There weren’t many highlights to Castleford’s 2023 season, but they did give their fans something to cheer about in round five, 12 months ago, when they picked up their first win, at visitors Leeds’ expense. Castleford, who recorded only six victories in their entire Super League campaign, also defeated Rhinos at the Magic Weekend in June, though Leeds gained emphatic revenge in both sides’ final game of the season three months later.
“If you’ve got them coming 10 metres off your own goalline, you think you’re safe and they’re going to be kicking from deep, but a number of times this season we’ve seen them score tries from 80, 90, 95 metres. “You don’t know what they are going to do because they are unpredictable, they like the special plays, trick plays and nowhere’s off limits. “A lot of teams won’t play coming out of their own 20 or 30, but not Leeds.