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PARRAMATTA has suffered a huge blow on the eve of tomorrow night's blockbuster against St George Illawarra at WIN Jubilee Oval with inspirational backrower Nathan Hindmarsh ruled out with a toe injury.
Parramatta's inspirational forward leader Nathan Hindmarch has been ruled out off tomorrow night's blockbuster with a toe injury
Hindmarsh, a mainstay of the Eels defence who averages close to 40 tackles a game, had surgery in the off season on his big toe and injured it during last Friday night's win over Penrith at Parramatta Stadium.
“He got it banged up last week and it's been giving him a ludricous amount of grief,” Eels coach Daniel Anderson said today.
“He hasn't been able to train this week and he can't run, he can't even walk well today.”
Anderson said that he expected to have Hindmarsh available for the Eels qualifying final next week _ depending on results in the final round they could finish anywhere from fith to eighth.
“He could have played tomorrow night but it would have been under duress and I made the call we don't need to push him at this stage,” Anderson said.
“He knows himself he's going to be better off for the team when he's not playing and then playing next week.
“He wouldn't be able to deliver what he wanted tomorrow night anyway.”
Broderick Wright comes into the squad named on Tuesday. It's expected he will fill a bench role with a raft of options open to Anderson, the most likely being bringing veteran backrower Joe Galuvao straight into the starting team.
Brod Wright was making a lot of tackles in the games he played this year, I think he can cover for Hindy
