more on the fact that all but one of the
tries were scored on the flanks.
It was end-to-end from the start before Weedon landed a 40-20 that gave Fev the
territory they needed to build a firm attack. They did just that, sending
Richard Newlove over in th corner in just the 8th minute. That was followed
swiftly by a try on the opposite flank to Neil Lowe as Cas' lack of a sliding
defence was exposed.
Many expected the Cas' youngsters to fold there and then - last season's squad
would have done - but that was an injustice to a set of lads that have real
heart and pride in the Cas shirt. Despite this being a "nothing" game they
dusted themselves off and set about forcing their way back into it.
Tommy Haughey replaced the injured Leigh Cooked and set about making huge
inroads into the defence. 4 minutes later a hanging Brambani kick to the corner
was gathered by Pryce who got the ball grounded. And only another 4 minutes
passed before Pryce showed awesome speed to beat Matty Wray and send Cas 10-8
ahead.
In the 22nd minute Cas continued the turnaround with their 3rd try in 8 minutes
as a superb inside ball by Haughey sent Stuart Kain over for his first try in
Tigers' colours. Andy Kain converted to make it 16-8. Featherstone continued to
threaten in patches though and it needed a try saving tackle from Pryce in the
30th minute to prevent Fev scoring before Andy Kain completed the half with a
penalty and a drop goal to extend the lead to 19-8.
Cas started the second half in much the same vein. Just 5 minutes in Brambani
launched another kick to the corner for Pryce to complete a hat-trick. In the
52nd minute Andy Kain showed dazzling footwork to sidestep the Featherstone
defence. The clean break was well supported and after he was hauled down, Tim
Robinson was well placed to grab his first try. Then 4 minutes later the ball
was swung to the right following a Tiger Handforth break and Michael Shenton
maintained his record of scoring in every game as he cut back inside to score.
Another Andy Kain penalty meant the game was over at 35-8 with 18 minutes left.
Fev did notch two further tries though. First former-Tiger Andy McNally jinked
through to make it 35-12 and then Carl Hughes picked up at acting half to force
his way over the line. Weedon failed to convert any of the tries bringing the
final score to 35-16.
There was still time for Ian Tonks to be sin-binned for some dissent which
completed a pretty petulent display from him but in terms of Cas it was a highly
encouraging display ahead of the start of the league season on Monday.
Action:
9 min - Try, Richard Newlove, (Featherstone)
11 min - Try, Neil Lowe, (Featherstone)
15 min - Try, Waine Pryce, (Castleford)
15 min - Goal, Andy Kain, (Castleford)
19 min - Try, Waine Pryce, (Castleford)
24 min - Try, Stuart Kain, (Castleford)
24 min - Goal, Andy Kain, (Castleford)
34 min - Goal, Andy Kain, (Castleford)
38 min - Drop Goal, Andy Kain, (Castleford)
44 min - Try, Waine Pryce, (Castleford)
51 min - Try, Tim Robinson, (Castleford)
54 min - Try, Michael Shenton, (Castleford)
54 min - Goal, Andy Kain, (Castleford)
59 min - Goal, Andy Kain, (Castleford)
64 min - Try, Andy McNally, (Featherstone)
70 min - Try, Carl Hughes, (Featherstone)
Tigers
- Michael Platt, Craig Huby, Deon Bird, Jon Hepworth, Michael Shenton,
Paul Handforth, Brad Davis, Adam Watene, Andrew Henderson, Richard Fletcher,
Tommy Haughey, Steve Crouch, Aaron SmithSUBS Andy Kain, Andy Bailey,
Byron Smith, Jordan James
Featherstone - Nathan
Batty, Danny Kirmond, Dean Ripley, Richard Newlove, Bryn Powell, Liam Finn,
Andrew Georgiadis, Danny Evans, Carl Hughes, Nathan Sykes, Adam Hayes, Neil
Lowe, Josh Weeden SUBSAndy McNally, Ian Tonks, Steve Dooler, Jimmy
Carlton
Referee: Peter Taberner (Wigan)
2 min - Try, Michael Platt, (Castleford)
2 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
7 min - Try, Brad Davis, (Castleford)
7 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
30 min - Try, Andrew Georgiadis, (Featherstone)
30 min - Goal, Liam Finn, (Featherstone)
33 min - Try, Michael Platt, (Castleford)
33 min - Goal, Craig Huby, (Castleford)
37 min - Goal, Liam Finn, (Featherstone)
48 min - Goal, Liam Finn, (Featherstone)
52 min - Try, Richard Newlove, (Featherstone)
62 min - Goal, Paul Handforth, (Castleford)
63 min - Try, Deon Bird, (Castleford)
63 min - Goal, Paul Handforth, (Castleford)
69 min - Try, Michael Platt, (Castleford)
69 min - Goal, Paul Handforth, (Castleford)
79 min - Try, Michael Platt, (Castleford)
79 min - Goal, Paul Handforth, (Castleford)
Castleford will play Hull KR in the Northern Rail Cup Final after the pair won the two semi-final showdowns.
