Will be hard to properly guage against Salford who get whipped most weeks but I’d imagine he will perform well. 

He stood up well enough in the championship. 

Excellent stuff guys. He's got a ridiculous intercept record, 5 in 6 for Hunslet on loan this season. Hopefully another tomorrow. I'm not sure who he will be up against, it could be a rookie or Ethan Ryan? Either way it's a decent test on a big stage if so

It's fair to say most Wakefield fans would have kept him. 
So he'll have support from the RW&B in the stadium.

Attacking Cas on the edges sounds like a plan ,also think Cas will do the same We have got a lot of forwards out and think it is time for the backs to carry the forwards for a change , but are they good enough as a unit to do it . Time will tell  ,but would great if they are 

The video ref is getting way past a joke , if they had played on ,it would have been the Leeds player who was in the sin bin 

I agree

Fearing the worst for the first time in the a while. Down on troops, unconvincing win last time out against them, plus they’ll be wanting revenge. 

Fearing the worst for the first time in the a while. Down on troops, unconvincing win last time out against them, plus they’ll be wanting revenge. 

Regardless of todays result,  we seriously need to take a look at who we can bring in as Rodwell, Atoni, Storton and Uele all medium to long term. If McMeeken picks up an injury that is us properly done. The amount of work he gets through it feels like a ticking time bomb which would well and truly derail our season. 

We just need to play smart today, complete high and actually utilise Johnstone in the air close to their line. I’m hoping with Trueman back, our kicking game should improve taking the pressure off Lino. It’s not Cas beating us that worries me, it’s us beating ourselves like we have done too much this season.  

If we lose one of McMeeken or Hood we're cooked. We do get a week off for the cup semis next week, which will be invaluable in letting a few niggles heal. If Trueman and Nikotemo get through today okay that would be a huge bonus.

Agree completely with the gameplan. If we complete high and defend well, we'll win today - our team is still better than Cas as it stands. But if we're poor and they're good, they could beat us by 20. That's sport! Looking forward to the game.

Agree about TJ - in fact I wish a bit more !Why cant we find a way to release Tom? - if he had half the chances of some wingers in SL he be top of the try scoring list!
And, Yes, to beat Cas today we have to cut the errors out. 
We still have enough quality to do it!

I'm not confident but not worried either.
I think it's all in our hands.


If we play at even 90% of our best we'll win but if we keep handing Cas field position they'll take advantage and it'll be hard to get on top.


There's a lot of speed in their backs but not a lot of steel. We have to attack them.