I heard on the grapevine a few weeks ago that his knee was fine, but he had hamstring related injuries. <shrug>
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He needs to play one regular season VFL game to be officially available for all VFL finals. However, rules can be bent a la Cyril 2014. We had to pull out another Hawthorn player (was it Sewell) so Cyril could play that VFL GF.Could he play finals at Box Hill?
Can't wait to see Birch out there again, have the feeling it will be next year though.
David O’Halloran?
No way Birchall returns againWill be interesting to see what happens if Birchall is fit.
Hard to drop anyone at this point. Sicily still to come back too.
why not?No way Birchall returns again
I am a massive fan of Birchall but would've thought he will need a VFL return to see if he's still at the skill level and pace of the modern game; only Cyril comes straight back into the side even if its a GF.
There is one other!
David O’Halloran?
David O'Halloran's first game of the 1985 season was the GF.Haha, I wonder if people get the reference?
why not?
But if his knee is ok, why wouldn't he come back in? If it's not ok, then he doesn't play.The bung knee. Always a setback.
He will be put on ice soon and repeat next year
I got him playing a half this week 3 qtrs the next week a full game the week off and then primed to go week one of finals. That would be the plan barring any setbacksDon't know if you caught it, but pre-game, Birch told Moony he would probably be back next week (or definitely the week after)
He's been doing that intensive training block, plus all his accumulated fitness base, might give him a chance to play ones after a week or two at Box Hill
If only u saw him at training delivering the ball inside 50. He is a luxury and a real Joker in the pack for us as we hit finals5 games in 2 years & hasn't played a game since Round 15 2017. He's got 2 weeks to permeate our best 22 heading into a finals campaign...
I gonna say its touch and go.No chance in the world does Birch play in the ones this season.
Hopefully a couple of games for Box Hill would be perfect and hit next season running.
Rememeber when he came back middle of last year after plenty on here said he was cooked and looked a million bucks?5 games in 2 years & hasn't played a game since Round 15 2017. He's got 2 weeks to permeate our best 22 heading into a finals campaign...