[quote="Hasbag":3l0igej7]Based on the respective squads I don't see us winning on Saturday but the result isn't the important part anyway[/quote:3l0igej7] Only Holmes and Aydin missing. Would imagine we'll go full strength for the first 40 before chopping and changing in the second half. We should more than match them first 40 and will be interesting to see how the young lads go in the second half.

Not forgetting that Cas have had a few games to blow the cobwebs off whereas we've not (aside from our 1000 point humiliation against York). I'll just take a good hit out and no injuries for a change.

[quote="DSJ1983":27yghcx4]It’s our full first choice 17 maybe excluding Holmes? In for a long season if we don’t expect to win with our first 17 available.[/quote:27yghcx4] I would expect a win if it was our first 17 for 80 minutes. Absolutely the first half I expect us to be competitive, if not leading, but we will be putting almost a team full of young kids out in the 2nd half whereas Cas will still be just about their main 17.

[quote="Hasbag":398ix7s2]Based on the respective squads I don't see us winning on Saturday but the result isn't the important part anyway[/quote:398ix7s2] Winning is important. Think we should have the prospective first team on the field for most of the game. Dont see the point of playing the first team in the cup so important they get at least one competitive pre season game