Wakefield Trinity have the depth to cope with loss of Pauli – Chester

By The Newsroom
Published 25th Jan 2019, 05:00 BST
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Pauli Pauli
UPBEAT COACH Chris Chester is confident Wakefield Trinity can cope with the loss of giant forward Pauli Pauli.

The Australian prop/second-row suffered damage to a posterior cruciate ligament during the first half of last Saturday’s 16-6 pre-season defeat at Newcastle Thunder and could be out of action for around two months.

“It’s not ideal, but he probably wouldn’t have been playing the first couple of weeks anyway,” Chester said.

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“There’s still a lot of work to do with Pauli. Obviously with the way the interchanges have gone now [reduced from 10 to eight] I need 17 fit blokes.

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Chris Chester

“He is a big loss to us, but it’s a position we’ve got quite a bit of cover in – we’ve got Kirmo [Danny Kirmond], we’ve got James Batchelor and Matty Ashurst.

“He does bring some real punch and certainly when he gets fit and the grounds get harder he will be a real force for us.

“We are disappointed for Pauli, but we are hopeful it’ll be six to eight weeks maximum.

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