Castleford Tigers
The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England. They play their home games at Wheldon Road, also known as The Jungle, and compete in the Super League, the top flight of the British rugby league system.
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| Full name | Castleford Tigers Rugby League Football Club | |||
| Nickname(s) | Classy Cas You Fords Tigers The Glassblowers | |||
| Short name | Cas | |||
| Colours | Black and Amber | |||
| Founded | 1926 | |||
| Website | castlefordtigers | |||
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| Chairman | Ian Fulton | |||
| Coach | Craig Lingard | |||
| Captain | Paul McShane & Joe Westerman | |||
| Competition | Super League | |||
| 2023 season | 11th | |||
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| Records | ||||
| Challenge Cups | 4 (1935, 1969, 1970, 1986) | |||
| Other honours | 14 | |||
| Most capped | 613 – John Joyner | |||
| Highest points scorer | 1,870 – Albert Lunn | |||
Castleford have won the Challenge Cup on four occasions, most recently in 1986. Although the club has never won a League Championship, they have been runners up three times and finished as League Leaders in 2017.
The club has rivalries with neighbours Featherstone Rovers, Leeds Rhinos and Wakefield Trinity. The club's traditional home colours are black and amber, with orange also being used in recent years.
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