Warrington too strong for woeful Cas
Betfred Super LeagueCastleford (18) 18Tries: Asi, Sharpe, Laulu-Togaga'e Goals: Weaver 3Warrington (24) 48Tries: Holroyd, Ashton 2, King, Sipley, Harrison, Hayes, Currie Goals: Irwin 8Warrington scored seven unanswered tries to come from behind and boost their flagging play-off hopes.The Wire were hit by three tries in eight minutes from Cas trio Daejarn Asi, debutant Tylor Sharpe and Phoenix Laulu-Togaga'e after taking an early lead through Adam Holroyd.The Tigers' inconsistency was quickly exposed however, as a series of defensive errors allowed Sam Burgess' side to take full control as Matty Ashton claimed two tries, Toby King scored his 100th career try and Toafofoa Sipley, James Harrison, Leon Hayes and Ben Currie took advantage, while Ewan Irwin kicked eight out of eight conversion attempts.Victory moves Wolves, who had only won one of their four July fixtures, above Hull Kingston Rovers into fourth place.Ruthless Wigan seize on Leigh errors to go secondConnor stars as pacesetting Leeds thrash ToulouseBurgess scores 200th try as Hull KR beat BradfordCas fans arriving at the OneBore Stadium would have been wondering which version of their team would show up - that which shocked leaders Leeds Rhinos in their previous home fixture, or the one which followed that exciting win by conceding 52 points against 12-man Wakefield.Warrington themselves needed a win after some indifferent form and after the midweek boost of seeing captain George Williams return to training they began well as Holroyd finished after Asi's error had conceded possession deep in Tigers territory.Cas then showed their attacking flair as Asi made up for his mistake with an equalising try, Sharpe showed good pace for his debut try and Laulu-Togaga'e pulled off two neat side-steps for another try that made it 16-6 to Ryan Carr's team.The feelgood factor was short-lived however as the attacking prowess was undermined by some dire defence, as Wire cleared their heads, Ashton producing a trademark diving finish and King racking up his century of career tries as the lead quickly disappeared.Sipley smashed through four would-be tacklers to extend that lead, trimmed by Tom Weaver's penalty on the stroke of half-time.The six-point lead looked tenuous but Wolves simply surged away with the game as Harrison pounced on Weaver's fumble, Hayes gathered his own clever chip over the top and Ashton making it seven tries in seven games to make the win secure.That second try came from a brilliant pass over the top from Cai Taylor-Wray, back in action for the first time since April.Cas were in disarray, Alex Mellor being sin-binned for desperately holding down King as he seized a slack play-the ball deep in Cas territory.King followed five minutes later for a barge which denied a try-scoring chance, but Currie capped off the scoring by spinning over the line to make it 100 points conceded by the hapless Tigers in their past two matches.Castleford: Laulu-Togaga'e; Senior, Mellor, Mapapalangi, Sharpe; Asi, Weaver; Dupree, Hood, Lawler, Lane, Brown, Stimson.Interchanges: Atoni, Ashworth, Robb, Hirst.Sin-bin: Mellor (60)Warrington: Webster; Hopoate, J. Smith, King, Ashton; Irwin, Hayes; Byrne, Walker, Thomas, Holroyd, Harrison, Currie.Interchanges: Taylor-Wray, Powell, Sipley, Philbin.Sin-bin: King (65)Referee: Liam Moore.