Three Broncos Withdraw From Four Nations

[Nashy]

THREE Broncos have withdrawn from the Kangaroos train-on squad today with post-season surgery imminent.

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Explains a bit the form drop by Gillo in the second half of the season. Hodgo and Copley also scheduled for surgeries.

 

[Big Pete]

Three Broncos Withdrawn From Four Nations

Dale Copley - Shoulder
Matt Gillett - Shoulder
Justin Hodges - Knee

All require surgery and will miss the 2014 Four Nations.

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Will be interesting to hear if any other players are booked for surgery and how limited their pre-season will be.

 

[I bleed Maroon]

Re: Three Broncos Withdrawn From Four Nations

I wouldn't read too much into this. This sounds like Bennett's doing.

 

[jarro65]

Gillett would've been long odds to play anyway.

He's been busted for a while now

 

[Morkel]

Not surprising. I think all 3 would be struggling to make the squad as has been said above. That still means that Thaiday & Parker are in the extended squad, right? And Glenn & Hoff for NZ?

 

[Danoz Direct]

Not surprising. I think all 3 would be struggling to make the squad as has been said above. That still means that Thaiday & Parker are in the extended squad, right? And Glenn & Hoff for NZ?

Also Hunt and McGuire.

 

[Cult]

Re: Three Broncos Withdrawn From Four Nations

I wouldn't read too much into this. This sounds like Bennett's doing.

What?

 

[mitch222]

Gillett should have had the surgery three weeks ago after the storm game
He was a passenger for the Cowboys game

 

[Cult]

Gillett should have had the surgery three weeks ago after the storm game
He was a passenger for the Cowboys game

Bennett's doing. Obviously.

 

[mitch222]

Bennett's doing. Obviously.

I wonder if Bennett had anything to do with the vote in Scotland aswell :spy:

 

[_wwong]

Gillett should have had the surgery three weeks ago after the storm game
He was a passenger for the Cowboys game

his stats were 2 runs for -15m gain

 

[Unbreakable]

I really hope that explains Gillett's form post-origin, because it was bog average.

 

[Ari Gold]

Bet they wouldn't have withdrawn if it were Origin coming up.

 

[Huge]

I remember during WBs first term at the Broncos he said publicly that he had learned the lesson about using players who were less than a hundred percent. I know that we all know you would play someone who was very close to a hundred percent right and of course WB would too. What I think he meant was someone like Gillett who in reality was nowhere near a hundred percent fit. I think it would have been stupid for Griffin to play Gillett and so it proved. I'd rather a fit player with slightly less ability over an injured superstar, not that I ever thought Gillett was one. We lost the Origin this year because we had an injured rusty superstar play instead of a super fit,ready made replacement who definitely could have been the extra 1% that would have gotten us home for 9 straight.