Castleford Tigers half-back Luke Gale could miss the 2019 Super League season after sustaining a suspected ruptured Achilles in training.

The England international underwent knee surgery following the 2018 campaign and suffered another cruel blow on Saturday.

Tigers director of rugby Jon Wells said: "Luke has suffered a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon during training over the weekend.

"He will be seeing a specialist to assess the seriousness of the injury but unfortunately the prognosis doesn't look great.

"The whole club is gutted for Luke, who had been progressing really well following off-season surgery to his knee.

"This is likely to be another significant setback for him but having known Luke for many years I know that he is an extremely strong character and a resilient member of our squad, who will be doing everything he can to overcome this latest hurdle and return fit and healthy to the Tigers fold in the future."

The 2017 Man of Steel also required a knee operation in May last year after coming off worse in a collision with Wakefield Trinity powerhouse Pauli Pauli, then had more surgery when the season came to an end.