Line-Ups

(1) Richie Mathers FULL BACK Shaun Briscoe (1)
(2) Kirk Dixon WINGER Peter Fox (2)
(13) Brett Ferres CENTRE Craig Hall (19)
(4) Joe Arundel CENTRE Kris Welham (3)
(3) Nick Youngquest WINGER Liam Colbon (5)
(6) Rangi Chase STAND OFF Blake Green (6)
(7) Danny Orr SCRUM HALF Scott Murrell (13)
(8) Paul Jackson PROP Mick Vella (20)
(16) Adam Milner HOOKER Josh Hodgson (18)
(10) Craig Huby PROP Liam Watts (14)
(24) Oliver Holmes SECOND ROW Clint Newton (11)
(14) Stuart Jones SECOND ROW Ben Galea (12)
(11) Jacob Emmitt LOOSE FORWARD Jason Netherton (16)

(20) Martin Aspinwall SUBS Scott Wheeldon (15)
(15) Jonathan Walker Ben Cockayne (28)
(27) Daryl Clark Scott Taylor (22)
(25) Dean Widders Ben Fisher (9)

Very open first 15 minutes, eary try from Holmes for Cas, Rovers immediately reply with Newton then Hall scores on 15 mins.

10-6 HKR

12-14 HKR HT

Rovers on top for much of the half, but need to convert more chances when near the live, Chase is running the show for Cas, exciting 2nd half coming up I think.

Dobson, Clinton, Mason, Lovegrove, Webster all top players missing plus Matt Cook who at the end of last season was really coming into his own.

I'd suggest going in at half time 3 tries to 2 really shows the depth we have. Lets hope we can crack on in the second and come out with the 2pts.

18-14 Cas

24-14

Rovers have dropped the ball on almost every posession in the second half, shocking.

How long before people wake up and smell the coffee,justin is not the god everyone thinks he is,no defence,no pace and no improvement in the last 2 seasons.Everyone goes on about how bad agar is at hull yet he's no worse than morgan,you cant live on the fact he was coach when rovers got promoted,a warrington fan was right the other week when he said that rovers are were warrington were until they finally got a decent coach.Give me noble over morgan any time off the week at least we would have a defence.Another australian forward is not going to make the difference either,someone needs to make a decision becuase the walk up fans aren't going to come to watch the rubbish been served up at the moment.It hurts me to write this but we are going backwards fast at the minute.