Fri: Parramatta v Manly at Pirtek Stadium
Don't rule out the NRL's greatest redemption story featuring Danny Wicks just yet. Parramatta have a final 'captain's run' on Thursday afternoon and 18th man Wicks will be part of that session. Wicks was tipped to make his comeback in the NSW Cup with Wentworthville, but he's yet to train a single session with the Eels feeder-club. The player that could make way for Wicks, who spent 18-months behind bars for drug trafficking, is Parramatta bench forward Junior Paulo.
Injuries, a coach under pressure and contract chaos with their two most important players Daly Cherry-Evans and Kieran Foran. If it was any other club, you would rightfully question why should Manly bother turning up? But the Sea Eagles love a crisis more than any other franchise and despite their huge injury toll including Steve Matai (shoulder), Jamie Buhrer (knee), Josh Starling (knee) and Jorge Taufua (shoulder), expect a fired-up Manly outfit. There was a significant whisper emerging from Brookvale on Wednesday that 18th man Justin Horo could be a late inclusion for possibly Brenton Lawrence, who has on-going back issues.
Just written on Sportal. Surely not!
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LOL. My thoughts exactly.
Michael Picklum to add comment in 3, 2, 1.....
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Lots of injuries there for manly, and it wont surprise me if Wicks comes in, cant wait to see if he still has some presence out on the park, cant wait.
Wicks is a monster but I just couldn't see them throwing him in with only what, 40 minutes of footy played? Interesting that he has not trained at all with Wenty, clearly BA thinks he is a full time FG player which is good.
Now that's a scoop!!
Jnr Paulo better not get relegated......shhhhhhiiiiitttttttttt
I'd have Pauli Pauli in for sef Paulo
I heard N Peats will play a bit of back row when Degois comes on
Pure speculation.
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