Jackson Hastings
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bringbackbeaver
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Penrith did it with Peter Wallis.. He's going great at 9 and provides a good kicking game from dummy half. If Hastings can handle the defensive requirements of hooker, this might work well. I think he needs to be in the starting team for goal kicking alone! Give him a run there in the trials and see how he gets on..
I think its the tough halves who make a good transition to hooker. Monas, Tooves, Wallace. I'm sure there are others. Hastings is tough and a real competitor. Having general play kicking options of Hastings, DCE and Green would be nice too.
bringbackbeaver
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Yeah even before he tee'd it up it was never going over...
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Who are you and what have you done with snake?
tookey
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If he brings ballin back then he won't be a c.nt
Loobs
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Can everyone else penciled in for the top 25 go get surgery that keeps them out of the nines too???
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Seriously though, when you hire a person in the real world, you check references, get a criminal history check, why wouldn't a sportsperson being hired have a medical check? So on last count officially / non officially we have Lussick / Matai / Stewart / Hastings already gone for start of the season. Surely with a new player you would start their contract when they are able to play what happens if the recuperation stalls. Have management had their collective brains cleaned out as well?
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That's what Penrith and Tigers have done.... there sending weak sides, no stars
Loobs
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Injuries happen. To quote a great man "you can get killed walking' your doggie!"
yokahontas
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I'd say the club would've been well aware of the issue when they signed him (assuming it's not a new injury he's picked up at training).
Sometimes it's just a matter of 'wait and watch', or, like DCE and Tommy T last season, knowing it's going to need surgery at some point but it's not critically urgent, so you try to time it right.
I broke an ankle a few years ago, and there was a bit of back and forth between doctors about whether I had to have surgery or not. Ended up having a second set of scans done after 2 1/2 weeks, and they decided it was healing fine so no surgery - it's not uncommon for them to hold off on making the call to see how you respond to other treatment first.
Incidentally, the specialist I saw (at Moore Park) treats heaps of footy players (league and union) with the same injury I had - she reckons 9 times out of 10 players will have the surgery so they can get back on the field quicker, but long term you will have a lot less trouble with it if they let it heal on its own.
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