The six-tries-to-five reverse leaves Fax two points behind John Dixon's Super League-bound outfit - and 10 points behind on scoring difference - going into the final weekend of the regular season.

The minimum requirement for Calland's side, who had fit-again skipper Sean Penkywicz in two try form, is a victory at Featherstone next Sunday, while hoping against hope that leaders Salford can triumph in Bridgend on Saturday night.

"Celtic are a good side, but we could have beaten them if we had been a bit smarter," insisted Calland, who saw his side trail 26-12 midway through the second period before touchdowns from Ben Black and Damian Gibson set up another grandstand finish.

"We live to fight another day and if we can beat Featherstone and Salford do us a favour then we can still end up finishing second.

"We blew a few chances, but at least we were making them even though we weren't completing that well.

"I told them afterwards that you cannot win big games on 50 per cent ball control.

"They ran at 84 per cent in the first half so there's a massive difference.

"We need to start respecting the ball, especially coming out of our own half.

"I was pretty disappointed with our goal line defence, but if we can clear that up a bit and be a bit more composed with the ball then we won't be too far off."

Fax weren't helped by a catalogue of fitness misfortune, effectively finishing with 12 men after Mark Flanagan (leg) and Joe Walsh (broken nose) were unable to return and Ben Black, who scored a trademark wonder try, hobbling around with a thigh injury.

"Ben pulled his thigh in the warm up, and Danny Heaton turned his ankle in the warm up," said Calland.

"Ben toughed it out for us, and score an unbelievable try for us to get us back in the game but aggravated the injury doing it.

"A few players played with knocks. David Wrench was on one leg but really stood up for us.

"Joe Walsh went off and couldn't go back on and Flan came off and couldn't go back on, so we only had the Mark Gleeson and Sean Penkywicz rotation and big Frankie Watene, who I thought went really well.

"It was all early on, which obviously hampers you, but rugby league is a contact sport and things like that are going to happen some weeks.

"You just have to try and cater for it as best you can."