Super League: Castleford Tigers 0-38 Warrington Wolves - unbeaten Wire thrash struggling hosts

Warrington Wolves maintained their unbeaten start as the Super League leaders ran in seven tries to nil against struggling Castleford Tigers.

Sam Kasiano sent the visitors ahead while Matty Russell and Thomas Mikaele padded out their lead before half-time.

Paul Vaughan picked up where they left off after the break and George Williams continued their rout.

Matt Dufty added Warrington's seventh to round out a comfortable win and a humbling night for the hosts.

The win put the Wire two points clear of Catalans Dragons at the top of the Super League table, while Castleford's miserable 2023 continued as they recorded a fifth defeat from six games.

Castleford went into the match having beaten Leeds for a morale-boosting first win of the season, but they struggled to respond to Warrington's early dominance.

Warrington ran in four first-half tries, with Russell's second the pick of the bunch, as he dived over the line following a looping pass from Dufty.

Their fine form continued as Williams linked up with Ben Currie for the Wire's sixth try of the evening, with Dufty taking advantage of Matty Nicholson's offload to run in the final try.

Castleford Tigers interim coach Andy Last told BBC Radio Leeds:

"I'm a little bit rattled. I'm disappointed we put in such a poor performance at home on the back of us playing well last week.

"We spoke about striving for some consistency but we didn't get that tonight. They're a very good side. We knew what was coming, we talked about their power game and ability to get back on the front foot.

"But from the first to the 80th minute, we just couldn't control them. We were always reacting to them rather than us being the influencers."

Warrington Wolves head coach Daryl Powell:

"We're looking very good at the moment but there is a lot more to come from this team.

"It was a great effort. It was a tough game in tough conditions, and you saw a group of boys there who care about keeping their line intact, and when you get that you can do special things.

"The standout feature is that we didn't concede any points. We spoke about it at half-time and I thought we defended our try-line well.

"I mentioned to the boys during the week that it was about time we put a nil on somebody, and they really got hold of that today."

Castleford: Eden; Faraimo, Broadbent, Turner, Qareqare; Widdop, Miller; Massey, McShane, Smith, Milner, Mellor, Westerman.

Interchanges: Griffin, Edwards, Vete, Watts.

Warrington: Dufty; Russell, Minikin, Ratchford, Ashton; Williams, Mata'utia; Mikaele, Clark, Vaughan, Currie, Nicholson, Kasiano.

Interchanges: Philbin, Walker, Dudson, Thomas.

Referee: Marcus Griffiths