Orange helps keep Morts fresh

Longer story about why Mortimer only played 50 mins on the weekend, and how Anderson is trying to keep him fresh. Of course Mitch gave us all the good oil on this earlier this week .-) PARRAMATTA protected Daniel Mortimer from possible burn-out by sending the rising star home to his family's vineyard in Orange to re-charge for the tilt at finals footy. Mortimer, 20, pruned vines and worked in the wine shed with father and former Canterbury champion Peter, along with seeing old mates and reuniting with his two dogs Georgie and Cydi. Back now and fresh, Mortimer is ready for Sunday's big match against Newcastle at Parramatta Stadium - a game the Eels must win to retain any hope of reaching the finals. "There can be fatigue on the body in the NRL. It is also more mentally draining than I thought," Mortimer told The Daily Telegraph. "It was just nice to get some fresh country air in the lungs and to go home and relax. The property is looking beautiful. That is the biggest thing I miss living in Sydney." Eels coach Daniel Anderson said Mortimer needed a break - physically and mentally. "He has played eight to nine games so the honeymoon is over," Anderson said. "We sent him home to freshen up mentally and get some TLC from his mum and dad. That was the aim. FULL STORY IS HERE

"David Armstrong is the young fullback at the Knights who is filling in for Ponga and looks the goods.
He is off contract at the end of this season and looks better than our current backs and juniors. "

"I cant believe that if Sivo wants to stay at the club, we are contractually tied to him untill the end of 2027.
His contract expires 2025 with 26 and 27 having Mutual Options that either Sivo or the club can enact.
Considering this year he is in…"

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blueNgold August 6, 2009 at 12:01pm

haha that was actually me 1eyed, i wrote that bloody comment unbeknown to me that i was signed into my brothers account. After it went up i could have deleted it, but hey im a nice bro so i thought i'd give him credit for it, lol.
- 1Eyed Eel > blueNgold August 6, 2009 at 9:01pm
  
  Yeh sure blueNgold, sure .-)

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