The Broncos began in positive fashion, racing into a 10-0 lead in as many minutes. David Howell grabbed the first from a long pass from dummy half by Chad Randall after they had forced a goal line drop out. Randall then charged down a a kick, regathered and fed Chris Bailey who raced to the line. However, the Tigers came roaring back. Antonio Kaufusi knocked on from the re-start and the ensuing scrum saw the ball whipped along the visitors' back line before Nick Youngquest squeezed over in the corner.

Kirk Dixon converted from the touchline and soonafter Kaufusi was forced off with a hamstring injury. As the game progressed both sides had their chances but failed to take them but midway through the half a forward pass gave the Tigers a good attacking position in the Broncos' half. They took full advantage with Dixon taking a pass from Chase to score and he converted to give the visitors a 12-10 lead.

The Tigers, thanks to errors and indiscipline from the home side, began to threaten once again and it took a superb tackle from Luke Dorn to deny Youngquest after a brilliant break from Rangi Chase. As the half drew to a close young Castleford hooker Daryl Clark broke from deep but he lost the ball when being tackled. Gower raced through a gap in the visitors' defence and Witt's conversion gave them the lead.

Just before the break, the Broncos struck again, with Dorn tapping back a bomb from Witt which Matt Cook seized on to score. Witt's conversion gave them a 10 point lead going into the interval but the visitors struck first in the second half when Ryan McGoldrick crashed over after heavy pressure on the home defence following a penalty and a goal line drop out.

But this was a close as they were to get. Danny Orr failed to appear after half time so Castleford's attacking options rested squarely on the shoulders of Chase.

They were still able to put the Broncos under pressure but the defence held firm and once in the opposition half they began to play with real confidence. Midway through the half they increased their lead when Michael Robert batted down a Witt bomb to the corner and Dan Sarginson showed great strength in forcing his way over the line despite the attention of two defenders.

The Broncos were firmly in the driving seat now, Jason Golden touching down after a fine break by Gower and then Chris Melling came in at pace on a great angle to take a short pass from Witt to touchdown. Howell wrapped things up by finishing off a break by Witt who finished with five conversions.

Broncos coach Rob Powell was clearly delighted with the win but refused to get carried away.

"We know we have been playing better than to have lost all those games, especially the home games," he said. "We've talked about this. We got our rewards today and played well. We'll get confidence out of this especially our defence in the first 20 minutes of the second half and offensively we know we are a team that's challenging now and opposition teams will look at us differently."

Teams

Broncos: Dorn; Robertson, Howell, Sarginson, Colbon; Witt, Gower; Kaufusi, Randall, Clubb, Cook, Golden, Bailey Interchange Bryant, Rinaldi, Temata, Melling

Tries: Howell (2), Bailey, Gower, Cook, Sarginson, Golden, Melling Cons: Witt (5)

Castleford: Owen; Youngquest, Dixon, McGoldrick, Griffin; Chase, Orr; Emmitt, Milner, Millington, Mitchell, Holmes, Jones Interchange: Clark, Walker, Snitch, Massey

Tries: Youngquest, Dixon, McGoldrick Cons: Dixon (2)

Referee P Bentham