Hull FC claim deserved win at struggling Castleford

Betfred Super League

Castleford (6) 14

Hoy, Simm, Milnes, and Milnes, respectively, try.

Hull FC (18) 24

With a victory over struggling Castleford, Hull FC continued their impressive Super League season-opening run.

Rowan Milnes leveled the scores before Herman Ese’ese barged over the line to give the away side the lead.

The Black and Whites were 18-6 up at the break when Aidan Sezer crossed the posts and dotted down Tom Briscoe in the corner.

Lewis Martin went over on the resultant play after Innes Senior was sin-binned for the Tigers for a high tackle on Cade Cust, who was unable to play on.

Before Josh Simm touched down for the Tigers to finish the scoring, Sezer kicked a penalty to extend the hosts’ advantage before former Hull FC player Tex Hoy scored a strong individual goal.

In addition to being unbeaten across-city rivals Hull KR, Hull FC are now winners of four of their six Super League games.

Cas, on the other hand, have lost five of their first ten league games.

Before the break, Briscoe’s try was immediately turned on.

When replays suggested there was no foul play, home skipper Sam Wood chose not to use his captain’s challenge at the play-the-ball, which was immediately followed by an infringement by Daniel Okoro at the Hull FC try-line. Moments later, the away side increased their lead from six to twelve points.

Despite three Cas defenders’ best efforts to put John Cartwright’s men in front, Ese ‘ese completed his new three-year contract with a strong finish just before kick-off.

The home side, who have only defeated beleaguered Salford once this year, had a strong start to the game, but Milnes equaled when the ball was quickly moved through hands.

Sezer scored his first try of the season on Briscoe’s line-break before the veteran capitalized on Cust’s cut-out pass moments just after Okoro’s perceived error.

After Senior tackled Cust, the Australian will now have to miss next week’s Challenge Cup quarter-final with rivals Hull KR. Cust’s evening was over shortly after the break due to a head injury.

Sezer kicked a penalty to give them a commanding lead before hooker Amir Burough was sent to the sin-bin for a risky tackle, and Martin’s 11th try extended their lead overall.

The home side’s fans were given a reason to cheer up by late scores from Hoy and Simm, but the game was already out of reach with Hull FC’s focus turning to the big derby the following week.

Danny McGuire, the head coach of the Castleford Tigers, told BBC Radio Leeds:

“I didn’t think it was a great game, and I thought we were generally poor.” When you feel motivated in the seventh minute, I believe it to be a bit of a cop out.

We are currently unable to perform the necessary tasks.

“We need to do some things that we can’t stop.” Some harsh words must be used by us. Week after week, some players continue to make the same errors. Otherwise, we’ll have to wait until the end of the year.

We begin well, but as soon as we tire and put on pressure, we give in. We lack strength. The players are concerned and exerting their best efforts, but we struggle when under pressure.

John Cartwright, the head coach of Hull FC, told BBC Radio Humberside:

With injuries from the most recent game and an enormous game coming up next weekend, I was a little worried before the start of the game. I believed we managed to arrive here, get a job, and then worry about the following week, which we did, in some ways.

“Toward the end, it turned into a bit of a slogfest, but we came here to get a win on the board, and we did that.”

The final two tries disappointed me, they said.

“The toll is starting to increase injury-wise. We’d like to do a run so that we can start the game and finish it on time.

(On Ese’ese’s extension of his contract) “I think he’s the Super League’s current top front-rower. He’s a good companion for the team, attends training regularly, and plays a lot of games.

Robb, Mustapha, Okoro, and Griffin swap.

Rapana, Briscoe, Litten, Chamberlain, Martin, Cust, Sezer, Ese ‘ese, Bourouh, Knight, Fash, Lane, Asiata, and others.

Ashworth, Eseh, Kirby, and Moy swaps.