Laurie Fisher Bit Quotations

The players are fresher both physically and mentally, but it's also given us an opportunity to do a bit of extra work on our conditioning and strength this week.

He's still struggling a bit with his neck and didn't train today (Thursday). We got an x-ray done and it came back pretty clear so we're hopeful he'll still be able to play. We hope to have him back on the training paddock tomorrow.

It's a bit of an ugly game this year, all round. The open, free-flowing, try-for-try game is gone. The tackle contest is now intense. It's absolutely gripping football but it's a different style of play.

It's a bit of a domino effect. We'll wait and see what happens with Drew Mitchell, although I fear there may be some third-party offers that could lure him over to the Western Force.

Maybe they can get a little bit ill-disciplined so we'll try and play down their end of the park.

He'll probably need to play with just a bit more protection, I think.