Castleford 36-16 Warrington: Eden makes Tigers history with five tries
Last Updated: 11/06/17 6:57pm
Greg Eden scored five tries as leaders Castleford moved six points clear at the top of the Super League with a 36-16 victory over Warrington.
The in-form winger took his Super League tally for the season to 30 to ensure Daryl Powell's rampant side heaped more misery on Wolves coach Tony Smith.
A fourth consecutive defeat leaves last season's Grand Final runners-up in 10th position, two points outside the top eight with six matches remaining before the cut-off.
They now face a seemingly make-or-break Challenge Cup quarter-final against Wigan on Saturday.
However, electric Eden can do no wrong after returning from the NRL following a disappointing spell with Brisbane Broncos.
His new scoring exploit made him the first Castleford player to score five tries in a Super League game.
And he finished just one short of equalling the competition record of six set by Lesley Vainikolo for Bradford against Hull in September 2005.
Warrington, now without a win in five, did not help their cause. England prop Chris Hill was sin-binned after only seven minutes for a late tackle on international colleague Luke Gale.
Winger Tom Lineham, one of three Warrington try-scorers, was also yellow carded in the second half but by then the damage had been done.
In Hill's absence, the Tigers scored three times through Eden, Greg Minikin and Mike McMeeken.
Warrington also lost centre Matty Blythe to an early leg injury and trailed 22-0 before winger Lineham notched their opening try.
But Eden, who scored the sport's fastest hat-trick in five minutes against Leigh, swooped for his third on the half hour.
The Tigers led 26-6 at half-time and were already heading for victory to mark prop Andy Lynch's 500th career game in style.
But Eden had not finished his scoring exploits. The 26-year-old registered try number four after 44 minutes and his fifth from Michael Shenton's pass eight minutes later.
In between, Tigers lost influential second rower Junior Moors to injury, meaning he could now be doubtful for their Challenge Cup quarter-final at holders Hull next Sunday.
Warrington, who have now conceded 182 points in their last five games, kept plugging away.
Ex-Tigers favourite Joe Westerman and Jack Hughes touched down to add respectability to the scoreline but the afternoon again belonged to Eden and Powell's Tigers.
