Full-back Manly's Brett Stewart is out of City-Country with a calf injury and, according to Country doctor Hugh Hazard, he is not guaranteed to be fit for Origin I. "Calves can be a real pain," Hazard said in Wollongong. "They can keep you out for two weeks or six weeks. They will certainly want to get some fitness work out of him before (Origin)." City Origin full-back Brett Hodgson is next in line, with Melbourne's Steve Turner a possible bolter.
Luke Patten should get the gig in front of Turner, but being from Melbourne Turner may get the nod. That and Patten is injured but dunno how bad it is.
I'm quietly confident that he will be back playing against the broncos I think Hasler didnt want to risk some star players getting injured.
He was interviewed on fox sports this morning sais he's 50-50 for this weekend wants to play to grab fullback spot for origin.
