The YP's rugby league writer, James O'brien, looks ahead to Super League clashes between Castleford v Saints, Hull KR v Leigh, Salford v Wakefield, Hull v Warrington and Huddersfield v Leeds
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00:00 It's round 23 in the Super League and we're officially at the business end of the season.
00:10 Some real big games this weekend, all to play for at both ends of the table and in the middle
00:16 as well in particular.
00:18 First up the relegation picture, obviously Cass took a massive step towards survival
00:22 last week by beating Cass in the battle of Bellevue 2.0.
00:28 They host St Helens this Friday, it's got the potential to be an after the Lord Mayor
00:34 show kind of night for Cass.
00:38 Obviously it's a massive test for them against four-time defending champions who are doing
00:43 really well at the moment.
00:45 Cass have only got two home games left so they have to make it count.
00:47 They did end the long wait for an away win last week but there are no free hits at this
00:53 end of the year.
00:54 They need to attack this game, it is there for them.
00:57 The crowd will be right behind them after last week, obviously Danny Ward's first home
01:01 game in charge as well.
01:03 So it could be a big night for Cass.
01:06 Obviously Wakey have catching up to do now, they're two points behind Cass.
01:09 They go to Salford.
01:11 Like Cass they've waited a long time for an away win, they haven't won away from home
01:17 since last August.
01:19 So that has to change really if they're going to stay up a couple of the home games against
01:24 the Saints and Catalan so they can't rely on the home form as Cass showed last week.
01:30 So it's a big night for Wakey, they started 15 minutes earlier than Cass.
01:33 They probably don't come to that at this stage but Cass will know towards the back end of
01:39 their game how Wakey have got on.
01:42 So yeah it's another big night at the bottom.
01:45 Elsewhere, Hulkie outplay Lee, a Challenge Cup rematch.
01:50 Obviously they can't, if they do win this weekend it won't erase the pain of that Wembley
01:54 defeat but it would improve their top six chances.
01:59 They're outside the playoff some points difference by virtue of that defeat at Wigan the other
02:07 week when Willoughby is rested a load of players, 14 players it was.
02:13 So they really need to get the Super League form back on track.
02:16 It is there for them, it's in their hands but they need to beat Lee this weekend for
02:21 the first time in four meetings this year.
02:24 Then at the weekend you've got Hull playing Warrington Hull, still an outside chance of
02:27 making the playoffs, favourable running.
02:31 Then on Sunday you've got Huddersfield v Leeds, West Yorkshire derby, last chance saloon definitely
02:35 for Huddersfield.
02:36 Leeds are getting there as well, they need to win most of their fixtures to make the
02:40 top six.
02:41 So yeah, all to play for this weekend.
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