{"id":278160,"date":"2025-07-20T19:54:12","date_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:54:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278160\/"},"modified":"2025-07-20T19:54:12","modified_gmt":"2025-07-20T19:54:12","slug":"castleford-tigers-fear-season-ending-injury-with-scans-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/278160\/","title":{"rendered":"Castleford Tigers fear season-ending injury with scans required"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A potential season-ending injury, with scans required for the Castleford Tigers winger.<\/p>\n<p>17:54, 20 Jul 2025Updated 17:58, 20 Jul 2025<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/0_AW6_7762.jpg\" alt=\"The season could be over for Castleford's Innes Senior.\" loading=\"eager\"  \/>The season could be over for Castleford&#8217;s Innes Senior.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Castleford Tigers winger Innes Senior could have played his final game of the season after suffering a suspected ankle dislocation during the 20-14 victory over Warrington Wolves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The 25-year-old was assisted from the field after awkward-looking contact with Stefan Ratchford, as the Warrington veteran scored late on to threaten a comeback at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">Castleford held on, despite being down to 12 players for the closing exchanges after Alex Mellor was sent to the sin-bin for a controversial try-saving tackle on Josh Thewlis.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">It marked the Tigers\u2019 fifth win of the season, and a first since <a class=\"TextLink_text-link__dBSS0 TextLink_enabled__dJF3l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.alloutrugbyleague.co.uk\/news\/castleford-tigers-sack-danny-mcguire-1251147\" target=\"_self\" aria-label=\"\" tabindex=\"0\" rel=\"noopener\">Danny McGuire\u2019s surprise sacking earlier this month<\/a>, with director of rugby Chris Chester in interim charge.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">The win however came at a cost for Senior, with fears his season has been cut short. The Ireland international is contracted at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle for the 2026 campaign.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt looks like an ankle dislocation,\u201d Chester revealed post-match. &#8220;I\u2019ve not had too much of a chance with the medical team, but it looked like a dislocation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cWe\u2019ll get it scanned, but it\u2019s next man up mentality.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Paragraph_paragraph-text__PVKlh \">\u201cIt\u2019s very, very unfortunate for Innes. He did some really good stuff today. 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