00:00 It's round 11 in Super League, there's a lot to look forward to this weekend. It starts
00:12 Thursday night, you've got Hulker going to Warrens and Wolves. Another test for the Robins,
00:17 as we've been saying for the past few weeks now, they've beat Wigan and St Helens at home,
00:22 they've passed those tests, but they really need to start winning on the road. That was
00:28 an issue for them last season, they didn't manage to beat any of their play-off rivals
00:32 away from home. This season they've lost at Catalan and Salford, who are up there at the
00:36 moment as well. So it'd be massive for them if they could go away from home, win at the
00:40 Halliwell Jones Stadium, build that belief, because at the back end of the season, unless
00:45 you finish in the top two, you do have to go away and win at one of those big sides.
00:52 If you do want to make it to Old Trafford, obviously they've got the semi-final against
00:55 Wigan in the Challenge Cup next week as well. So they're building towards that, hopefully
00:59 get another shot at Wembley after falling just short last year. So a lot for the Robins
01:04 to look forward to, but as I say, they need to get that monkey off the bat, they need
01:08 to win away from home at one of the big sides and it's a great opportunity tonight when
01:13 they're full of belief after just knocking off St Helens, who go to Castleford. Same
01:19 thing, in a bad spot, they're one of six teams locked on 14 points at the top. But the fans
01:25 aren't too happy with Paul Wellens at the moment, their style of rugby, they haven't
01:29 posted that many points this season, they're not playing a free-flowing style, they've
01:33 been grinding results out up until last week, they obviously conceded 40 points. So there
01:37 are a few vulnerabilities there, although the Robins were red hot last week. Castleford
01:44 are obviously in their situation, they have improved, but they cannot afford to take St
01:47 Helens lightly. St Helens can turn up on the day and put a big score on you, so Cass need
01:52 to pick up where they left off at Lee and really go at St Helens because there might
01:57 be a bit of anxiety there among the Saints players. You never know, it's a good opportunity
02:03 for Cass, they've got the break obviously next week before they play Hull, which is
02:07 a big game down at the bottom if they're going to pull away Castleford. And then Saturday
02:12 you've got Huddersfield playing Wigan. Huddersfield haven't been great at home this season, they
02:17 had that run of games on the road, they emerged out of that period with in-credit you'd have
02:23 to say, but they've lost all three games at John Smith Stadium, it's very flat there at
02:26 the moment. The visit of the champions, you've got to hope that's going to get them going
02:31 in the Saturday sunshine, there's a good weather forecast this weekend, so hopefully that's
02:35 an entertaining game and hopefully the Giants can get back on track and push up towards
02:40 that top six. Elsewhere you've got Leeds and Catalan, Ron Smith's been under pressure recently
02:46 but I don't think you can read too much into this game in Perpignan, he's low on numbers
02:51 at the moment, a lot of players missing including Brodercroft, so it would be a harsh I'd say
02:57 to judge him on this game, but he does need to get a committed performance from his team
03:02 and it needs to be a respectable result obviously as well. Going into a break when they should
03:08 get a few numbers back then, Hull FC on Sunday they go to London, Hull haven't won since
03:15 beating London, their only victory so far in early March, they need to go there and
03:20 then it's putting a committed performance, they are getting healthier, they've made a
03:23 number of signings so there's no excuse they have to go to London who are still winless,
03:28 they are the whipping boys this season, Hull need to go there, put in a committed performance,
03:32 get a big win, build some confidence, going into the break and then as I say they play
03:36 Cass which is a big game for them and Cass.
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