After suffering a humiliating 60-6 defeat in their Challenge Cup tie against the Warriors Craig Lingard’s men face them again on the world champions’ own patch this Friday and the head coach is hoping to boost his injury ravage squad.
Cas had 12 first teamers missing for the cup tie and expect to be short on numbers again for the Super League outing so are looking to the loan and transfer market to bring in help.
“We’re trying to get some bodies in and we’re hopeful of doing that this week at some point,” said Lingard.
“Those conversations with other clubs are fluid because the situations are changing based on injuries and the positions they need to cover.
“It’s imperative that we start getting some bodies in, particularly in the outside backs where we’re struggling for numbers.”
Lingard was left frustrated by the manner of his side’s cup defeat.
He added: “If there was ever a game that showed you the difference between the top of Super League and the bottom of Super League, that was it.
“Wigan were outstanding and we were very, very ordinary.
“We made it too easy. It was the first 20 minutes for me. You’ve got to impose yourself on a game and we started the game defensively weak and allowed them to score easy tries.
“If you defend tough and get the ball back in good positions, it makes the game a lot easier. Unfortunately, we weren’t willing to do the defensive side of the game.
“Too many times we sat back and allowed Wigan to run at us and there were too many people with one-on-one misses.
