Bradford coach Kurt Haggerty told BBC Radio Leeds:
“I’m really pleased with how we defended. We conceded a couple of tries off kicks which in this weather is probably the only way you are going to break teams down, but we showed resilience defensively and still managed to score some pretty special tries.
“We thought we should have got the game won over in Toulouse, so we carried the momentum over and kept our week really positive leading into this game.
“Riley [Dean] and Chris Atkin have played some games back-to-back together now and it showed. Riley was really good tonight and Chris got us around the field, a lot came through those two, but you have to give credit to our back field who carried the ball really strongly.”
Castleford interim coach Luke Robinson told BBC Radio Leeds:
“We’re a side that’s severely lacking confidence. If we don’t start well, then all of a sudden everything seems to fall apart and we don’t seem to be able to have the resilience to stay in it.
“We made 30 tackles more than them before the 20-minute mark, so all you are doing is depleting yourself of energy and giving the other side a leg-up.
“The analysts told me after the game that we average 34 points a game conceded, which is a crazy stat that shows where we need to be at. The best sides are the ones that defend, and we’ve got to find that.”
Bradford: Aekins; Okunbor, Russell, Blake, Wynne; Dean, Atkin; Sutton, Ackers, Scurr, Gardiner, Steinwede, J. Mellor.
Interchanges: Gill, Peposho, Ruan, Hooley.
Castleford: Laulu-Togagae; Ravalawa, A. Mellor, Mapapalangi, Senior; Asi, Weaver; Dupree, Hood, Lawler, Lane, Greacen, Stimson.
Interchanges: Hall, Brown, Vaalepu, McNamara.
Referee: Matty Lynn.
