Former Castleford Tigers winger Greg Eden gives Castleford Tigers verdict and makes Super League prediction

Eden, who joined Championship outfit North Wales Crusaders over the off-season, has made 122 appearances for the Tigers over the course of his career having had two spells with the club. In that time he touched down on 112 occasions with 41 tries coming during the Tigers’ 2017 League Leaders’ Shield winning season.

And, given Castleford is the winger’s hometown club, he still keeps a firm eye on their fortunes.

The Tigers have made a raft of signings ahead of the new season with the likes of Mikaele Ravalawa, Semi Valemei, Tom Weaver and Blake Taafe joining from down under, while a raft of signings have been made domestically too.

It’s fair to say the pressure is on Ryan Carr’s side to perform and improve on last year’s dismal showing then, but Eden expects them to rise to that challenge and make their presence felt in Super League.

Greg Eden gives Castleford Tigers verdict

“They’ve made some decent signings, haven’t they,” Eden told Serious About Rugby League.

“It looks like all the starting backs will be all Australians with some good experience, some fast outside backs they’ve got there. Yeah, it should be a little bit more of an improvement from last year.

“It’s my home town so I try and get down to a few of the games like I did last year, see some old pals and some familiar faces down there. I wish them really well and I think they’ll do a lot better than they did last year.”

Eden also counts Hull KR as a former club and while improving on last year’s treble is going to be tricky for the Robins, the 35-year-old fancies them to retain that positive momentum.

“They look to have strengthened,” he added about Rovers. “When you’re in a position like what Hull KR are now, it attracts good players so even if you lose one or two, you can replace them because they’ve played that well. I think they’ll be in the same position as they were last year.”