There is mixed news on the injury front for Castleford Tigers this week, with good news for Liam Watts, but bad news for Sosaia Feki.
The finger injury suffered by Watts is not as serious as first thought. He could be back to face St Helens next week.
As for Feki, he has suffered a recurrence of the calf injury he picked up in pre-season. Head Coach Daryl Powell has confirmed he will go for a scan to discover the severity.
He told the club website: “Sosaia tore his calf again on Sunday morning. He’s done a lot of work on his return to play from his calf injury and it wasn’t a high intensity session that he was in so there’s a bit of an issue there that we need to get to the bottom of.
“He’ll go for a scan and we’ll know a bit more then but you’re always wary when it’s a reoccurring injury.
“It’s massively disappointing for Sosaia, he was devastated when it happened, and we’re disappointed that we can’t get him in the team right now.”
On Watts, he added: “It’s not as bad as we thought for Wattsy, he’s got an injury to his tendon which means his finger is dislocating out of the bottom. It’s not very nice for him but he’ll be okay.
“Whether he plays this week or not we’re not certain at this stage but if not we’re hopeful it’s a one-week injury rather than the initial six or eight we feared it might be.
