 | MATCH SUMMARY Castleford (16) 26
Tries: Pryce, Manu, Sculthorpe, Shenton
Goals: McGoldrick 2, Huby Bradford (12) 26
Tries: Withers, Newton 2, Deacon, Hape
Goals: Deacon 3 |
A last-ditch try from Michael Shenton, converted by Craig Huby, saw Castleford snatch a dramatic draw at The Jungle. Bradford appeared to have done enough when Terry Newton, with his second try, Paul Deacon and Shontayne Hape all scored in the final quarter. But Cas, who led 20-12 after falling 12-0 behind early on, rallied again. The Bulls led via tries from Michael Withers and Newton, but the Tigers surged ahead with Waine Pryce, Willie Manu and Danny Sculthorpe all crossing. Pryce scored his second try to stretch the Tigers' lead to 20-12 before the Bulls roused themselves in the second half. Castleford coach Terry Matterson: "I would have been gutted if we'd come away with nothing. "The effort was unreal and we had a lot of scoring opportunities. I'm frustrated with a few things but I can't fault the effort. "I thought with five minutes to go we weren't going to get anything, so one point is better than none." Bradford Bulls coach Steve McNamara: "It was probably a point won in the end after the amount of possession and defending we had to do. "We gave ourselves far too much to do defensively.Castleford played well throughout the game and we invited them to do that. "I don't think anyone can be pleased with the way we played offensively."
Castleford: Platt, Pryce, Viane, Bird, Shenton, McGoldrick, Lupton, Sculthorpe, Henderson, Nutley, Ward, Manu, R Fletcher.
Replacements: Handforth, Huby, Fa'aoso, A Fletcher. Bradford: Withers, Vainikolo, Hape, B. Harris, St Hilaire, I. Harris, Deacon, Fielden, Newton, Lynch, Meyers, McKenna, Langley.
Replacements: Gene, Henderson, Ferres, Vagana. Referee: P Taberner (Wigan)
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