Difficult to tell from that how either team will go this year. Leigh had decent spells of being competitive, if they can string more of that together in games against teams other than a fresh cas outfit away, they could do ok.

Cas played well but massively helped by all the penalties Leigh conceded early on, they were blowing for last 20 mins of 1st half which is when the damage was done.

Could be worse,you take the blowing part further than 20 minutes..

OHH...Step in TART..Non constructive post.I didn't see anybody blowing.Strong first 20 and strong last 20..

That's a severe case of Jinnerism there mate, under rule 2.4.1, that's bang out of order!icon_smile.gif

No comment from the minicule Vastman! His he awaiting his Sunday dinner?

It's the start of a long season and if I was in the Leigh camp I would be worried.the Cas camp on the other hand will be over the moon. Having seen the first 2 games on sky it's difficult to fully access the games.
Defences on top during the Leeds and Saints match or a case of nothing in attack by either teams. Brilliant play by Cas or allowed to play by Leigh.
The results seemed to have gone without any surprises so it's work in progress and on to round 2. With Leigh against Leeds we may get a clearer picture of the Leeds attack and Leigh will be he'll bent on putting on a much better defensive display.

What are you on about atomic?

Leigh will not be playing Cas every week. Cas are a top side , I think Eden is a better option at fullback for them that Hardacre whose passing when he joined the line was poor, Eden at fullback Hardacre on the wing.
Think Leigh were also on the end of some tough penalty decisions, obviously did not effect the result but made life even harder for them. They have enough good players to cope in SL.

Wondering that myself, weird.

I don't read to much into the first game of the season, of all fans we should know this better than most.

Despite Belly's grandstanding this doesn't make Cas a top side nor does it make Leigh the whipping boys.

To those attempting to use this first round as a guide - if we beat Hull does that mean we will finish top four and win the CCup...

...come on great predictors answers on a postcard please

Probably couldnt see them with your red n white specs on, but end of 1st half Leigh were tired and couldnt keep up with Cas who scored almost at will.

Think we'll learn more about Leigh when you play Leeds next weej. Cas away gonna be tough for any team.

All the game really tells us is that Cas will be very tough to beat (esp at home) and that Leigh will struggle in the early
part of the season but you would expect them to come good - and be hard to beat at home.

Although Leigh got blown away for the middle 40 minutes of the game, they will definitely improve.
Although it was only a friendly, Cas blew us away in the first half of the "warm up" game, with a weaker squad than they had on the park last night..
Leigh showed some spirit in the last 15 mins and the second half was pretty close on the scoreboard, albeit that Cas had won the game.
IF teams can keep battering Leigh, as Castleford did, then maybe, Leighs forwards will tire but, if they (Leigh) post some early points, they will win some games.
Far too early to write them off but, if they dont pick up some early points (and they have some tough opening fixtures) maybe, confidence will start to go ?

First 20 minutes I thought they were pretty equal with both sides showing plenty of energy but it looked like DP's gameplan was to weather the storm and then punish (which they did). When Grant Millington came on you could see the way they were playing had changed and then Cas started posting points.
Leigh will be bottom 4 this year but I think that they will stay up. Don't understand how people have been putting them in the eight especially after most super league teams have strengthened their roster.

lol.....erm nope, never heard of him, I just call it as I see it..




Just an observation on Leigh though, I think because of the competition they're used to, SL is really gonna hurt them this season if they don't cut out the crap.
They're just too cutesy with their short kickoffs, gamesmanship at the pob and low percentage trick plays.
What worked more often than not in the Champs, turns in to long odds chancy crap in SL.
I mean, its good to be innovative but you can't put a load of effort in to get on your opponents line and then kick the ball at the post not knowing wthell its gonna go, thats a poor percentage game of chance, equally, to kick the ball dead through poor execution on the line, when that play with good execution has much better percentage potential than a give us a clue post bounce.
Maybe if they hadn't been already too far behind they wouldn't have been trying that stuff, I dunno, I don't think so, I think they play that way because they could, a carry over from the Champs.
I think they have potential to not finish bottom, but they're gonna have to change their perception of the percentages quick.

They were asking for trouble when their starting props were Hock and Tickle.

Lets see how your percentages play out against Hull. You've certainly had enough time in SL to at least now start making an impression in the League,or do you need more time?

Diddums

My my, we don't like criticism do we

I don't think you do.

I'm on my way out now, I suggest you dig out your tank top and oxford bags and do the same, you might enjoy it

The outhouse tactics on display from Leigh last night were awful to see in a game of Rugby League. Purposely placing the ball on a defender, trapped under the tackle and cynically passing the ball into a player who'd done his best to get out if the way is the sort of crap you expect to see from cheating continental ladyboys soccer players.

There was also a lot of sniping from the little Leigh players against their bigger Castleford counterparts, it was a good job Cas stayed professional or some of those Leigh boys could have come seriously unstuck. Millington in particular looked at a couple of Leigh forwards as if to say "are you serious, grow up ".

I don't think Leigh will be that lucky all season and some of their games will end up with brawls in which Leigh look ill equipped to take part in.

As for the match, I thought Cas would win easy but they didn't play particularly well, had they been as clinical as they normally are I suspect they'd have hit 60 points.

To use a 'Stevoism', at 44-4, Cas probably 'put the cue on the rack'.

To be fair its the rule that needs changing. There were some complaints about it happening last year but nothings been done and it just angers the fans.

Before the game on another board I tipped Hock to be sent off....lol

So in that respect I lost that one, but there was a hefty dollop of niggle going on in there, its only a matter of time.

If he hadn't reacted like he did when McShane caught him I think Macca would have been looking at more than just a penalty conceded but old Gaz couldn't resist throwing a punch while laid on his back.
I thought it was very noticeable that Gadwin targeted Hock every time and when Leigh took Hock off Cas took Gadwin off and when Hock came back on so did Gadwin to start the fun all over again.
It would be interesting to see the stats because despite being under the cosh I thought Hock put a lot of work in.

No!
I disagree, the games tough, always has been and real players played the game tough asking no quarter and giving none.

This chav like whooping and hollering, rubbing people's heads when they make a mistake, gesturing at refs to encourage a sin bin and the aforementioned outhouse tactics systemic in Leigh performances were never part of this mans game until relatively recent.

Refs need to start penalising ungentlemanly and unsporting conduct!