Castleford boss Daryl Powell has defended his decision to rest 14 players that are likely to be in his Challenge Cup final reckoning.
Five teenagers were handed their debuts as the Tigers were on the end of a 70-18 thrashing, but Powell put things in perspective, the St Helens Reporter has revealed.
“We’ve a pretty big game on Saturday and there is no way I was going to put most of our players into a game six days beforehand – it doesn’t make any sense,” Powell said.
“This game should never have been on the Sunday before a big game.
“It was a big score but it was a means to get into the cup final healthy and I thought there were a lot of positives.
“We gave up two points up by doing it but five players got an opportunity they wouldn’t otherwise have got and they learned a lot today.
“I thought the young players were great. They found it tough, which was pretty obvious.”
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Bob Hill
July 13, 2021 at 2:38 pm
RFL did nothing about Powells going against the spiriit and laws? of the game!!