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Seraph Redleg

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5 hours ago, adonski said:

Not ideal but an adequate replacement in Hunt 

Certainly not like for like but can cover in his absence.

Still a loss - I can see Riv being top 5 in the comp for the position and role that he plays.

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Demon Jack Redleg

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Hopefully it's just the 3-4 weeks and we see him back by round 2-3.

Seems likely that Hunt will get the nod to fill River's spot in the 22. Looking forward to seeing what Jayden can produce this year. Was back to his best last season and definitely would've featured in our GF squad had he not injured himself late in the year.  

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binman Legend

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1 minute ago, Demon Jack said:

Seems likely that Hunt will get the nod to fill River's spot in the 22. 

Quite possibly.

But riv's injury also gives them option of playing both Tomlinson and Smith  with Smith taking riv's running hb role and tomo Petty’s role.

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Its Time for Another Redleg

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39 minutes ago, Demon Jack said:

Hopefully it's just the 3-4 weeks and we see him back by round 2-3.

Seems likely that Hunt will get the nod to fill River's spot in the 22. Looking forward to seeing what Jayden can produce this year. Was back to his best last season and definitely would've featured in our GF squad had he not injured himself late in the year.  

As long as it’s not the dreaded 426 he’ll be fine. 
Hunt didn’t just get back to his previous best last season he far exceeded it

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RedLegs23 Demon

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37 minutes ago, binman said:

Quite possibly.

But riv's injury also gives them option of playing both Tomlinson and Smith  with Smith taking riv's running hb role and tomo Petty’s role.

Hunt is definitely the better like-for-like with his pace / run & carry etc

Smith no doubt is very capable in the air & his athleticism is a strength of his... but i do cringe at the thought of seeing him do anything else but spoiling / intercepting

Hunt all day for me.

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Jaded No More Legend

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23 minutes ago, Tony Tea said:

I'm more worried about May's "tightness".

He's always had soft tissue injury concerns.

I would guess that given he played with a 6cm hamstring tear in the GF, they are just being extra cautious. 

A hamstring  strain would only require 2 weeks anyway and it'll be 3 weeks from last week's game to round 1. Can't see him missing.

Both he and Hibbo are in old man territory now. 

I am personally much more concerned about Salem. 

 

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Bring-Back-Powell Legend

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2 minutes ago, chook fowler said:

I want Burgo back.

Not sure if serious or sarcastic but Burgo's a genuinely horrible loss and really bad luck on our part that he only left due to family reasons.

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RedLegs23 Demon

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3 hours ago, Tony Tea said:

I'm more worried about May's "tightness".

Only a 6cm tare, he'll be right👍🏽

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dazzledavey36 Legend

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Showed last night why he's a significant loss for us.

Rivers not only plays a good lockdown role but gives us good speed and long kicking off half back.

The likes or Hunt, Baker and Smith failed to grab their opportunity last night.

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spirit of norm smith Legend

spirit of norm smith   16,591

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Agreed.  Rivers has both the ability to lockdown but also rebound. Big loss. But hopefully Hunt can step in and find his 2021 form with good run and carry.  

Unfortunately we won’t have the same 22 for ‘22 round 1 as we had for the premiership winning 2021.  

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