Warrington Wolves 12–14 Castleford Tigers — Elimination Final, 2019 Super League Finals Series
19 Sep 2019 · Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington · Attendance: 5,627
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Final, 2019 Super League finals series: Warrington Wolves 12–14 Castleford Tigers, at Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington on 19 Sep 2019.
Sourcing caveat: Rankin's try minute is given as both 48' and 49' by different sources. No referee name was identified in sources found. Referee (Chris Kendall, per Rugby League Project) and captains were not independently cross-confirmed and are omitted. Castleford's bench is recorded here with only 3 of the usual 4 interchange players (Milner, Cook, O'Neill) — Rugby League Project's own match page lists no 4th name; not guessed at.
Scoring timeline
| 28′ | Castleford Tigers — try, Milner |
| 42′ | Warrington Wolves — try, Mamo |
| 69′ | Warrington Wolves — try, Hill |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Mamo 42'; Hill 69' Goals: Ratchford (2 goals) Sin bin: Goodwin (kicking the ball away) |
| Castleford Tigers | Tries: Milner 28'; Rankin ~48-49' Goals: Mata'utia (3 goals) |
Team sheets
| Warrington Wolves | Castleford Tigers | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stefan Ratchford | Fullback | Calum Turner | 27 |
| 2 | Tom Lineham | Wing | James Clare | 2 |
| 3 | Bryson Goodwin | Centre | Peter Mata'utia | 1 |
| 18 | Toby King | Centre | Cheyse Blair | 35 |
| 5 | Josh Charnley | Wing | Greg Minikin | 3 |
| 6 | Blake Austin | Five-Eighth | Jacob Trueman | 6 |
| 15 | Dec Patton | Halfback | Jordan Rankin | 32 |
| 8 | Chris Hill | Prop | Liam Watts | 8 |
| 9 | Daryl Clark | Hooker | Paul McShane | 9 |
| 10 | Mike Cooper | Prop | Grant Millington | 10 |
| 11 | Ben Currie | Second Row | Oliver Holmes | 11 |
| 12 | Jack Hughes | Second Row | Chris Clarkson | 33 |
| 14 | Jason Clark | Lock | Daniel Smith | 34 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 17 | Joe Philbin | Adam Milner | 13 | |
| 34 | Ben Westwood | Matt Cook | 18 | |
| 13 | Ben Murdoch-Masila | Jacques O'Neill | 29 | |
| 22 | Jake Mamo | |||
| Steve Price | Coach | Daryl Powell | ||
Match officials
| Referee | — |
Match report
Castleford Tigers won 14-12 away at the Halliwell Jones Stadium to open the 2019 play-offs, with Jordan Rankin's converted try proving decisive. Warrington's night was made harder when Blake Austin was forced off with a knee injury at half-time — his absence was a pivotal factor — and Bryson Goodwin was sin-binned for kicking the ball away. The match effectively ended veteran Ben Westwood's Warrington career.