Obviously it'll be a struggle for us given all the injuries and young players but I think it'll make us stronger for later in the season. We're already in-line for a good playoffs spot and we should be rocking it once we get a few of our senior players back from injury. However, this has given experience to our young players like Bowden, Green, Kent, Crooks and they'll all be much better from having it and it'll make it easier for us to play them later on in the season.
A raft of injuries can sometimes bring the best out in sides as they pull together and a backs to the wall mentality comes out. We experienced that at Saints with us missing 6 forwards that would stand more then an even chance of making our first 17 (certainly 5 would).
I think the key is the quality of the back up players. I was suprised by how well lads like Dudson, Hughes and Spencer played for us and it gives you more confidence in those lads going forward. Another issue is how your big players step up. We had guys on good Friday like Lima and Hock who played out of their skins and shouldered more minutes and extra responsibility.
I think you'll at the least push us close if lads like Tickle, Lynch, Houghton and Seymour fire.
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