Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:56 am  

Jukesays wrote:

It's a shame really we only have Havard, Byrne, Eseh, Walters to come back in to the reckoning

glad i'm not Matty Peet if and when they are all fully fit

80 minutes intensity from our front row with impact of Mago to add to it

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 10:50 am  

Jukesays wrote:

It's a shame really we only have Havard, Byrne, Eseh, Walters to come back in to the reckoning

Unbelievable the position we're in compared to just a couple of seasons ago, it's almost inevitable that the lads in the team at the moment will pick up a ban or an injury and having the above ready to step up in the next couple of weeks is amazing.

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:28 am  

2-3 years ago I'd have killed for a four prop rotation of the current versions of Havard and Byrne and a couple of extremely promising lads like Walters (I know he'll play second row) and Eseh. Amazing to think they're just the guys unavailable currently.

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 11:44 am  

If you think about it 2 years ago we didnt have,Walters,Cooper,Eseh,Dupree, etc and a younger Byrne,Havard and yet we still won the CC,how good is that as we are stronger now than then.

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 1:41 pm  

Jukesays wrote:

It's a shame really we only have Havard, Byrne, Eseh, Walters to come back in to the reckoning

And Isa?

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 2:42 pm  

Jukesays wrote:

It's a shame really we only have Havard, Byrne, Eseh, Walters to come back in to the reckoning

Its worse than that there is also the crop of Reserve/Academy props - Makin, Wilson, McDermott, Kelly-Duffy and Kelly-Duffy progressing very nicely.

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:47 pm  

No slight on Hampshire but God help us if Bevan gets hurt. Combinations in attack are awful so now the experiment for that half has been done, stick him at 6, Hampshire at 1 and put Cas to bed.

*A nice telling off at half time seems to have been sufficient

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:24 pm  

Looks like right side second row will be light for the next few weeks if Nsemba picks up a ban.

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:29 pm  

A job done night. Fair play to Cas, they showed some pride from minute one after that horror show last week.

I thought French was clear as our man of the match, with Dupree and Mago excelling as well. Some good efforts from the bench also from Cooper and Hill.

Re: Castleford at home : Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:46 pm  

NickyKiss wrote:

A job done night. Fair play to Cas, they showed some pride from minute one after that horror show last week.

I thought French was clear as our man of the match, with Dupree and Mago excelling as well. Some good efforts from the bench also from Cooper and Hill.

That's my take, pretty much. I'm really liking Dupree; he doesn't seem *that* big, but boy, is he strong! And, like Mago, he can play a bit too. Hill gets better every week, and although Hampshire wasn't great, it did no harm to give Bevan another run at f-b and give Jai a break. Onwards and upwards.