I hope so, but I still think they're better than us from 1 - 5, even with the loss of Dixon; evens at 6; SH - Joe over Gale yet again (remember Odsal?), then our pack may have the edge on theirs this time. Sneyd and Clark are big losses but then so was Chase, and that turned out the making of them.

Fair play they were Classy Cas again last year. Always my fave away game, is th'Ose.

26 man squad to face Castleford Tigers Jan 25th at 3pm.


Pat Ah Van
Kevin Brown
Hep Cahill
Chris Clarkson
Danny Craven
Chris Dean
Gil Dudson
Paddy Flynn
Danny Galea
Alex Gerrard
Tom Gilmore
Grant Gore
Rhys Hanbury
Aaron Heremaia
Declan Hulme
Willie Isa
Phil Joseph
Ben Kavanagh
Macgraff Leuluai
Manase Manuokafoa
Stefan Marsh
Joe Mellor
Eamonn O'Carroll
Cameron Phelps
Danny Tickle
Lloyd White

Very strong squad, i do however wonder what has happened to Paul Johnson? always seemed pretty solid when he plays yet hasn't featured in any pre season games or even mentioned around the group although he his training. Jack Owens and Liam Carberry also missing.

You do wonder about Johnson.If he can't get one minute of game time from three pre season games then what chance of a SL appearance. Same with Owens,one game out of three.It's not good unless of course both are carrying knocks.

Well as i said it will all come down to health of their team. If lose key injuries to players, and we have some luck, then we could do better. If i was a betting man then just above Widnes. But i also wonder if teams have sussed them out more now?

Can someone do a score thread for the game on here...?

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