Tigers outclassed Whitehaven for the second time in three weeks, following their 42-24 LHF Healthplan National League One win over the Cumbrians with a 42-14 victory.
The hosts never looked back after Tommy Haughey and Paul Handforth scored early tries while Whitehaven's Howard Hill was in the sin-bin.
Further touchdowns from Steve Crouch, Waine Pryce and Michael Platt put Castleford firmly in command at half-time and they added another at the start of the second half from Frank Watene.
Haven's David Fatialofa, Mick Nanyn and Craig Calvert crossed in the second half but it was not enough to deny Castleford their first final appearance since 1994.
The home side's other points came from an Andy Kain try and goals from Craig Huby (five), Richard Fletcher and Brad Davis.
Their opponents in the July 17 final at Blackpool will be Hull KR, who saw off Doncaster 34-26.
Match Report taken from Hull KR official site
Hull Kingston Rovers made it a third time lucky when they clinched the Northern Rail Cup in a thrilling final at Bloomfield Road, Blackpool in front of a Live TV audience. The Robins had shown tremendous character to fight back from a 10-2 half-time scoreline.
Rovers' preparations for the final had seen the loss of two key players, Paul Parker and Phil Hasty to injury following the 78-10 victory against Featherstone Rovers last week as Paul Pickering and Dwayne Barker were both recalled to the Robins squad who were looking to avenge previous defeats in the National League Cup against Huddersfield Giants and Leigh Centurions.
The announcement of Bloomfield Road as the final venue may not have been favourable with many fans but it proved an exciting spectacle for the sell-out crowd that made the trip to the Lancashire coast and in glorious conditions the two clubs once again provided a close, nail-biting encounter that went down to the wire.
It took only five minutes for the Tigers to open the scoring when Craig Huby converted a penalty after Rovers were penalised for interference but Rovers were quickly level with a penalty of their own from Gareth Morton as the end to end action of the match got into full swing.
The Robins forced referee Ben Thaler into the use of the video referee on two separate occasions the first coming early in the match as Paul Mansson hoisted a cross field kick to the right corner, Andy Raleigh failing to take the ball as Kane Epati touched down with a knock-on correctly ruled as the verdict.
Excellent tackling from Andy Ellis and James Garmston forced Castleford to drop-out after James Webster's angled kick and the Robins proved just as strong when they were defending on their own line. Paul Mansson marshalled his troops across the defensive line as well as putting in the big hits himself with crunching tackles on Tom Haughey and Waine Pryce as Leroy Rivett also got into the action bundling Pryce into touch as the Tigers attacked.
The Rovers cause wasn't aided by a series of knock-ons from Makali Aizue and Kane Epati but thankfully Castleford were in a forgiving mood as they returned the favour on several occasions.
With the initial nerves and tension of the match out of the way the game began to open up and after some intense pressure on their own line a relieving run from Byron Ford looked likely to put the first try on the board as the Cook Island winger broke clear down the centre of the pitch from his own try line only to be stopped midway inside the Castleford half by a diving ankle tap from Brad Davis but while that could have proved the opening try, Rovers' next attack should definitely have seen the first four pointer.
James Webster's chip over the Castleford defensive line ricocheted kindly for Jason Netherton to kick forward once more, Netherton went to ground failing to touch the ball, Webster attempted to kick forward again but missed and as the ball was kicked to Netherton by a Castleford player it rebounded kindly for Dwayne Barker to touchdown. A lengthy wait for the video referee to make his decision followed and a Rovers crowd and TV commentators were left bemused as the NO TRY sign came up.
Still ruing that missed opportunity Rovers fell behind once again as Castleford punished them with Michael Platt scoring under the posts from Paul Handforth's break in the dying moments of the first half, Craig Huby added the extras along with a last minute penalty to give the Tigers an 8 point cushion at the break.
