Quote: Him "Yep I think both teams will improve defensively as well. They were both a bit soft in the first half but improved second.
I didn’t see the team sheet for Cas but sounded a decent team from them obviously missing Gale.
For Leeds, I thought Walker, Hurrell, Cuthbertson and Ward all looked very good. Leeds will also look a lot better on the wing with Tom Briscoe there rather than Newman. Cas scores 2 tries from kicking to that side. That’s not a criticism of Newman by the way, he’s a young centre not a winger. Hurrell really looks a handful and any go-forward we’ve lost from Hall should be replaced by him.'"
Will be interesting to see who Furner picks for the 2nd row spots come Round 1 (rest of the lineup looks straight forward atm) Ferres and Sutcliffe picked today but wouldn’t be who I’d go with. Ward will probably start, Ablett would probably but not sure if he’ll be ready to go by Round 1. Cameron Smith should be in contention.