McShane went in every time with the elbow. I'd have love to see one of out big lads give him one back.

Did anyone else think that the ref changed his "style" in the second half ?
Cas were doing all sorts to slow the play down in the first half but, after the break, we seemed to get some penalties.
Also, has there been a change to the "advantage" rule as the ref allowed play to go on after an offence and then went back and gave pelalties afterwards (instead of blowing up when the offence was committed).

lets get this straight when it was the best squads vs best squads we were 30-4 down after 30 or so mins- massive concerns

Marvellous that internet stuff isn't it.

I thought huby did ok today.
First game and ended up doing big minutes because of injuries to allgood, (who put some good tackles in until he we t off).
First half cas did have a great kicking game(gale 40 20)but we didn't help ourselves with the mistakes (cation brown dropped ball) and penalties (holding down).
Second half ...started to catch cas out with the offload.. And wood and Finn stood out with arona doing plenty of work as always...
A few of our players taking knocks, hope nothing too serious ..

Yes lets hope all is good with Allgood. Didnt Hirst go off too and TJ appeared to pick up a knock.

Arona went well again. I like Arona. Not our biggest forward but got a big heart and hits hard, all with a smile on his face. He was trying to gee up the North Stand as we were on with the comeback.

Allgood went off with a head injury. Stopped a certain try with a big hit.
Hirst went off just before half time with what looked like a turned ankle.

Not at all. Cas were red hot and we were crap, but we came out flat and got what we deserved. I'm glad that happened to us today as it would have been misleading to sail through pre-season.

With Allgood, Huby and Hirst all being spelled and without England and Fifita we were not able to play the style we wanted, which is a good thing in the long run.

Very happy with the way we came back and looked like we wanted to win, despite it being a 'friendly'.

IF we could live with Cas, then we would be in for a stellar season - they are contenders in most people's eyes - so no disgrace to be given a lesson.

Chester reported Allgood got concussed and failed his head test. Not playing him v Featherstone but hoping to against Sheffield.

Good grief, just wait till you meet the mighty Leythers.

Short for go away

Only a short post mate but you've made more sense than at least one on here who must have gone through several bib changes in the last 24 hours.
I've now watched both coaches interviews and they have both taken positives but also realise there is more to work on.
It may just be force of habit but Chessy does seem to have his head in his hands quite a lot when answering the questions but Powell is the opposite. All down to experience I suppose.
Good luck.