HT: Hull Kingston Rovers 2 - Castleford Tigers 10
The match was still in the boiling pot just being a case of who wanted it the most and fired up by a half-time team talk from new coach Justin Morgan the Robins came out and meant business.
Jason Netherton couldn't quite keep hold of the ball as he reached for the line just minutes after the restart as referee Ben Thaler had confidence in his own decisions to rule a knock-on but he called for the aid of the video referee once more shortly afterwards as Andy Raleigh powered over the try line.
Paul Pickering's scooting run laid the foundations, James Webster's short pass put Paul Mansson within inches of the try line before Raleigh took Dwayne Barker's pass to twist out of a two man tackle and power through three players to the line with no doubt about the TRY that appeared on the big screen, Gareth Morton converted and Rovers were now well and truly back in the game.
With the Robins hungry for success the Tigers looked like they were set to hand Rovers the trophy on a plate as a series of penalties saw Rovers eventually take the lead in the 57th minute following two penalties from Gareth Morton, both within touching distance of the half-way line.
The 12-10 scoreline spurred Rovers on even more, Leroy Rivett was proving a constant threat from fullback with a series of timely runs, Jonathan Steel was hauled down close to the Tigers line after collecting Kane Epati's deft kick and Rovers were starting to boss the opposition in the pack as the Tigers lacked the power to make yards with a series of niggling injuries taking their toll.
With the final 10 minutes approaching the Robins were guilty of their first penalty of the half that saw Castleford rewarded with a rare visit into the Rovers quarter but it wasn't the Tigers that would cross for the crucial try. Byron Ford watched purposefully as Brad Davis threw out a long pass to the wing, intercepting and racing the length of the field to score under the posts with a series of celebrations that had started on the 40m line as the Robins fans went wild knowing the silverware was on its way to East Hull. Gareth Morton's conversion turning around Castleford's 8-point lead into one of their own.
Nothing however is guaranteed in Rugby League and as Jon Hepworth found his way across the line for a converted try in the 74th minute an anxious final few minutes was in store but this was Rovers' day and as the red and whites held on for a deserved victory the celebrations in the stand started!
FT: Hull Kingston Rovers 18 - Castleford Tigers 16
Third time lucky maybe, but there was certainly no luck about this Rovers victory, it was hard fought, tough but definitely deserved! The Robins muscled up across the park and showed the required character and determination to bring home the clubs first silverware since 1997 and hopefully the omen that will see them go on to lift the Grand Final Championship in October.
New Hull KR coach Justin Morgan gave all the credit for Sunday's Northern Rail Cup success to skipper James Webster, man of the match in their thrilling 18-16 victory over favourites Castleford at Blackpool.
Morgan, who has guided Toulouse to the semi-finals of the Powergen Challenge Cup later this month, took time off from his spell with the French club to help prepare Rovers for their third National League Cup final.
But he insisted his role was a watching brief as Webster, elevated to caretaker coach following the shock sacking of Harvey Howard last month, inspired Rovers to their first trophy since lifting the Silk Cut Plate at Wembley in 1997.
"No credit should go to me for this one, that goes to James Webster and everyone else who has been involved with the club," said Morgan.
"It was a fantastic effort. We just over-played a little bit in the first half so the half-time call was just to be patient. The last 10 minutes showed true grit and determination."
Hull KR, beaten in both their previous finals, came from 10-2 down, clinching victory with a 90-metre interception try by winger Bryon Ford after 67 minutes.
"Castleford are a top side but we didn't do too much wrong in the first half," said Webster.
"The last six of seven weeks have been tough for the club but the boys have got us out of trouble. They knuckled down and showed some true professionalism.
"To come here to a city that is so rugby league strong and has been crying out for a winning team for so long makes me so proud."
For Castleford, who lost their 100% National League record a week ago, the defeat was another setback in their bid to bounce straight back into Super League.
They held an eight-point cushion at the break thanks to a try from full-back Michael Platt and three goals from Craig Huby but had to wait until the 74th minute before scoring their second try through centre Jon Hepworth.
"We're very disappointed," said Tigers coach Dave Woods. "We had the game won but we didn't play smart in the second half.
"I thought we were the better team all day. We came up with some wrong options on their line but overall I thought we were a lot better.
"The 50-50 calls went their way and calls which were probably 70-30 our way went their way as well."