get tickets from the leeds rhinos website now. they post them for next to nothing too

I thought Cas away was a stupid Thursday night match? Either way won't be the big crowd this year.

Correct, Thursday 2nd March.

I can't speyk.

Why not?

I suppose being a Thursday night won't help - last year it was the Thursday of the bank holiday?

Will the Leeds crowd travel in the same volumes given its a school night and the way the team performed last season?

Time will tell

By the time we get to that game we'll have played 3 games so should have a decent jist of how we are going. The opening day game away to Saints, a win there and people will be encouraged that last year is behind us. A poor loss and people will fear a repeat.

Cas away is the one fixture of the season I like to attend. It was the only SL fixture I attended last season and the season before that. Another Thursday night slot for this fixture may kibosh any plans this time around.

I forecast the attendance will be lower than last season which was also played on a Thursday night.

Of course it will, last year it was the Thursday of the Easter break. Hardly groundbreaking forecasting.

Bet he still tries to make a big deal of it when we play though.

Winter rugby, Sky Sports, Dying Game, Hetherington etc..

Now this is the tough one for me. Arguably the best attacking team in the competition for me with Hardaker, Eden, Minikin, Chase, Gale, McShane, Milner running the show, we will have a lot of work to do.

Tough shout aswell as we will more than likely be without Galloway, JJB, Ward, Ferres.

Golding
Briscoe Watkins Moon Hall
McGuire Burrow
Garbutt Parcell Singleton
Ablett Keinhorst
Sutcliffe

Cuthbertson Ormondroyd Mullally Delaney

Walters Baldwinson

As alluded to by others on other threads, our best chance here is to keep it tight with a good defensive display. Cas are a side that will always concede soft points, so our lack of creativity near the line may not be such a problem. The big question is can we contain them for long enough periods when they are having a hot spell.

I would say we win a close encounter or get hammered out of sight.

What's the news on Ward and JJB?

We regularly keep it tight at Cas, regardless of win or lose. Even last year, defences were tight at their place. But on this occasion our best chance is Cas themselves, and just how overly confident they are. I have a sneaky feeling they are so confident that someone who they don't expect to beat them is going to do just that, very soon.

Ala HKR last year!