Nascent

Jefferson looks like he's ready to come back on as well.

Salem spending time in the middle it looks like

Oliver sinks a beauty off his left on the boundary

A lot of cobwebs dusted off there. No injuries. Young players getting a run. Could have been worse. I wouldn't be writing anyone off on this performance but not many players excelled either. Skills and ball movement will improve... surely

Conversion was off today but otherwise he's looking ominous as a strong marking forward target for us.

Butterfly couldn't lay a finger on him though

Fatigue becoming a factor exacerbating our already sub-par skills and decision making

Liked what Billings has given us so far as well.

Back in front. Pup has been impressive.

Saviour? I just want to see him (and the other players listed) take the field after having an interrupted pre-season.

Still got Oliver, Jefferson, Adams, Hore, Tholstrup, Verall and Seston to come later in the day.

Generous from the umps there.... back to back goals and our season is alive again

Schache giving the chop out in the ruck. I much prefer this so JvR isn't exposed to extra risk there.

Good to see Howes, Laurie, Windsor and Brown on the field and getting touches early. Nice goal threaded by K Brown on the boundary.

I'll also add the first look at a Schache/JvR combination in the absence of Petty.

Keen to see the younger wave of players get some game time and hopefully put their cases forward for a birth in the best 22 for round 0. Laurie, Howes, Turner and Woewodin in particular. Obviously a good chance to see our fresh draftees in Windsor, Tholstrup and Brown in action as well. Also looking forward to seeing Adams and maybe a bit of Jefferson if he gets some game time after spending a decent time in rehab. Not expecting much but hopefully some hints of their talent to look forward to. Think Billings and McAdam can really do some damage in the front half as well, hopefully they can put their best foot forward.

Off to see Northlane on Sunday.

Try scrolling to the very bottom of the app and click the link there under photo galleries. For some reason that loads fine for me but the others don't.

Would happily take Barnett off their hands if they land English.

Some injury updates on our players here. Petty having a planned 'down week' at training which will hopefully allay some fears.

Anyone know what injury Jefferson has?

Good spoil, defended well and wouldn't have given away a front on contact free either.

Haven't spotted him in a while

Match sim over, now goal kicking drills. Windsor, brayshaw, Billings, langdon, k Brown and woewodin doing 1v1 work on the wing with the ball knocked to them as if from a ruck contest