Their substitute Spencer Hargrave made much of the running but Sampson was all power as he barged his way

Their substitute, Spencer Hargrave, made much of the running, but Sampson was all power as he barged his way over from 10 yards out.Davis, like Maloney before him, failed to improve on Orr's goalkicking, but this was a night when the extras were optional and Castleford could head home reasonably satisfied."I will be disappointed if we carry on playing this way and don't make the top five," said Raper.Sheffield: Watson; Sodje, Cardoza, Senior, Crowther; Thorman, Stephens; Molloy, Lawless, Laughton, Shaw, Turner, Doyle. Perhaps more to the point was that Cas lost much of their sharp edge with the game already safely won. A cleverly angled little kick from Orr set up that milestone effort, although Dale Cardoza should have hacked the ball clear before Rogers swooped on it to score.Almost immediately after half-time the former Salford winger struck again, getting on to the end of an attack in which Brad Davis handled twice to take the scrum-half's pass and go over in the corner.To give a team with absolutely nothing to play for during the remainder of this season due credit, Sheffield showed no inclination to roll over. Danny Orr, having an unusually poor day with his kicking, landed his only goal of the game.Two tries from Darren Rogers, the first of them the 100th of his career, then gave Cas a match-winning lead. By contrast, Castleford were always capable of breaking tackles through their forwards and always looked incisive at halfback.After Francis Maloney was held up over the try-line, it was merely a matter of time before they claimed a second try and a fine one it was, Dale Fritz starting the move with a short ball to Maloney and Richard Gay arriving in support to send Aaron Raper over. I can't help thinking that if clubs are prepared to spend pounds 5m on a player, they should be willing to put some money towards educating their young players.ALEX HAYES. Sheffield Eagles 0 Castleford Tigers 22 CASTLEFORD DISPLAYED few doubts about their ability to make the Super League play-offs, closing the gap that separates them from Gateshead and fifth place to two points with a convincing win at one of their least favourite venues.Given their record of never having won at the Don Valley Stadium in Super League, this qualified as one of their trickiest fixtures between now and the business end of the season.It never looked that way last night, with Castleford taking early control and never even considering relinquishing it, despite going off the boil as an attacking force for much of the second half.Sheffield did their best to get them started, Chris Thorman kicking out on the full after only a couple of minutes to give Castleford the scrum from which Michael Eagar went over for their first try.The Eagles did manage to exert some territorial pressure after that, without ever looking seriously like scoring.

If you are a keeper, the last thing you want to do is bat against a 90mph cricket ball It may sound a bit up in the sky, but it makes sense You have to protect your interests. To be honest, I'm surprised players are still allowed to play golf.MEL GOLDBERGHE'S NO AGENT OF MINEOne situation which I once came across involved a club specifically forbidding a player from dealing with a particular agent This was actually stipulated in the contract. It may not be a funny anecdote, but it is very relevant today. Not least with the Anelka case, in which a young lad has been badly advised by a greedy entourage. But the board decided he couldn't play because of his fingers. By buying Peter's car, Stoke had secured his services.COLIN GIBSONYOU'RE NOT A WICKETKEEPERWhen Andy Goram signed for Rangers, he was a keen cricketer who played at a decent standard, I think.

I don't know if he could have been an international, but he was good enough to compete for minor counties. I thought that bid was a bit pessimistic, but settled for the offer anyway because it was always that much gained The deal was made. Come Saturday, the chairman had called to inform us that it was worth no more than pounds 200. but I told John: "Look old son, only try to score a goal if you are 100 per cent sure that you can. If in doubt, leave it out."JON HOLMESHOW MUCH FOR THE BANGER?Back in 1974, part of Peter Shilton's contractual negotiations with Stoke City included the chairman agreeing to buy Peter's car If he agreed to buy it, Peter would sign for the club We valued the car at about pounds 2,000 on the Tuesday. Sam Hammam came back and said: "OK, but every time he misses a goal, I take pounds 2,000 out of his wages." I thought it was risky: if John missed three chances he'd be six grand in debt I did agree to it... He signed.ERIC HALLONLY SHOOT IF YOU CAN SCOREWhen John Fashanu signed his first contract with Wimbledon, I wanted to include a clause whereby every time he scored a goal he got pounds 5,000.

Those three would then have to fulfil forfeits like eating a Lebanese meal with Sam Hammam (which includes sheep's eyes and testicles) and sitting through an entire opera. Further down was a section which said that if the team conceded five goals, the players' names would be put into a hat and three picked out at random. But it was more tongue-in-cheek than anything; by that time, the deal was done and it was a just a bit of a wheeze to be honest.RACHEL ANDERSONLEBANESE MEAL AND THE OPERAWhen my client went to sign his contract at Wimbledon, the club had included an additional clause It stated that he was to get a pounds 50,000 bonus But there was a catch. Players cannot ski, let alone bungee jump or parachute, so when Stefan said he had provisionally booked a ticket on the Shuttle for a trip to the Moon in 2002, we decided it would be wise to include a clause preventing him from going. PHIL SMITH SHUTTLE TO THE MOON When we got down to talking about insuring Stefan Schwarz, he was reminded that he could not take part in any dangerous sports. Who, after all, would want to fish deliberately for carp? Well, a mere 31 million of the 56 million US anglers fish for bass Maybe Scott is about to do it all over again.. "Carp have gotten a bad rap in this country, but as a sportfish, it is a real fighter," he said Most Americans think his idea is ridiculous.