My guess is that Ward's tests were a bit more rigorous than that



I guess we'll only know after the first few collisions on Saturday though.

Quite surprised. Now do you start him or bring off the bench?

Probably the latter but starting him might actually be an easier introduction to the game.

If what players are saying is true, which id believe over anything else it’s two things, and I wouldn’t be expecting to see him put any shirt on for a very long time

If that were the case, hope GH has nice strict terms on that deal with Cas

Can’t see that being an issue, he’s there problem now, contract was signed long ago

Cas players?

I have to be ambiguous, unlikely I know that anything would come of it, but still. I’ll just say it’s a player close enough for me to 150% believe it.

With McDermott's non use of subs, we've basically been practicing this scenario for years. Ward won't be100%, but if we can get just 10 or 15 effective minutes, it could be the difference.

It's incredible the commitment and forward planning that BMcD puts into these big games

What's the betting he ends up having to use all 17 tomorrow to scupper his years of planning..?!