Castleford Tigers fans blame ‘cowardly officiating’ for Wigan Warriors defeat

VaselineJune 15, 2024

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Castleford Tigers fans blame ‘cowardly officiating’ for Wigan Warriors defeat

Castleford Tigers fell to a narrow 10-8 defeat at the hands of Challenge Cup winners Wigan Warriors last night in a game that Craig Lingard will probably consider to have got away from his side and one that left many Cas fans up in arms . arbitration decisions.

After Wigan’s victory at Wembley last week, there was always going to be some form of ‘hangover’ expected, something Sam Burgess noted in his side’s loss to Salford Red Devils. However, despite any consequence at Wembley, Wigan Warriors did enough to beat Castleford Tigers at The Jungle.

Liam Marshall opened the scoring inside the first ten minutes but Cas showed grit and determination to hang on and that was rewarded when Tex Hoy scored to celebrate his new signing and level the scores just after half an hour .

Fairly at the break Castleford Tigers would have gone in front through a Rowan Milnes penalty before adding to it again to open up an 8-4 lead just before the hour mark, however things were starting to unravel for home team with Cain Robb. showed a controversial sin bin minutes earlier.

Wigan quickly capitalized on that lead with Liam Marshall scoring again before a Harry Smith penalty put the Challenge Cup champions 10-8 ahead, a lead they would hold on to for the rest of the game to go top Super League.

Despite the score being much closer than many expected, many Castleford Tigers fans were left furious at the result with claims of robbery due to the refereeing decisions.

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Castleford Tigers fans rage at officials

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Ben Thaler and video referee Chris Kendall’s decision to send Cain Robb to the sin bin in the 53rd minute was by far the issue most Castleford Tigers fans took issue with, Craig Lingard’s side were punished in that ten minute period with Liam Marshall scoring. to level the scores.

Sent to the sin bin for a high shot, even Castleford Tigers’ official X account questioned the call as they put the words ‘High Shot’ in commas, a subtle hint that it may have been an easy call. The club’s fans were not as subtle, however, as allegations of looting and corruption were quickly leveled at the RFL and match officials.

Reacting after the game, one fan posted: “Proud of that effort, didn’t deserve to lose. Some cowards who were officiating lost us”.

Proud of that effort it wasn’t worth losing some cowardly officers, we got lost

— Jack Westmoreland (@SirJackWest) June 14, 2024

Another went further, declaring they were “out of it” after an insult-laden post about Wigan not being allowed to lose and being given “help every week”.

1 to 17 high effort. Good job boys. As for RL who can just be screwed, it’s 100% bent wigan they just can’t lose, they get help every bloody week. I’m out

— jonny haigh (@jonny120305) June 14, 2024

“The best team lost,” was the assessment of another fan with Robb’s yellow card again deemed costly as others claimed it “cost” Castleford Tigers the game.

As for the Wigan fans, they seemed happy to get the “Challenge Cup hangover” out of their system, something Sam Burgess had referred to.

Challenge Cup removes the hangover system. Good win. #SLCasWig

— Jamie (@____JamieA5h) June 14, 2024

The Castleford Tigers head coach even questioned the yellow card, revealing to BBC West Yorkshire Sport that he felt the initial contact was not picked up.

“I only saw it on the big screen, but it looked like the initial contact was on the shoulder, not the head. If it grew, I don’t know. I don’t want to say something and be completely wrong.”

Unfortunately for Cas, it marks another loss as Wigan move on and head towards the summit of Super League until at least Sunday when St Helens take on London Broncos.