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| Quote Saddened!="Saddened!"Have they really done that?'"
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Quote Saddened!Head Coach Daryl Powell has named his 21-man squad for Tuesday night’s match against Huddersfield Giants.
The Tigers are back in Betfred Super League action after unfortunately missing out on the last round of fixtures due to having only fourteen First Team players available to face St Helens on Wednesday night, which resulted in the cancellation of the game.
Castleford heads to the home of the Giants, the John Smiths Stadium, for a 7.45pm kick-off with the aim of gaining back some important league form and build momentum for the 2021 Betfred Challenge Cup Final which is under two weeks away.
There are five changes to the squad that Powell posted for the Tigers’ previous match against Catalans Dragons on Thursday, 24th June. Peter Mata’utia, Suaia Matagi, and Paul McShane are available for selection following the Combined Nations All Stars and England mid-season international.
Jake Trueman is back in the 21-man squad after being ruled out due to a persisting back problem. Grant Millington returns after suffering an MCL injury in the Challenge Cup quarter-final against Salford in early May, and Gareth O’Brien could also play for Cas on Tuesday following a knee injury he picked up in the match against Wakefield in the middle of June.
It will be the first meeting of the 2021 season between Castleford & Huddersfield, with the two sides’ last meeting at the John Smith Stadium back in 2019 which the Fords’ won 0-24.
Castleford Tigers 21-man squad vs Huddersfield Giants
1. Niall Evalds
2. Derrell Olpherts
3. Peter Mata’utia
4. Michael Shenton
6. Jake Trueman
7. Danny Richardson
8. Liam Watts
9. Paul McShane
10. Grant Millington
11. Oliver Holmes
13. Adam Milner
14. Nathan Massey
15. George Griffin
17. Alex Foster
19. Tyla Hepi
20. James Clare
22. Daniel Smith
24. Suaia Matagi
25. Jordan Turner
26. Lewis Bienek
31. Gareth O’Brien'"
A proper p-take this one
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| Quote Fartown58="Fartown58"I'd just like to congratulate the Castleford Tigers conditioning team on their fantastic effort to get a near full fit squad for the Hudds game this Tuesday. A master stroke by Powell not wanting to play Saints.'"
I might been eating my own words as we haven't yet released our squad for Tuesday.
Maybe Watson playing the master stroke by not playing Cas but saving (resting) the players for Wigan next Sunday?
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| Cas were unable to field a full team due to 'covid' rules stopping the fit players at the club not being allowed to play, if you only have 14 fit players and a significant portion of them are kids, that then becomes a player welfare issue IMO.
That the RFL state it's only senior players that are included in the covid rules to be able to have the game postponed not cancelled is a disgrace, if youth system players are unavailable due to the covid rules then surely that should be also considered when senior players are injured!
People stating that Cas have done miracles re getting players fit clearly have no idea regards injuries, 8 full days and still you don't know if players are playing through injury. Again it comes down to player welfare, force players to play before they are ready then look on in amazement when they break down, are out for even longer or worse sustain an even worse injury than the original.
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| Quote BumpyMcbump="BumpyMcbump"Cas were unable to field a full team due to 'covid' rules stopping the fit players at the club not being allowed to play, if you only have 14 fit players and a significant portion of them are kids, that then becomes a player welfare issue IMO.
That the RFL state it's only senior players that are included in the covid rules to be able to have the game postponed not cancelled is a disgrace, if youth system players are unavailable due to the covid rules then surely that should be also considered when senior players are injured!
People stating that Cas have done miracles re getting players fit clearly have no idea regards injuries, 8 full days and still you don't know if players are playing through injury. Again it comes down to player welfare, force players to play before they are ready then look on in amazement when they break down, are out for even longer or worse sustain an even worse injury than the original.'"
So Huddersfield having to play 3 times in 12 days while having 6 on international duty, 12 out injured and a covid outbreak is not a player welfare issue then but Cas's was?
Everyone knows they played the system to save their players and be fresher as they expected to lose to saints so were happy to lose 24-0 to save there players, it's a farce but there is no punishment for this sort of thing to stop them.
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| Quote BumpyMcbump="BumpyMcbump"
That the RFL state it's only senior players that are included in the covid rules to be able to have the game postponed not cancelled is a disgrace, if youth system players are unavailable due to the covid rules then surely that should be also considered when senior players are injured!
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That's not what the rule says.
It's players registered to the first team squad - this list is submitted at the beginning of the season.
Cas have a minimum of 32 players registered.
Amazing how they are all fit the week after being unfit to play against the league leaders and current champions, Saints.
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| Rugby league is a joke in this country.
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| Quote SpainesRoadFartown="SpainesRoadFartown"So Huddersfield having to play 3 times in 12 days while having 6 on international duty, 12 out injured and a covid outbreak is not a player welfare issue then but Cas's was?
Everyone knows they played the system to save their players and be fresher as they expected to lose to saints so were happy to lose 24-0 to save there players, it's a farce but there is no punishment for this sort of thing to stop them.'"
Now the Giants are playing the system! 
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| Quote SpainesRoadFartown="SpainesRoadFartown"So Huddersfield having to play 3 times in 12 days while having 6 on international duty, 12 out injured and a covid outbreak is not a player welfare issue then but Cas's was?
Everyone knows they played the system to save their players and be fresher as they expected to lose to saints so were happy to lose 24-0 to save there players, it's a farce but there is no punishment for this sort of thing to stop them.'"
I never said your club didn't have a layer welfare issue did I so stop making it out I said that!
How many players did your team have available to play though, oh that's right, at least 17. Is it fair you had to play 3 in 12, no, but we're talking about a club that physically didn't have enough players to field a 17, not even close.
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| Cas and Huddersfield could both have fielded teams and should both be heavily fined.
The sport needs to wake up. Cheating your way to a minor advantage might seem like a great idea, but every incident of this is chipping away at the waning support for the game. Super League has descended into an absolute mess this year.
If I were in charge of Sky, I'd pull the TV deal. It's not a product worth investing in.
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| Huddersfield have one positive pcr year and 4 stood down from that.
Another player showing symptom but as yet no confirmation from a PCR.
I guess that pending the result of that other player is what will decide if it’s 24-0 awarded or not.
If the player doesn’t test positive that’s only 5 so would have to concede the win.
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| Quote dboy="dboy"That's not what the rule says.
It's players registered to the first team squad - this list is submitted at the beginning of the season.
Cas have a minimum of 32 players registered.
Amazing how they are all fit the week after being unfit to play against the league leaders and current champions, Saints.'"
You've clearly and deliberately misconstrued what I said, how many players were available, read what was said regards who was unavailable and why., there were not enough players available, what bit of that don't you understand?
As for all 'fit', that's not true is it.
Try again
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