Tigers Chase down Hull

Castleford maintained their play-off push with an impressive 40-18 victory over Hull FC at The Jungle.

Rangi Chase and Michael Wainwright scored two tries apiece to help the Tigers clinch just their third home triumph of the season.

The vwin moves them into a five-way tie for fifth spot in the Super League table with Wigan, Harlequins, Wakefield and Warrington also on 20 points.

Willie Manu, Jodie Broughton and Kirk Yeaman crossed in a losing cause for the Airlie Birds, who are now four points adrift of their opponents in 11th place.

Hopes disappeared

Looking to turn their season around, Hull's hopes of clinching just a second win in their last seven outings disappeared inside half-an-hour.

Tommy Lee's wayward pass allowed Castleford to break the deadlock after just four minutes, Chase intercepting to enjoy an easy run-in.

Dean Widders went close to crossing, knocking on as he attempted to touch down, before Craig Huby did score thanks to a clever kick by Ryan Hudson.

Although Hull did manage to deny Chris Feather, the ball was moved out wide where Chase and Brett Ferres combined to put Wainwright over on the left.

Hudson, back in action after 12 weeks out with a broken arm, then claimed a fourth try after an excellent burst from Ryan Clayton through a paper-thin Hull defence.

Joe Westerman slotted over all four conversions to make it 24-0 after just 26 minutes, though it could have been even more had full-back Richard Owen not been denied on three occasions by the officials.

The Black and Whites eventually got themselves on the board just before the break, Manu barging his way over to score against his former employers.

However, Castleford were in no mood to take their foot off the gas in the second half, with Chase - playing again in his more familiar half-back position, leading the way.

Clever dummy

The New Zealander produced a clever dummy to get his second of the contest out wide before showing his talents in defence, getting back to make a brilliant tackle to deny Danny Tickle.

Chase could do little to stop Yeaman finding his way to the line, though, with Richard Whiting adding the conversion for the visitors.

Ryan McGoldrick set up Michael Shenton to put paid to any hopes of a Hull comeback and then Wainwright grabbed a seventh try for the Tigers. Westerman kicked the extras to finish with a personal haul of 12 points.

Although the injury-hit Airlie Birds - who gave a debut to loan recruit Josh Cordoba - had the last word, Broughton getting a late try, it was no more than a mere consolation in a losing cause.