Very short turnaround for Castleford (Sunday game followed by a Thursday game). I'd therefore expect Leeds to take full advantage in the 2nd half and win with plenty to spare.

that is the big factor 4 day turn around we rested a couple Sunday but for big game must to short of turn around. The best clash of the night Shenton vs Watkins that will be cracking match up Shenton on fire at the moment and Watkins is very good prospect who finally realising how good he is so looking forward to that clash.

I think it'll be close. I've a sneaky feeling that Leeds' intensity and focus will drop a notch or two following Wigan and Saints back-to-back. And Cas aren't the wisest choice of team with which to take liberties.

I don't think we'll take them lightly but I do think the last two efforts will have taken a bit out of us too. Can see this being the first game we concede 20+ points but reckon we'll be able to score more.

I'll go Leeds by around 32-22

I don't think it'll be a case of taking them lightly, more a case that it's difficult for any side to lift itself for 3 consecutive games.

Cas love scoring points, be interesting to see how they fair if it's a tight game.

For what's it's worth I'm predicting a tight, low scoring game, with Leeds just edging it.

I can see it being a tight one for the first half, but I think with a couple more days rest and our much improved defence in the regular rounds so far we will end up having far too much for Cas in the last half hour and win by 20-30 points.

Do we know who ref is yet?

Silverwood!!!

I can't speyk.

Mick Morgan, Classic!

How many times have we had silverwood this season? 5 or 6? Certainly a good few

Really looking forward to this one. Fatigue/fitness and discipline may be the deciding factors but it should be a great game and with not so much space at the Jungle I anticipate the forward battle to be crucial.

I expect Bish and Ward may well both play in place of those not recovered from knocks. I also expect Sinfield to start at 6 as his organisation is the key to giving Leeds a good start. As the games settles down Sinfield will then revert to 9 as he did against Wigan and interchange between the two as required. Clarkson therefore may well start at 9 again but if Ward is selected he could fill this role equally well as he is/was a half back.

Kicking games will be vital ,Which is why we need Sinfield in the halves as much as possible

Our Backline has made great metres and set a really good platform most sets for us. They also show a great threat from deep which forces teams in to sometimes more defensive kicks. If Cas don’t get a good kicking game going then they will put themselves on the back foot defensively every set. Its difficult to keep a team of Leeds quality out if they are starting their attacking sets 30 metres out from their goal line and getting over the half way on the 2nd and 3rd tackles.

From the otherside there is a bit of an opportunity with our kicking game, Webster and Carney are both big strong fast lads, difficult to stop once they get going. However neither are the quickest off the mark and both have the turning circle of a fully laden oil tanker. I’d like to see us try and ‘Big Les’ Carney with our from deep, get him turned around and chasing backwards and tire him out, and get the chasers up on him quickly so he doesn’t build up a head of steam, up close and mid-range I’d definitely target him with some low kicks through. But we can't telegraph them by having Sinfield switching from Dummy Half on kick plays

Cas score a lot of points, they concede a fair few too, but their game is an attacking one. If we can keep it tight and frustrate them going forward there is definitely opportunities for us to attack and score points and we could get a comfortable victory. If we don’t defend like we have, and Cas can frustrate us for the first half hour or so, get a good kicking game going and they take the chances they get, the crowd will get with them, they will get a bit of a roll on and its difficult to switch momentum against a team as committed as a Cas one when they are playing Leeds.