Rhinos broke Tigers hearts with a last gasp try and conversion to level the scores and take the game into extra time. Kevin Sinfield then kicked a penalty during sudden death extra time to put Leeds into another Challenge Cup final.
Kevin Sinfield kicked a penalty in the first period to put Leeds into the break with a narrow 2-0 lead. But in the second period a
fine individual try from Rangi Chase put Castleford ahead and two Kirk Dixon penalties extended their lead to 8-2, but a Kallum Watkins’ late converted try for Rhinos took the game to extra time. We then had a Castleford high tackle on Danny McGuire in a kick-able position and Sinfield made no mistake, to give us the final score of:
Castleford Tigers 8-10 Leeds Rhinos
Scorers
Castleford
Tries: Chase
Goals: Dixon 2
Leeds
Tries: Watkins
Goals: Sinfield 3
Teams
Castleford: McGoldrick, Dixon, Youngquest, Arundel, Owen, Chase, Orr, Jackson, Milner, Parker, Ferres, Jones, Aspinwall.
Replacements: Hudson, Isa, Thompson, B. Davies.
Leeds: Webb, Jones-Bishop, Watkins, Ablett, Hall, Sinfield, Burrow, Leuluai, Buderus, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Delaney, Clarkson.
Replacements: McGuire, Bailey, Kirke, Hauraki.
Att: 13,158
Referee: Phil Bentham (Warrington)