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SALFORD CITY REDS .... 8/11

CASTLEFORD TIGERS .... 11/8

DRAW: ... 20/1

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SALFORD CITY REDS .. -4 ..... 10/11

CASTLEFORD TIGERS .. +4 .... 10/11

DRAW ... 16/1

It's been posted somewhere already, but Clark is another one to watch especially when the big units are at marker. Very quick on his feet.

I have a feeling Wagga might be having a busy day for you with Hudson, Milner and Clark in the squad!

Will all of them be playing though? Clark seems to have been in and out of the team throughout the season, which has been annoying given that I've got him in my fantasy team!

Aspinwall has been sent down for 4 months, Jones is injured and Ferres has been playing his best rugby at 2nd row so I wouldn't be shocked to see Hudson at LF with Milner and Clark rotating Hooker.

Teenage second row forward Oliver Holmes, 18, has been drafted into the Tigers 19-man squad for Friday evening's clash with Salford City Reds at The Willows; kick off 8pm.

Martin Aspinwall is the player to make way for Holmes due to a four month jail sentence.
The club wish to make no further comment on Aspinwall's situation at this time.

The revised 19-man squad is as follows:
Joe Arundel,Rangi Chase, Daryl Clark, Kirk Dixon,Jake Emmitt, Brett Ferres, Nick Fozzard
Oliver Holmes,Ryan Hudson,Paul Jackson, Nathan Massey,Richard Mathers, Ryan McGoldrick
Adam Milner,Danny Orr ,Steve Snitch,Jordan Thompson,Dean Widders,Nick Youngquest

Does it all the time and writes for some odd reason in a different font to everyone else as well as being totally pedantic by useing full names for everything.

Looking forward to Cas coming to play as always like the style of rugby you play and games against you always seem to be entertaining if norally they do end in us getting beaten.

And it realy annoys the berjeebers off MR

If I ever meet him and he talks in a completely monotone boring voice I'd be soooo disappointed

might have a punt on us to win at them odds !!!!

TONIGHTS REVISED OFFICIALS.
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Ref: Mr Phil Bentham

TJ P Grundill
TJ J Child
IG G Towey
IG A Smith
RR D Sharpe
TK K Leyland
MC J Smith



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Just about to set off for the game. As usual, don't expect to get a result but you never know.

COME ON YOU REDS!!!!!!!!

Sloppy game but good to watch. Get in.

Think Cas just about deserved it. They had the better field position for most of the game and we couldn't take our chances. Thought we might nick it but Chase's 40/20 was probably the thing that tipped it in their favour.

Less said about Bentham the better. Absolutely pathetic refereeing. I'm all for a referee not going overboard with the penalties and allowing some leeway, but he did not police the ruck at all during the game. Castleford took the p[ii[/iss tonight with their lying on and holding down, and not once did he penalise them for it. It should have been cut out early because once they realised they could get away with it they just carried on with it throughout.

Makes a change. Usually us getting penalised for sod all and the opposition getting away with everything.

that was a very tough game, Cas edged it.. but that Ref was fooking awful.

[iThe Tiger's boring at times game plan worked for them and in my eyes we were well and truly mugged on the night.

We needed to increase our lead in the second half and who knows things may have been different if we had scored first after the break...WE NOW MOVE ON TO WREXHAM...

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Ref missed a fair few high shots from your lot, so we'll call it level for the "laying on".

Might well have been a different game had your scrum half kicked the conversions (didnt he miss loads against Wakey?).

Ultimately I thought we just about deserved to nick it by a point. Tough game, tough conditions, but satisfying 2 points.

what about that high shot on danny orr by, i think, patten after he had kicked the ball not one official spotted that or did and ignored it?!

Hang on at least 3 occasions in the first half when Cas should've been penalised for high shots but weren't, however the lying on and generally slowing the play the ball down was ridiculas but Cas to be fair soon learned and used it to their advantage after we got on a role early, if I'm honest it actually ruined the game for me and as has been said already they were a little bit more clinical at crucial times and in Rangi Chase they have a real game winner, that 40/20 was unbelievable in every way.

how can u complain about cas slowing the play down when salford were doing it aswell, i believe your coach admitted slowing the game down against wire so that u were able to win. and then carried this tactic on against cas.

The one that you got a penalty for do you mean? The one that lead to another penalty straight afterwards that you got your first points from?

no, in the second half in front of the sticks. anyway whinging over, best team won!

Where have any of us said that the best team didn't win?

The ref was poor though. Yet we had the chance to win it and didn't. I would be much more worried about your performance than we are ours. I'm actually encouraged by ours of late.

Well we won on Friday night against an improving side, and depending what spin you put on it we've lost just 1 of our last 5, so i'm not overly worried