"You can't play 40 minutes of footy and expect to win a game. Full credit to Castleford, they really came out and gave it to us.

"At half-time we felt pretty positive and in the second-half we stuck to our guns but in the end the clock got us.

"The way we came back into the game is a real positive and we have to build on that."

Castleford: Platt, Pryce, Viane, Shenton, Dyer, McGoldrick, Kain, Sculthorpe, Henderson, Nutley, Fletcher, Huby, Roarty. Replacements: Mason, Bird, Haughey, Handforth.

Catalans Dragons: Hughes, Murphy, Wilson, Guigue, Verges, Rudder, Frayssinous, Beattie, Rinaldi, Fellous, Fakir, Guisset, Hindmarsh. Replacements: Bosc, Chan, Touxagas, Mounis.

Referee: S Ganson (St Helens)