Wigan Warriors 18–12 Castleford Tigers — Elimination Play-off, 2009 Super League Finals Series
20 Sep 2009 · DW Stadium, Wigan · Attendance: 8,689
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Play-off, 2009 Super League finals series: Wigan Warriors 18–12 Castleford Tigers, at DW Stadium, Wigan on 20 Sep 2009.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Rugby League Project's page for this match lists both teams in position order (1-17) alongside each player's real shirt number — the real numbers, not the position-order index, are used below. Sam Tomkins started at five-eighth wearing squad number 25 (not his later, more familiar 1), his genuine 2009 debut-season number, which recurs identically across all of Wigan's 2009 finals matches in this file.
Scorers
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Carmont; Hansen; Roberts Goals: Richards (3/3 conversions) |
| Castleford Tigers | Tries: Huby; Westerman Goals: Westerman (2/2 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Wigan Warriors | Castleford Tigers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 | Cameron Phelps | Fullback | Richard Owen | 1 |
| 2 | Amos Roberts | Wing | Kirk Dixon | 2 |
| 22 | Martin Gleeson | Centre | Michael Shenton | 3 |
| 4 | George Carmont | Centre | James Evans | 4 |
| 5 | Pat Richards | Wing | Michael Wainwright | 5 |
| 25 | Sam Tomkins | Five-Eighth | Ryan McGoldrick | 23 |
| 7 | Thomas Leuluai | Halfback | Brent Sherwin | 7 |
| 15 | Andy Coley | Prop | Mitchell Sargent | 8 |
| 17 | Mike McIlorum | Hooker | Rangi Chase | 6 |
| 19 | Paul Prescott | Prop | Craig Huby | 10 |
| 14 | Joel Tomkins | Second Row | Brett Ferres | 11 |
| 16 | Harrison Hansen | Second Row | Ryan Clayton | 12 |
| 13 | Sean O'Loughlin | Lock | Stuart Jones | 14 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 8 | Stuart Fielden | Joe Westerman | 13 | |
| 9 | Mark Riddell | Liam Higgins | 15 | |
| 10 | Iafeta Palea'aesina | Chris Feather | 16 | |
| 26 | Mark Flanagan | Kirk Netherton | 19 | |
| Brian Noble | Coach | Terry Matterson | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ian Smith |
Match report
Wigan Warriors beat Castleford Tigers 18-12 at the DW Stadium on 20 September 2009 in a Super League Elimination Play-off, leading 12-0 at half-time and controlling the match throughout to set up an away Preliminary Semi-Final trip to Hull Kingston Rovers.