Halifax bring back Cardiss as Halliwell is dropped

Halifax have dropped centre Danny Halliwell for disciplinary reasons for tomorrow's opening Super League match against Castleford at The Shay. The 21-year-old has played in 10 of Halifax's last 11 matches after being recalled last July from loan spells with Wakefield and Warrington.

He played in Halifax's notable 26-22 opening win over London Broncos, but has been replaced by full-back Daryl Cardiss, who is set to end a nine-month injury lay-off.

"I've dropped Danny for internal disciplinary reasons and he will have to fight his way back in," said coach Tony Anderson. "I'd like to keep the reasons in-house. We have rules at the club and if anyone steps out of line they have to pay the price."

Cardiss, who has undergone a knee reconstruction, will be playing his first Super League game since last June.

"It's good to have him back," said Anderson. "He had a run-out with the Under-21s last week and looked pretty good.

"He knows he's quite lucky to be getting the chance. He probably wouldn't have made it if I hadn't had to take action against Danny. I would probably have kept the same 17. Danny's misfortune is good fortune for Daryl."

The Australian Test centre Chris McKenna has been ruled out of Leeds Rhinos' Challenge Cup quarter-final with Hull on Sunday week.

McKenna suffered a slight tear to his pectoral muscle in the first half of last Saturday's fifth-round win over London Broncos which will rule him out for two to four weeks.

"Chris is in quite a bit of pain at the moment but we'll have to check how the injury responds to treatment," said assistant coach Mick Cook. "He will almost certainly be out for a fortnight."

Prop forward Danny Ward has also been ruled out of Sunday's Super League match at Warrington with a compound fracture to his finger, but could play against Hull.

There was better news for Leeds over Andrew Dunemann who is fit after recovering from a bang on Saturday