Time for the second team to be previewed for 2011. Got much better in my opinion. Got leadership in Danny Orr and a good dressing room influence in Richie Mathers.


Adam Milner, Hooker

Billy Harris, Second Row

Brett Ferres - Second Row

Craig Huby - Prop

Danny Orr - Scrum Half/Hooker

Dean Widders - Second Row

Jake Emmitt - Prop

Joe Arundel - Centre

John Davies - Second Row/Loose Forward

Jonathan Walker - Prop

Jordan Thompson - Utility Back

Kirk Dixon - Wing

Martin Aspinwall - Wing/Centre/Full back

Nathan Massey - Prop

Nick Fozzard - Prop

Nick Youngquest - Wing/Full Back

Oliver Holmes - Second Row

Paul Jackson - Prop

Rangi Chase - Stand Off/Scrum Half

Richard Mathers - Full Back

Richard Owen - Wing/Full Back

Ryan Hudson - Hooker

Ryan McGoldrick - Utility Back

Steve Snitch - Second Row

Daryl Clark - Hooker

You know i quite like cas in a funny sort of way ,always like the type of rugby they try to play,even back to the Lee crookes,Ford and Nikau days,Cannot see them doing much next season may sneak 8th or poss 7 th at a push they have a few players who have lots of enthusiasam but sometimes thats not enough!!!

Might as well take Fozzard out of that team. He is like a student for the medical team. He won't play more than 10 games this season.

Yeah me too. Must go back to the Classy Cas days.

How will they go? May sneak the playoffs but still too much reliance on Rangi Chase I feel. Also feel that the backline is a little weak. Just hope that Richie Mathers goes well for them.

I can see 2011 being a long hard season for Cas and only a good cup run as relief.

Opps

Lost both centres and their Loose Forward. They seem to be putting everything into the campaign for a new stadium. Can see Cas being in the bottom three next season.

If i was a Cas fan the depth of the squad would be my concern..They can put a decent 13 on the pitch but if they rack up a few injuries and suspensions i feel they may drop right off..
Also i still don't think the Cas fans are really behind Matterson...

They won't make the 8 IMO....Shame because like some of the other posters i quite like Cas from their days of being the top Yorkshire club..

Done well to hang onto to Owen and Chase imo, espicially with the likes of Shenton and Westerman leaving. Cas will blow hot and cold I think, a low will also depend on which Richie Mathers and Nick Fozzard show up on the field! Youngquest is a good player for the future, been good at Crusaders and was it Gateshead?

I think richie mathers will do well at cas. He has had expeience in the big games and hopefully can pass that on to the younger members of the team.

I wish him luck for the future

Back in Feb 2009 the front cover of Rugby League World had Westernan, Shenton and Owen with the headline Cas - the future starts here. The only reason Owen is still there is because of his horrible injury last year. I think they will struggle to score points as they don't appear to have a great deal of pace in that side. If they take a few players on loan it might help them out and possibly just get a play off place. They need a stadium fast to create extra income to allow them to keep some of their talent. 8th at best.

cant see cas getting into the top 8..got a feeling they will struggle.the loss of shenton and westerman will be massive for cas..would like to see mathers do well for them but who ever plays F.B gonna struggle in that team..

In the days when there were talks of us and Widnes merging to become Cheshire i honestly thought of switching to Cas, i could never have supported the merged club and Saints/Wigan well you can forget that too.
Again always had a soft spot for them but if the same was to arise (which it won't) it would be Quins now.

Danny Orr is a good signing, he will bring a good kicking game and take some of the burden of Chase. I expect a battle for 8th with Bradford, Salford and Catalan

Danny Orr and Rangi Chase is a very good half back pairing which should cause a lot of teams problems, the back line looks poor though and i wouldn`t say the pack looks much better.