{"id":695270,"date":"2026-07-16T18:21:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:21:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695270\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T18:21:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T18:21:15","slug":"castleford-tigers-sweating-on-fitness-of-star-man-as-injury-update-issued","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/695270\/","title":{"rendered":"Castleford Tigers sweating on fitness of star man as injury update issued"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Castleford Tigers are still sweating on the fitness of strike centre Krystian Mapapalangi after he missed out on last week\u2019s narrow loss to Leigh Leopards.<\/p>\n

Mapapalangi has been far and away the Tigers\u2019 best player in 2026 and his absence was obvious in that defeat with the NRL signing pulling out in the warm-up<\/a> on account of a corked hamstring.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media on Thursday, 24 hours before he names his 21-man squad for Sunday\u2019s game against Leeds Rhinos, Ryan Carr explained that there\u2019s still no certainty that the centre will feature.<\/p>\n

On Mapapalangi, Carr said: \u201cHe\u2019s sort of like been working really hard on his rehab and recovery to get that sorted.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had a bad dead leg there for probably like three weeks. He just kept getting a whack on it every week and it just became a little bit too much last weekend.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ll get a read on him as this week goes on, that\u2019s for sure,\u201d Carr explained before confirming that the centre is \u2018definitely a chance of playing\u2019.<\/p>\n

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Castleford Tigers boss shares injury update<\/p>\n

Whilst Mapapalangi pulled out before the game, Castleford also lost Jordan Lane early in the second half to a hip flexor strain.<\/p>\n

Offering an update on the forward, Carr said: \u201cHe\u2019s never had it before. He wasn\u2019t sure what it was that was giving him the grief, but he came off at the 44th minute, within four minutes after half-time, which, again, sort of a change we weren\u2019t planning on.<\/p>\n

\u201cAgain, he\u2019s the ultimate professional, he\u2019s doing everything he can. It\u2019s settling quite well, so we\u2019re hopeful to be able to get him up for this week too.\u201d<\/p>\n

As for other possible squad changes to the 21 named last week, Carr confirmed that he doesn\u2019t foresee much changing, though matchday changes could occur.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cIn terms of the main bulk of the squad that we took across to Leigh there, even with Maps coming out and a couple of others, it should be a very similar type of crew, I reckon.\u201d<\/p>\n

One person who could return is Tyler Dupree with the forward still going through the head knock protocols after failing a HIA at Magic Weekend.<\/p>\n

Carr confirmed: \u201cHe\u2019s still working through the protocols, they\u2019re pretty regimented on that.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re hopeful, obviously, but we\u2019ve just got to go through and tick every little box on the way to this weekend and see that he gets through every stage that he needs to.\u201d<\/p>\n

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