Castleford moved into the fifth round of the Kellogg's Nutri-Grain Challenge Cup with a scrappy victory over Salford at The Jungle.

Two tries from stand-off Danny Orr and a further touchdown by Michael Smith proved the difference as Cas outfought an unimaginative Salford side.

New recruit Wayne Bartrim marked his first competitive appearance for the Tigers with three goals and scrum-half Mitch Healey added a drop goal.

Former Great Britain international Bobbie Goulding scored all the visitors' points on a cold and wet day in West Yorkshire with three first-half penalties.

Goulding was the first man on the scoresheet, kicking the first of his two-pointers after five minutes.

The Reds were awarded two penalties in an ill-disciplined opening period but Goulding declined to kick the first into the wind. He opted to take the second and had little trouble from in front of the posts.

Referee Steve Ganson was given plenty of work to do as both sides frustrated each other but Cas took the lead when Orr dummied to wrong-foot two tacklers and run in behind the uprights.

It was a moment of class out of character with the 13 error-strewn minutes that had preceded but it was matched when Orr latched on to a Michael Smith offload for his second on 29 minutes.

Former Australia international Bartrim added both conversions but Salford halved the deficit with two more Goulding penalties before half-time.

The first came after Goulding, wearing his favourite number seven shirt again after wearing 1+6 in his first season with the Reds, was taken out by Lee Harland.

The second, and former Great Britain international Goulding's third successful kick, came in the final minute of the half.

Both sides cleaned up their act after the resumption as the game became a little less frantic.

The home side continued to make the best use of the ball but they did not threaten the Reds line until Mitch Healey slotted over a 47th-minute drop goal to extend their advantage.

Salford then struggled to get out of their own half but their defence held firm to limit further damage.

Harland drove close to the line for the Tigers but Ganson halted the move for a forward pass.

The visitors did eventually manage to piece together an attack of their own but a try went begging as former Warrington centre Alan Hunte knocked on from a Darren Treacy pass.

Hunte was immediately made to pay for the error as Cas raced back down to the other end and sent Smith over for their third try.

Bartim converted to extend the lead to 19-6 and secure their place in tomorrow evening's draw.

Frustrations began to boil over as the game reached its conclusion but Salford, beaten at this stage by Northern Ford Premiership Leigh, refused to throw in the towel and forced Cas back.

However, handling errors continued to blight their progress and further knock-ons from Hunte and Damian Gibson summed up a miserable performance.

Orr produced a late burst to give the home fans a little more to cheer on a miserable afternoon but the game was already won.