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Newcastle have lost star centre Bradman Best to a recurrence of his hamstring injury for their elimination final against North Queensland. Knights officials confirmed to AAP that Best would not play in the do-or-die clash, only two weeks after returning from another hamstring issue. Newcastle travelled to Townsville on Thursday for Saturday’s clash, with back-rower Dylan Lucas expected to again revert to the centres.
“Once I’m on the field, I want to be the best version of myself so just making sure I do everything day to day to do that.” Ponga made a similarly emphatic return from injury towards the end of last season, shaking off a serious concussion to inspire a 10-game winning streak that stretched to the second week of finals. “I’ve been injured the last half of each season so then I’m kind of timely at the back end,” Ponga said.
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