Rob Powell lavished praise on his halfback partnership of Craig Gower and Michael Witt after the London Broncos romped to a 42-16 English Super League win over Castleford.

The Australian pair pulled all the strings as the Londoners eased to their first win of the season and Powell hopes this is the start of better things for his charges.

“We have talked about what these guys are capable of and today they put it into practice,” he said.

“I thought Witt had a really good game – he has been struggling for confidence a bit but today he was the player we know he can be.

“It has been a testing time for us and the confidence has been knocked.

“But with players like Witt, Gower and Dan Sarginson we know we have the offensive flair.

“Today was a massive win for us – we know we have been playing better than our record suggests but this gets us moving.”

The Broncos burst out of the blocks and scored two tries in the opening 10 minutes, with David Howell and Chris Bailey touching down.

But in a seesawing first half the Tigers responded with a brace of their own, Nick Youngquest and Kirk Dixon crossing for scores.

London seized the initiative before the break as both Matt Cook and Gower added tries.

And, despite Ryan McGoldrick crossing for the visitors shortly after the break, the Londoners were not to be denied.

First Sarginson muscled his way over, before late scores from Jason Golden, Chris Melling and Howell sealed a deserved win.