Leeds coach Daryl Powell was booed by the home crowd on Friday as his side crashed to a fourth Super League defeat in five games.

The Rhinos were taken apart by a lively Castleford side at Headingley and may live to regret their decision to play with five players missing due to Great Britain call-ups.

But it was the Tigers who started sluggishly as Leeds capitalised on the early sin-binning of Lee Harland for dissent.

Five minutes later Adrian Vowles sliced open the defence to score under the posts.

The former Tigers captain should have had a second minutes later but spilled a difficult pass with the line at his mercy.

Instead, the return of Harland saw Castleford relentlessly attack the Leeds line and although the Rhinos defended well they were finally breached in the 21st minute.

Darren Rogers was the man to break through when he gathered his own kick ahead to touch down.

Wayne Bartrim missed a comfortable kick to leave Leeds 6-4 in front.

Ten minutes later, Castleford were 10 points clear after two quick tries from Kyle Warren and winger John Wells.

Bartrim's successful kicks gave the Tigers a 22-6 advantage.

Wells added another try five minutes into the second half as Castleford continued to dominate.

And things got even worse for Powell when Burrow was carried off.

Wayne Pryce then stretched Castleford's lead to 30-6 before Leeds staged a late rally with teenager Danny McGuire running in two well-taken tries.

Bartrim landed a penalty for the Tigers but even a late try from Matt Diskin could not prevent the Headingley crowd from heading for the exits before the end.

Leeds: Cummins, Calderwood, Carroll, C. Walker, Kirk, B. Walker, Burrow, Adamson, Diskin, Ward, Hay, Poching, Vowles. Replacements: McDonald, Bailey, McGuire, Jones-Buchanan.

Castleford: Rogers, Wells, Mather, Johnson, Pryce, Orr, Healey, Sykes, Bartrim, Lynch, Smith, Fritz, Harland. Replacements: Warren, Rainey, Saxton, Hudson.

Referee: Steve Ganson (St Helens)