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Message: [QUOTE="Big Pete, post: 2649310, member: 1899"] [B]NRL 2015 season: How Wayne Bennett plans to navigate Brisbane Broncos through hectic schedule[/B] [B]WAYNE Bennett has revealed how the Broncos are navigating five trials in three countries, separated by 18,136km, in just 21 days. [/B] It is perhaps the heaviest pre-season schedule in Brisbane’s history but typically Bennett said there was little point in complaining because the schedule wasn’t changing. Brisbane’s Nines campaign is over and now the 80-minute contests begin, starting in Mackay this Saturday night against North Queensland. Forward recruit Adam Blair will debut for Brisbane in Mackay and Josh McGuire and other internationals will also return. Bennett said every player in the squad, except for Darius Boyd, was on track to be available for Round 1. However, the six players who had off-season surgery — Dale Copley, Jack Reed, Corey Oates, Matt Gillett, David Stagg and Jarrod Wallace — may not be fit enough play a part in the trials. If any of those players do feature in a trial it will be the clash with Redcliffe at Dolphin Oval on February 21 — the same night the Broncos play Wigan in the expanded World Club Challenge in northern England. Bennett said the team for Round 1 was far from decided and he was not concerned about the pre-season being too heavy. “This is what we do. This is part of being an NRL player,” he said. “We have been doing it for years now at the Broncos. Nothing has changed. “The next month is about finding out the best 17 we can put on the park. “It is a balance at the moment. “Those who are playing the All Stars game won’t play the Cowboys in Mackay. “We will be getting guys like Josh McGuire and Adam Blair back for Mackay. “The players who played for Samoa and Australia will go to the World Club Challenge. “We still have six long term injuries at the club. They may not trial or some could get a bit of time in Redcliffe. “We believe they will all be available for Round 1 though except for Darius.” http://www.couriermail.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2015-season-how-wayne-bennett-plans-to-navigate-brisbane-broncos-through-hectic-schedule/story-fniabm4i-1227205471922 [/QUOTE]

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