Niggling injuries and no reserve-grade competition will ensure almost $12 million worth of star talent sit on the sidelines throughout the final weekend of the regular season | SMHsport NRL
Niggling injuries and no reserve-grade competition will ensure almost $12 million worth of star talent sit on the sidelines throughout the final weekend of the regular season.
Cameron Smith will be spared the 2400km hit-and-run round-trip from the Sunshine Coast to Wollongong.The Raiders remain an outside chance to pinch fourth spot from Parramatta - and the all-important second chance during the play-offs - provided they defeat the Sharks and the Eels lose to the Wests Tigers on Saturday night.
Melbourne football director Frank Ponissi said of the sweeping changes: "A lot of our boys have been carrying niggling injuries for a number of weeks now and they need some time out, and with no State Cup, guys like Ryley Jacks, Paul Momirovski, they need games of footy."The good thing is we'll finish second, we can't improve or worsen our position, so we've earned the right to make a decision on what we do with our team.
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