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Message: [QUOTE="Foordy, post: 3677575, member: 1769"] The Panthers have reportedly told the NRL that there is “no way in the world” they'll be playing the World Club Challenge against the SL Premiers. they're sighting player burnout as many of their players are playing in the end of season internationals, and the fact they're playing in Vegas next year [B]Panthers CEO, Brian Fletcher said:[/B] “You couldn’t put the players through it. We can’t play it, we don’t have the time span,” Fletcher said. “It’s impractical. There’s no way in the world we could fit it into the schedule. Our coaches and football department have said the players couldn’t stand up to it. “The amount of football that they’ve played and then a World Club Challenge before we go to Vegas – it becomes too much. Player welfare is the biggest problem. We have 20-odd players in the Pacific Test matches as well and we have a lot of surgery to be done on players over the off-season. [/QUOTE]

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