Ryan Atkins, Blake Austin, Josh Charnley, Daryl Clark, Jason Clark, Mike Cooper, Bryson Goodwin, Chris Hill, Jack Hughes, Toby King, Tom Lineham, Jake Mamo, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Declan Patton, Joe Philbin, Stefan Ratchford, Lama Tasi, Danny Walker, Ben Westwood


Hmm, well it's the same squad, but will it be the same team ? Has SP got the naughty team from last week doing a repeat performance until they get it right, or is he going to put some fresh legs on the field in the shape of Bennie and Walker ?

I am going to guess that Westwood will be back for Tasi and Walker will be included to give Clark a rest during the game (and with one eye on next week's game).

Westwood would play if I picked the team. His yardage in the first half against Leeds helped lay the platform for that HT lead.

Yes

I'm hearing Lineham and Atkins maybe having a 'rest' tomorrow.....

I think at least one might need it after last week and I'd prefer to see Toby back at centre.

Jack Hughes should be given a rest after his defensive 'efforts' on Saturday.

I think this will be a big test for us and a descent gauge to see where we're up to. Players really need to step up and rid themselves of that poor performance in France. I think they will up their game; let's keep fingers crossed for a win.

Well Longbarn normally gets these calls right so it sounds as though we will see Jake Mamo on the wing. Then probably Toby King back to centre and Bennie back in the pack. That seems like a bit more balanced, and whilst Atkins is a bit of a force of nature we should see a bit more creativity and linking play with King back in the centres. But whoever plays I hope we are not going to see the team make an assault on the Guiness world record for number of errors / penalties in one match. Last week was already once too often.

Agreed. This is an early season test for us which hopefully will go well.

SBW to play and get some hard earned yards up the middle

Looking forward to coming across to this one. Will be my first visit to the Halliwell Jones stadium. Where is best for a pre match pint or three?
Looking at our squad we have Milner and Foster back but going by what Powell says I'm not confident Milner will play. We are fairly short on props so I expect Sene Lefao and or Junior Moors to cover props for us with Millington out.
Not overly confident and I do think you will win by 12-14 points. Here's hoping for a good match all round!

Last year The Wire pub was where most cas fans congregated. No idea why though as the beer isn't great!

Barry Heaton hasn't been licenced there long...he never served bad ale in previous ventures.

Welcome to the HJ. Hope you enjoy your debut
Good luck travelling across on the M62.
Not sure I support your lack of confidence. It will be a good teat both both sides and hopefully an attractive game as we both like to play expansive and entertaining rugby.

I thought SP might 'rest' a couple out of the pack as well. Only Daryl Clark and Philbin emerged with any credit imo, Jack Hughes had his worst game for over a year and as others have said Chris Hill was truly awful. I doubt the early morning flight on Saturday did the lads any favours though. Very odd decision.

I assumed the 'rest' was LW polite way of saying dropped...not literally rested Kittens.

We’ve become quite adept at picking up wins with a weakened squad over the last few seasons and managed it at your place last year. We’re well down on personnel again at the moment and despite our ability to cope on occasions, that should still make you strong favourites.

Mamo on the wing then and King back to centre if that’s the case.

Agree that we should be strong favourites but actually watching Warrington this season not reading the media hype might suggest that we have not seen an 80 minute performance yet and whatever Cas side turns up can be a threat. Of course we hope to win, let's just hope it is a good game

Gotta say I’m a bit worried for this one, obviously not make or break by any means but it would be a bad thing to lose two on the bounce. I still remember that annoying home fixture last year where we kept letting them back into it, that try Sita scored should’ve ended it.

No doubt those muppets tonight will harp on about this as a possible GF preview even though the season is but a month old.

Dean Sampson springs to mind!