Bradford Bulls chairman Chris Caisley has issued a rallying call to fans to travel to Castleford on Saturday despite the fact that the Challenge Cup fifth round tie is live on BBC Grandstand.

"Castleford are really talking themselves up and saying their fans will out-shout ours," he said.

"If they manage it that will be the first time in a long time that any club has done that to us. Our fans have been fantastic and I would urge them to really get behind us for what is a very important game."

Around 1,500 ground tickets remain and they will be on sale at Odsal until 8.30pm tonight.

The ticket office will also be open until 5.30pm tomorrow night and between 9.00am and noon on Saturday.

The match is not all ticket and admission can be obtained at the turnstiles on the day.

The clubs reported yesterday that 6,500 tickets have been sold so far. Capacity at Wheldon Road is 11,750.

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