Trey Mooney

finals to realise the number of times that we got there that we normally lost if we weren't at full strength.

The Knights will have no Trey Mooney, Jacob Saifidi suspended.

No Dylan Lucas, no Dylan

Brown.

And I think the Knights have done remarkably well just to get to where they are.

Obviously, they have a couple of big forwards down, Saifidi and Trey Mooney.

That's caused Tyson Frizzell to go to the front row, which kind of weakens their bench somewhat.

But if I look at the Rabideaus' bench at the moment, Jai Gray, Lachlan Hubner, Kepi, Humphries, Elliott, Latrell Seawalt, they've got a very strong bench.

And I think the Knights have done remarkably well just to get to where they are.

Obviously, they have a couple of big forwards down, Saifidi and Trey Mooney.

That's caused Tyson Frizzell to go to the front row, which kind of weakens their bench somewhat.

But if I look at the Rabideaus' bench at the moment, Jai Gray, Lachlan Hubner, Kepi, Humphries, Elliott, Latrell Seawalt, they've got a very strong bench.

They've got four blokes coming back, Dom Young, Tyson Frizzell, Phoenix Crosland, and Francis Manu Leilua, who's just burst onto the scene.

But they do, I mean, we know they're missing Dylan Brown, season-ending injury, Trey Mooney and Jacob Saifidi missing as well.

So there's a fair bit of cattle up front that the Knights are missing.

Yeah, and that's, like I was saying at the start, I think that's going to be the real difference, particularly with Syfidiat.

They do.

Like Trey Mooney.

Basami's playing.

Basami Solo.

But the flip for Newcastle, been cruel with injuries the last few weeks.

You know, Trey Mooney, Safidi's suspension for that shot.

Lucas and Brown that had already previously been.

Frizzell and Dom Young return from suspensions in a week, and they've obviously had the bye, which I don't think could have come at a better time in terms of where they're at.

He'll probably miss the rest of the season.

You've got Trey Mooney as well, who's had a cracker.

He's one of the buyers of the year, if you ask me, because he's been outstanding since coming up from Canberra.

But you've gone up against the pack, you know, Junji Tola, Kionkola Matangi, Talas Duncan's back from arrest.

I want to ask you this one.

The ability for the Knights to go shift for shift, is that impacted by their inability, well, not inability to go forward, the capability of going forward diminished by no Jacob Saifidi, no Trey Mooney?

It's a great question, and I think you're right.

I think you're really onto it here because, obviously, the quality that they are missing in the middle of the field is significant.

Do you actually watch the games? Katara Knight, yeah.

Okay, I'll put it back to you on this way, Katara Knight.

If Saifidi and Trey Mooney were fit and available, Cody Hopp would be starting the game.

That's the point that I'm making.