Matthew Elliott writes:

It wasn't pretty but it was gripping from where I was sat and I was delighted with the outcome.

I thought Castleford's defensive play at the end of the first half and throughout the second was magnificent.

The way they shut down our try scoring opportunities had me nervous.

We came close to scoring five or six times and it wasn't through our blunders that we didn't, it was just through outstanding scrambling defence.

I thought Harvey Howard contributed well to the effort. It was a little hard because he only arrived on Saturday and didn't get much chance to bed in at training.

Considering his preparation and the fact that he had been in the air for 30-odd hours I thought his contribution was significant.

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