Wirefan wrote:
an outsider observation is that your ptb speed has vastly improved so your field position on tackle 5 is far advanced on last year thus pinning sides back towards their own line
Exactly.
Last year Cas were a bit light in the pack, a bit slow in the backs and not fast enough at the PTB...this year all 3 have been fixed (so far) and the defence has manned up a lot, and it shows with the results - shutting 2 of the favoured teams out for a half and sitting at the top unbeaten.