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Hoping it is so Nightingale can where the 5 jumper but actually be on the bench and JP takes his place on the left wing.
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Hoping it is so Nightingale can where the 5 jumper but actually be on the bench and JP takes his place on the left wing.
If it means beating the dogs then I’m okay with it too. I’ll be front & centre cheering him, However if we lose & nighty has a stinker this forum will be in overdrive.
Surely nighty won’t play. It could be a case of picking him in his normal spot in his last game at home or why else would you have JP taking up a bench spot.
Me too. And frankly even with Nighty we should be able to cane the dogs.
Whilst this is a big blow to any chance we may have had I do see a little silver lining
DRAGONS
Vaughan out for the season
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Dragons.com.au dragons.com.au
Timestamp
Tue 21 Aug 2018, 06:35 PM
St George Illawarra front-rower Paul Vaughan suffered a foot injury at training on Tuesday afternoon, and has been ruled out for the remainder of the 2018 NRL Telstra Premiership season.
"Paul suffered a season-ending injury to his foot in a freak incident at training," Dragons Head of Athletic Performance Nathan Pickworth said.
"Paul's foot injury occurred on the opposite leg to the one he previously suffered against the New Zealand Warriors in Round 21."
Vaughan said he was gutted to be ruled out for the remainder of the season.
"I'm devastated that my season has come to an end so suddenly today," he said.
"However, I'll continue to support the boys for the rest of the year, and I look forward to coming back bigger and better in 2019."
Vaughan was earlier today named in the reserves to make a potential return from his earlier syndesmosis injury against the Bulldogs this weekend.
His replacement is the 21-man squad is yet to be determined.
Updated NRL squad for Round 24 v Bulldogs:
1. Matt Dufty – sponsored by Illawarra Mercury/St George & Sutherland Shire Leader
2. Nene Macdonald – sponsored by Relativity in the Loop
3. Euan Aitken – sponsored by University of Wollongong
4. Tim Lafai – sponsored by Kingsgrove Sports Centre
5. Jason Nightingale – sponsored by SMAI
6. Kurt Mann – sponsored by Dynamic Projects
7. Ben Hunt– sponsored by Paul's Customs and Forwarding Solutions
8. James Graham – sponsored by EFEX
9. Cameron McInnes (c) – sponsored by Floormania
10. Leeson Ah Mau – sponsored by My Muscle Chef
11. Tyson Frizell (c) – sponsored by Val Morgan
12. Tariq Sims – sponsored by Stonemasons & Landscapers (since 1970)
13. Jack de Belin – sponsored by Wollongong Jetski
Interchange:
14. Jeremy Latimore – sponsored by Addbuild Additions
15. Jordan Pereira – sponsored by Wollongong Diagnostics
16. Blake Lawrie – sponsored by Westfund
17. Luciano Leilua – sponsored by Domus Lighting
18. Zac Lomax
19. Jai Field
21. Jacob Host
https://www.dragons.com.au/news/2018/08/21/vaughan-out-for-the-season/
Plan B should be not to have those 2 as our wingers.
You know what I would do with the cattle we currently have available:
If you think Dufty's defence is poor then 6 is a no go. It is his 1st full year at 1st grade at one of toughest position in the backline for defence. Everyone is too hard on him for his 1st real season with exception YES..he needs to work on a few things but coaching is part to blame. See how he goes in the finals and at 2019 at fullback and then we can judge him moving forward. I still think he can be a fullback star but still in his youth. Anyone remember Tedesco's first few years even when not injured...he too was a speed hump but then became of the best last line defensive tacklers in the comp prior to his poor last year at the Tigers. I have seen Tommy Turbo have a few poor defensive games at fullback and he has been playing a couple of years.
