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Super League Round 4 Preview: The Yorkshire Post’s rugby league writer James O’Brien looks ahead to Hull KR v Warrington, Castleford v Huddersfield, Leigh v Leeds and Catalans v Hull FC ...

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00:00 We're all set for round four in Super League after quite a weekend on the disciplinary

00:10 front. No red cards, no mids charges. There were a few bans but it has settled down quite

00:17 a lot since the start of the season when it was a bit mad. It always tends to be at this

00:20 time of year. There's always a clamp down early in the season but hopefully we're through

00:25 that now. We can just focus on the rugby which starts Thursday night. You've got Hulkiar

00:30 hosting Warrington. Warrington come in from the back of back-to-back wins. Hulkiar started

00:34 with back-to-back wins, lost at Salford last week. Disappointing result but these things

00:39 can happen at this time of year. You come up against a kicker like Matt Snead on a pitch

00:43 like that and the result can go against you. Hulkiar won't stay down for too long. They

00:49 know they've got quality. They know they can win games at this time of year and that's

00:53 what it's all about at this time of year. Getting as many points as you can on the board

00:56 before the tracks dry out and you can play the rugby you want to play. Back up against

01:01 Warrington this week. Warrington have obviously beat Cass and Hull at home. Good wins, good

01:07 morale boosting wins but Hulkiar on the road is a different test altogether. Then Friday

01:12 night you've got Leeds going to Lee. Leeds, a very typical start by Leeds you'd say based

01:18 on last season. Won one, lost one, won one. So we haven't really got a read on Leeds yet.

01:25 Until they start putting results together you can't say for certain whether they are

01:29 over last season, if they're going to lose at Lee tomorrow. It's very similar to last

01:34 season in terms of that's the kind of sequence, winning one, losing one. So fingers crossed

01:39 for the Rhinos that they can get a bit of consistency. They go to Lee who have lost

01:43 their opening two games either side of the World Cup challenge. They didn't feature that

01:47 weekend because they were supposed to play Wigan. So it's been a bit of a disruptive

01:51 start for them. They've got injuries but still it's a tough place to go these days as the

01:56 Leeds sports village. You've got West Yorkshire Derby Friday night. Cass hosts Huddersfield.

02:03 It's the kind of game that both sides are targeting for a win. Cass yet to get off the

02:08 mark under Craig Lingard. Quite a heavy defeat at Warrington last week. They're desperate

02:14 for a win. They need one for Belief. Similarly Huddersfield, they've lost two, albeit against

02:20 St Helens and Wigan, since starting the season with a win at Lee. So yeah, like I say, both

02:25 teams are desperate for a win. They've got to be looking at that game as one they have

02:30 to win really. And then Saturday you've got Hull coming off the back. Again, they'll feel

02:36 better about themselves for getting a win, the first one since August. But there's a

02:41 lot of improvement there that they need to show. And just aside like Catalan Dragons

02:46 in Perpignan on Saturday night, if they dish up the same performance they did against London,

02:52 albeit in a win, they're probably going to come unstuck quite heavily in the south of

02:58 France. So yeah, a lot to look forward to again in the Super League.

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