Castleford Tigers squad for Widnes game

Published on the
22 January
2015
13:46

Castleford Tigers head coach Daryl Powell has named a strong 21-man squad to face Widnes Vikings in a pre-season friendly at the Mend-A-Hose Jungle on Sunday (kick-off 3pm).

Most of the senior players in the first team squad will get a run out and the match will see a welcome return to action for club captain Michael Shenton.

Shenton said: “It’s great to be back involved with the team, we’ve improved with each game so far so we’ll be looking for another improvement against Widnes, who themselves have recruited very well this season.

“This game should be a good marker as to where we are at as a team.”

The Castleford Tigers squad v Widnes Vikings:

Ryan Boyle
Justin Carney
Matt Cook
Steve Crossley
Luke Dorn
Liam Finn
Luke Gale
Ashley Gibson
Oliver Holmes
Andy Lynch
Nathan Massey
Mike McMeeken
Grant Millington
Adam Milner
Scott Moore
Ben Roberts
Michael Shenton
Denny Solomona
Jordan Tansey
Jake Webster
Scott Wheeldon

As suspected really, i expect Widnes to go strong as well when the squads named.

Ben Roberts is a fantastic signing for Cas. Thought he was crap but really came into his own in 2014 at the Storm. Think they will go well under Powell again...

I'm not so sure. I like Cas and they were great to watch last year, but losing Clark, Sneyd and Huby are huge losses and replacing them with the likes of Scott Moore, I'd be surprised to see them in the top half this season.

Agree I expect us to finish higher than them this season.

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.

They will be still strong, but their hooker will be nowhere as good as Clark. I would say our squad has strengthened more and Castleford slightly weaker. They have a top coach that can work wonders. The postion will depend on their health of players.

I think that they will be one of our toughest rivals for the 6. 7 and 8 spots.

I think Cas will still finish above Widnes despite the losses of Clark and Sneyd.Superbly well organised and well drilled outfit led by Powell. Don't think our boss has managed to put one over on him yet in about half a dozen meetings in championship,SL and challenge cup.

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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