McGoldrick wants calm Tigers

Tiger Donlan expected to out for a month with knee injury

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McGoldrick wants calm Tigers

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Ryan McGoldrick believes Castleford must learn to be patient if they are to prosper on their return to the engage Super League.

The Tigers began life back in the top flight with a 21-14 loss to Les Catalans at the Jungle on Saturday night.

Tries from Stuart Donlan and Michael Shenton had seen the home side lead 12-2 at the break, only for the Dragons to come roaring back.

Australian McGoldrick, one of six survivors from the squad that suffered relegation back in 2006, believes Castleford had enough chances to win but paid the price of a lack of composure.

Silly errors

"We're obviously pretty disappointed with the result," he said. "We put ourselves in a position to win it but we came up with some silly errors.

"Every time we got down their end, we looked like we were going to score but pushed it instead of being patient. We got a bit trigger happy with the ball.

"We were chasing the game and that led to us making more mistakes and getting in a bigger hole.

"But there is a lot of talent in the side. We showed that in the tries we did score. It is just knowing when to try it and when to hold onto the ball. We've got to learn to be a bit more patient."

Bad blow

There was further bad news for the Tigers when it was confirmed that Donlan had suffered a knee injury in the last tackle of the match.

It is a blow for coach Terry Matterson who had only 20 players available for the opening match of the 2008 campaign.

"He's probably out for a month with medial ligament damage," he said on Donlan's injury.

"That's probably a position we didn't need to lose anyone but that's how it's running at the moment."

Castleford travel to the JJB Stadium on Friday night to take on a Wigan team that managed a 47-28 win at Harlequins on the opening weekend.