Misery deepens for Castleford as visitors Hull FC manage 24 - 14 Super League win
The visitors scored four tries as they cruised to their sixth away win in all competitions
Castleford Tigers' difficult Super League season continued last night, with visitors Hull FC notching up a 24-14 at the The Jungle last night.
The visitors scored four tries as they cruised to their sixth away win in all competitions this season, and had already wrapped up victory before Castleford gave a degree of respectability to the final scoreline through late tries from Tex Hoy and Josh Simm.
Herman Ese'Ese got his side going when he shrugged off three home defenders to bustle over for the opener, less than an hour after it was announced that he has signed a new long-term contract with the East Yorkshire club.
Cas have only managed one win this season, with five defeats seeing them sit 10th in Super League.
Castleford head coach Danny McGuire issued a withering assessment of his side's performance, insisting he took no solace from their late rally, and questioning the desire of his side in the way they failed to stop Ese'Ese getting the visitors off the mark.
"Ese'Ese is a big man but it looks like he's a man against under 10s or something," said McGuire. "It's just crazy, and it's exactly the same as last week. I just don't understand why he can't be stopped. There's not enough desperation for me, there's not enough resilience.
"I thought we were poor for the majority of the game. We found a bit of energy at the back end, which is disappointing because I wanted that energy from minute one, and I think it's a bit of a kop-out when you find it after 75 minutes.
"It sends a poor message that they (Hull) were comfortable and then we managed to find some energy. We are just not prepared to do the tough stuff at the minute."