Tomkins leads Catalans to comfortable win at Castleford
Betfred Super LeagueCastleford (0) 4Try: Senior Catalans (14) 26Tries: Pangai Junior, Da Costa, Yaha, Tomkins Goals: Tomkins 5
Sam Tomkins led from the front in his first Super League game this season as Catalans Dragons romped to victory over a poor Castleford Tigers side.Tomkins, who turns 36 on Sunday, contributed 14 points, with a try and five goals, as the French side made it three wins in a row in all competitions.Catalans coped far better with some atrocious conditions at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle to secure their first success in England this term.As well as Tomkins, tries came from Tevita Pangai Junior, Alrix Da Costa and Fouad Yaha as they picked up the two points to stay ninth in the table.But for Castleford, whose sole try came late on from Innes Senior, it was a fourth defeat out of five as they remain 10th.
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Castleford: Hoy; Simm, Cini, Wood, Senior; Asi, Milnes; Singleton, Robb, Lawler, Simbiken, Mellor, Horne.Interchanges: Rimbu, Griffin, Mustapha, Namo.Catalans: Tomkins; Yaha, Laguerre, Smith, Cotric; Keary, Aispuro-Bichet; Pangai, Da Costa, Bousquet, Garcia, Whitehead, Partington.Interchanges: Romano, Satate, Navarrete, Dezaria.Sin-bin: Tomkins (80)Referee: Liam Rush.
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