To be honest I’m glad we are resting anyone who is not 100%. Imagine if Salem pings a hammy today? Or Oliver? You’d be furious at their poor management.
I’m all for minimizing risks at this stage. Let’s just hope both get up for round 1. Oliver seems a non issue. Hope Salem is the same.
Oliver out with general soreness (sounds like just resting)
Salem out with hamstring tightness, which is no good. He’s had issues with hamstrings before. Hopefully nothing a rest can’t fix.
I really thought the return to longer quarters did us a great service. We looked fit and full of running at the back end of each quarter, which ultimately proved vital for the win.
We were missing plenty of players who would be walk up 22 players, and would make a big difference to us structurally. So overall a very good win.
We are playing the best team in the competition. And we are missing our entire tall forward line. It’s not exactly time to hang up the boots for 2021.
Also we are taking the [censored] with some of our set ups. The last Centre bounce had ANB, JJ and some new kid I barely know. So clearly we are not trying too hard.