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not sure if this has already been posted. please delete if it has
credit to Bennett for not forcing us to play 1 down. If they were so sure he was fine why would you have a cover player warming up as well
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27192603-5018866,00.html
NRL to probe late Nathan Hindmarsh withdrawal from Dragons game
The NRL will investigate the circumstances surrounding the late withdrawal of Parramatta veteran Nathan Hindmarsh from Friday night's clash against St George Illawarra.
Hindmarsh pulled out of the game following the warm-up after copping a knock on his sternum, the same injury which saw him fail to finish last week's loss to Cronulla.
Backrower Justin Horo was promoted to the starting line-up to replace Hindmarsh with Brendan Oake coming onto the bench.
NRL rules prohibit a player who has been named on the official team sheet - which is supplied one hour before kick-off - from pulling out of a match with a pre-existing injury.
The Eels claim Hindmarsh had trained all week and had recovered from the injury, and they received the approval of Dragons doctor Paul Annett to make the late change.
The NRL still has the power to sanction the Eels if it was found the club contravened the rules with the late replacement.
"There was a suggestion that if we enforced the rules they'd have to play with 16," Dragons coach Wayne Bennett told ABC Radio.
"But I wasn't interested in that - I've always been about playing within the rules and fairness and that would have been against all my principles."
The Dragons last week lost prop Dan Hunt during the warm-up.
credit to Bennett for not forcing us to play 1 down. If they were so sure he was fine why would you have a cover player warming up as well
http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,27192603-5018866,00.html
NRL to probe late Nathan Hindmarsh withdrawal from Dragons game
The NRL will investigate the circumstances surrounding the late withdrawal of Parramatta veteran Nathan Hindmarsh from Friday night's clash against St George Illawarra.
Hindmarsh pulled out of the game following the warm-up after copping a knock on his sternum, the same injury which saw him fail to finish last week's loss to Cronulla.
Backrower Justin Horo was promoted to the starting line-up to replace Hindmarsh with Brendan Oake coming onto the bench.
NRL rules prohibit a player who has been named on the official team sheet - which is supplied one hour before kick-off - from pulling out of a match with a pre-existing injury.
The Eels claim Hindmarsh had trained all week and had recovered from the injury, and they received the approval of Dragons doctor Paul Annett to make the late change.
The NRL still has the power to sanction the Eels if it was found the club contravened the rules with the late replacement.
"There was a suggestion that if we enforced the rules they'd have to play with 16," Dragons coach Wayne Bennett told ABC Radio.
"But I wasn't interested in that - I've always been about playing within the rules and fairness and that would have been against all my principles."
The Dragons last week lost prop Dan Hunt during the warm-up.
