James Pickering?

gary connel , he could sort em out ,took no prisoners

Daz Price and Dave Plange 2 wingers to make ya shiver

Alan 'doddy' Dickinson good few years since

Mal Reilly ,Dennis Hartley,Brian lockwood,Keith Hepworth,Ronnie Gibbs,Martin Kettridge,Vowlesy,Clive Dickinson,Knocker Norton,Crooksy,Beefy,Brett Atkins to name just a few


Delboy66(aye of the tigers fanzine)

I don't know what this lot are on above me, but any fule knows that Cas have never employed a 'hard man', nor will they. Gentle giants the lot of them, who play(ed) the game firmly but always fairly and who on occasion may have been called upon to give a good account of themselves when, due to circumstances beyond their control, things got a bit tasty on the playing field.

It's all the other teams who have the dirty b**tards, honest.

Just beat me to it!

Michael smith! Hardest man in the showers!

bam bam (barry higgins)

Some but not all of the above, definitely Dennis Hartley, Johnny Ward,Clive Dickinson Mal Reilly, Alan Dickinson, Ronnie Gibbs, Heppy
One not mentioned was Brian Hughes, not the biggest of props, but he never took a backward step and was definitely as hard as nails, God rest his soul.
Also does anyone remember the red haired prop who played for us in the 70's, I think his first name was John ....can't remember his surname though, quiet and unassuming off the field, but put him a Cas shirt on and bang!
Not too many real hard men in the modern game.

Would that be John Burke Cas signed him from Wakefield and if my memory is correct the first time he played agaist Wakefield at Wheldon Lane he knocked out one of the Rayne twins.

One name thats been missed is Tony Fisher

Well i must say in my 35 years as a Rovers fan and 30 years as an amateur player i have never in my life known anyone from Cas who was remotely hard

Apart from Jeff Hardy.