COUGARS centre Josh Casey has been suspended for four games and fined £75 for a Grade D dangerous throw in his side's pre-season defeat at Barrow Raiders.

Casey pleaded not guilty to his charge but will now sit out the first few games of the new season.

It is a blow for Cougars, who have limited cover in the centres after prospective signing Eze Harper had a late change of mind and joined Sheffield rather than Keighley last month.