Hull rose to third place in the Super League with their third successive victory, running in eight tries to topple Castleford on Sunday.

Three tries in the closing 10 minutes of the first half gave Hull an unassailable 30-6 lead.

Castleford's misery was completed when their coach Graham Steadman revealed skipper and influential stand-off Danny Orr could be out for some time.

Orr was carried off after just 15 minutes with an injury to his lower spine.

Hull scored as early as the third minute when Graham MacKay went over for the first of his two tries.

But Castleford hit back six minutes later through Michael Smith.

Winger Matt Crowther put Hull back in front with the first of his two tries and then Kiwi Toa Kohe-Love turned the game with a 90-yard solo effort.

Jason Smith and Steve Prescott added further tries before the break then MacKay and Crowther added their second before Kohe-Love got his second.

In between, Wayne Godwin and Dean Sampson had scored for Castleford.

Crowther added eight goals to his two tries for a man of the match performance.

Hull coach Shaun McRae said: "I thought we stretched and attacked Castleford's defence with a lot of confidence.

"Undoubtedly our first-half performance set up the victory.

"And I was pleased we also won the second-half because sometimes you tend to turn off after dominating one half of the game."