THE injury concerns which dogged Port City Breakers at the beginning of last year’s Group 3 season are a thing of the past.
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Sean Barrett, Owen Blair, Luke Sinclair and Jake Kelly will represent Group 3 against Group 2 on Saturday.
Coach Dan Kemp will name them in the side and then cross his fingers for no injuries.
“As a coach you want your players playing rep footy because it’s good for them and good for the club,” he said.
The injury-free start is in stark contrast to round two last year when the Breakers had to make nine changes from round one.
“It’s the first time in a long time the Breakers have been able to name the same team two weeks in a row,” he said.
“Everyone knows the injury problems Digby had to put up with at the start of the year so hopefully we haven’t jinxed it.”
The Breakers travel to Taree to face the Bulls on Sunday and Kemp was expecting another tight contest after Taree City emerged with the two points last year.
“Last year they got us down there and it was one of those games we let slip,” he said.
He expects hooker Matt Everitt to play an integral role in anything the Bulls do.
“He was last year’s player of the year who controls everything for them from nine,” Kemp said.
Last week’s 18-point win over Wauchope was a good platform for the Breakers to build from.
“There were no surprises out of last week because you expect the performance to lack a bit of polish,” Kemp said.