Castleford Tigers’ CEO Danny Wilson has shared a message with fans as part of a statement to address the club’s ‘disappointing’ 2025 IMG score.
The Tigers were one of nine clubs to receive a Grade A in the first official grades delivered by IMG in October 2024, however, in the most recent grading, Castleford had slipped to a Grade B.
They dropped from ninth to eleventh in the rankings, but more importantly from a score of 15.02 (Grade A) to 14.66 (Grade B), meaning they were one of just a handful of Super League clubs to see their points and grade drop.
A Grade A ranking is so important because that guarantees a berth in Super League and after going all out for it in 2024, the Tigers fell short in 2025 with a drop in attendances being a key metric that the club lost points on.
After just two games of the 2026 season, the Tigers have now called on fans to get down to Wheldon Road to aid the club in that aspect of IMG, with an update provided on other areas.
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Castleford Tigers call on fans to turn out in bid to boost IMG score
The Tigers, who face Huddersfield Giants later tonight (Friday) are hoping to avoid a third straight defeat and their CEO Danny Wilson has called on fans to attend this match, and as many others as possible, in a bid support the journey of improvement.
Wilson said: “I’m hoping that fans will continue to support us on this journey of improvement in terms of IMG and league position by coming along to as many games as possible and enjoying the pre match entertainment and the match itself continuing with tomorrow night.”
Those words came alongside a statement that confirmed the club’s engagement has improved and that their round one attendance was up on 2025, something that saw them hammer home the importance of fans continuing to attend despite tough results so far.
On improvements so far, they said: “Over recent months we have made a concerted effort to improve our social media content both in terms of volume and quality and we are pleased to confirm that these changes have seen our social engagements grow dramatically with last week being our highest week on record for our interactions.”
As for attendance, for which maximum points can be scored if a three-year average of 7,500 or more is recorded, the Tigers said: “Our opening day attendance against Wigan was also a sizeable improvement on last season, but it remains imperative that we continue to grow the number of supporters attending the OneBore which is why the club has worked hard in the community ahead of the Huddersfield clash by having players take tickets out to schools in the region as well as offering all females under 16 the chance of a free ticket as we celebrate International Women’s Day.”
Castleford Tigers would like to update fans regarding IMG grading.
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— Castleford Tigers (@CTRLFC) February 26, 2026
