Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:26 am  

Could do with Fifita back for this one, anyone know if he is likely to play ??

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Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:39 am  

FIL wrote:

Could do with Fifita back for this one, anyone know if he is likely to play ??

I asked him Sunday - he said 'maybe' but didn't seem too convinced.

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:53 am  

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:56 am  

FIL wrote:

Could do with Fifita back for this one, anyone know if he is likely to play ??

He's close, i think a decision will be made late. Personally if he's not right i don't think he should play, if he comes back too early and re-injures his knee it could be his season done. One or two others close to a return as well but the same applies there for me as well.

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 9:59 am  

Yep...can't disagree with any of that

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:14 am  

I know this is a derby game but in the grand scheme of things it isn't a massive game for you guys. I think playing a "75% fit fifita" (try saying that when you're leathered) would be absolutely crazy.

You've still a very real chance of the 4 and there's 10 games left.... It's not really the time to be risking folk. I've been saying the same about cas with a few of ours who are in the same boat.

That said, the sooner we try to wrap up the LLS the better. Can focus more on the semis then. Would be lovely to have a 6 point gap at the top and give the 19s a game in the last couple.

Oh how I'd love an ideal world....

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:22 am  

Agree with Dave on this one; we have a vanishingly small chance of winning, and it's not a vital game, so I wouldn't risk anyone who isn't fully fit. I'd even be tempted to rest some people for the more important games that follow.

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:26 am  

Same squad as last week so no big Dave....do people honestly think the coaching staff would risk him if he wasn't right?

Strong looking Cas squad so will be tough...sure the 17 who play will give it their best shot though!

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:27 am  

Chris Annakin
Tinirau Arona
Joe Arundel
Matty Ashurst
Mason Caton-Brown
Jordan Crowther
Anthony England
Liam Finn
Scott Grix
Dean Hadley
Keegan Hirst
Craig Huby
Ben Jones-Bishop
Reece Lyne
Mikey Sio
Bill Tupou
Adam Walker
Sam Williams
Kyle Wood

Re: Next up Cas ! : Tue Jul 04, 2017 11:52 am  

If think our injury concerns are of a standard nature this year rather than at the crisis point we were at for the semi final last year where Dave couldn't lift his legs up and was a shadow of himself on the field. absolutely no question he was playing if not fit.

I had this game as a marker point in my mind as to how we'd progressed this year, my hope is we give them a game. This may depend on the outcome of the disciplinary panel tonight. Don't think we can afford to lose Hirst from the pack for this one. Lyne's pace would also be a loss.