we have two games in five days so can see the squad being utilised in both games especially the likes of Evans, Brown, Dre, Carlos and Sao, who have not had a full pre season.

Hearing through the grapevine that Leeds will be Carlos's first game back.

Yeah can see the club being more cautious with the players coming back as we have plenty of players available plus Cam Scott done well pre season. Be interesting to see if any of the fringe players play for Newcastle first week.

If that's the case then Cam Scott comes in for Carlos as up until his injury last season I thought he was playing well and had improved quite a bit on previous seasons. He has also played well in the pre season games and looks to have continued the form he was showing before his season ended. Seems the club are taking a very cautious approach which is sensible as no point risking any player so early when we have players available who play those positions, not just bodies moved to fill in.

I was told that Sao, Carlos and Dre would all be in the 17 for the Cas game, so seems like there's some mixed messages coming out of the club

Let's be honest nobody knows who's gonna be in the 17. Just guess work . Don't think it's mixed messages at all.I would assume Smith will wait till next week to decide who's in.

Not bothered about Ligi as he is a super fit guy but dont like the idea of Savelio and Carlos playing without any real pre season contact rugby when we have fit players available

Apart from Ellam

Obviously lol

I wish lol not till next friday anyways lol

Make sure you get the wingers the right way round next time

Hull Live saying that over 12,000 tickets have been sold so hopefully we can get somewhere near 14,000 there which would be pretty impressive.

Gonna be a few interesting chants heading Westerman's way

Yes, he must be licking his lips ahead of the game.

I’d be very surprised if he still has a contract at Cas by the time Sundays game comes round never mind being in the 17 if it’s proven to definitely be him.

Seems he may have reverted back to his old ways if it is him sadly, to be fair I hope it isn’t.

What has he done?

PM’d you Rider

More like whose he done or about too if it is him

He can't play on Sunday, can he?

I'd imagine he'll "fail a late fitness test"

I'll be disappointed if the Cas players didn't come into training today with chocolate smeared round their lips...

I'd be very surprised if Westerman isn't stood down and suspended with immediate affect pending their own investigation. Not seen the video myself nor do I want to but spoke to someone who has and they've said it's pretty damning.

That Cas statement sounds like they'll brush it under the carpet

The Yorkshire rimmer

Is it really a sackable offence ?

I mean this happens every weekend all over the world and has done for decades

But now mobile phones which are the problem in todays world and why the world is knackered

Can't do anything without someone filming you or "facebooking it" which has caused a huge snowflake generation in todays world

The actual act isn't that big a deal. It's embarrassing for him, but that's about it. It's hardly the worst thing a rugby league player has ever done.

The bigger problems are firstly that he's married with a teenage daughter who has apparently seen the video, which must be terrible for her. And more importantly as far as Cas are concerned, it's a week before the start of the season when they are supposed to be on a drinking ban, and this is a guy with a lot of previous of this kind of lack of professionalism. They are making a mistake if they let it slide imo.