Quote: bellycouldtackle "On paper this should be a very easy win for Cas, they have a very strong defence, our defence pre season has been very poor. Defence wins matches. If we try and play the same style as in the pre season games ie trying to play an attacking game even in our own half then I fear we get a hammering.'"
What paper is this, the velvet stuff you wipe your bum with?
There is as far as we know nothing special about castlefords defence any more than ours. Defence is as state mind thing - far more so than attack - in which case all teams at the start of a season are unknown quantities.
As it happens I think cas will win fairly easy. However it's a marathon not a sprint and I think they will fade and we will grow.