Aaron Sutcliffe previews Castleford’s clash with Catalans. This is what we have to look forward to.
Venue: Mend-a-Hose Jungle
Kick-off: Thursday 24th June, 7:45pm
Last Five Meetings
Castleford 14-40 Catalans (08/08/20)
Catalans 36-18 Castleford (15/02/20)
Catalans 37-16 Castleford (22/04/19)
Castleford 20-4 Catalans (01/02/19)
Castleford 36-4 Catalans (01/09/18)
Team Lists
Match Preview
Castleford take on Catalans at the Jungle on Thursday night having returned to winning ways against Wakefield last time out. The Dragons have enjoyed a superb start to the season and sit top of the Super League having won their last five league matches which includes victories against both St Helens and Wigan.
The Tigers have made six changes to their 20-man squad with Peter Mata’utia, Paul McShane, Tyler Hepi, Jesse Sene-Lefao, Suaia Matagi and Gareth O’Brien all missing. Adam Milner, James Clare, Lewis Bienek, Sam Hall and Brad Graham come into the side.
Steve McNamara makes four changes to the Catalans squad that beat Leigh last weekend with Tom Davies, Sam Tomkins, Micky McIlorum and Benjamin Garcia dropping out. Gil Dudson, Matt Whitley, Alrix Da Costa and Romain Franco are the players who come in.
Prediction
Catalans by 20 points.
