My name is Earl (Shaw)

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Earl was eased back into the action against Queanbeyan. He played only a few minutes each quarter in the ruck and also spent time up forward. Kicked a goal when he was infringed in a ruck contest near the goals and slotted it through.

Its a promising return and hopefully he can start gaining some match fitness to hopefully push Chambers aside for that 2nd ruck spot.

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I believe Earl was slated to play 10-15 min per quarter as backup to Doyle but that plan went out the window when Doyle pulled his hammy in the 2nd quarter. Earl basically rucked the rest of the game, got his hands to the ball plenty of times but not many to advantage. Still looks a bit rusty as he builds up match fitness.