Castleford Tigers shipped 12 tries and 60 points as they were dumped out of the Challenge Cup by Wigan Warriors in a defeat that fans have labelled ’embarrassing’.
It was always going to be an incredibly tough task to reach the semi-final stage when facing a Wigan Warriors side that was close to full strength and fresh off the back of a 40-12 victory.
However, the manner of the defeat for Castleford Tigers is another issue with Craig Lingard bluntly stating that there weren’t any positives to take from the defeat.
To make matters worse, Cas face Wigan on Friday in Super League with that fixture set to be played at the DW Stadium, a game that fans will be dreading the result of.
Wigan had almost everything their own way in the 12-try win with the only negative being the bad injury to Willie Isa, the Wigan forward being stretchered from the field in the first half.
As for a Castleford Tigers point of view, there are plenty of questions to be asked of the players, the coach and the ownership, and that’s what fans have been doing on social media.
The Tigers entered the game with an injury list of 15 players meaning that they were without a number of starters, something that fans accepted, however, the nature of the defeat has been deemed inexcusable.
One fan surmised: “Whilst no one would have expected a win, there is no excuse for the distinct lack of effort and half arsed defence, only a handful of the lads care and have pride the others either don’t care happy to take brass or lack ability we don’t want you !!!”
