Tigers 46 - 14 Fax.

... Hopefully.

Well Cas are my second team so i hope they win, it will be tough though as Fax are well capable of turning you over if your slightly of the boil.

I'm not predicting.

We've never EVER beaten Fax in the Challenge Cup. Ever.

Alright then.. Cas 26 Fax 18

birstall tiger, you should be ashamed at the lack of repect you are giving to the games more traditional clubs

if you want to keep slating clubs like us and halifax do so with your mates at celtic and edinburgh or wherever the next expansion club will come from

oh and try not to judge a teams whole support base on the actions of one idiot. you may even find out one day that cas have at least one numb-nut supporter themselves out of 5000 that turn up

I think you mean 7000

Thread cleaned up.

Can we please cut out the personal insults, the bickering and petty squabbles? And for goodness sake could some of you actually proof-read your posts before clicking the 'Submit' button? Five year-olds would be embarassed by the content in some cases.

Now let's get back on topic...

I think it'll be a tough game for the most part, but we should win it comfortably in the last 20 minutes. Halifax have plenty of confidence at the moment and they'll carry that into the game and take it to us early on.

As fast as they play in NL1, Halifax will need to slow the game down to be able to cope with the speed of our play and with the referee being Steve Ganson, they could well be punished for doing this.

The telling factor is going to be on how we rise above any attempts to slow the game down. If we let ourselves get dragged into a scrap, anything could happen (Harlequins at home is the prime example here); play our own game and it should be a comfortable win, without us ever really getting up to full speed.

There should be a decent crowd too, although it probably won't include me due to the switch to Saturday evening - I currently have other commitments.

Jawohl meine Liebe

Tight first half, Fax to tire around 60 minute mark, 36-12.

Several 'Watene is a Cas fan' chants, Faumuina to be heralded hero/villain/anti-christ, terrace coaches telling Matterson what he is doing wrong followed by banal threads on here disputing attendance/referee incompetence.

40~24 Cas

opening 20 minutes of the match

cas 6

fax 12

20 mins before half time

cas 18

fax 18

opening 20 mins after the break

cas 22

fax 24

last 20 mins of the match

cas 32

fax 30

we should be ok for the first hour. but you being full time will tell on us in the last 20 mins. i hope i'm wrong. either way it should be a cracking game some good banter a good crowd and a bag full of points.

Is it me or are predictions getting WAY too specific these days?

I have to admit I'll be rather disappointed with our defence if we concede three tries or more.