The Magic Sponge Podcast - Week 2 Trials Injuries + SuperCoach team changes after stats drama?

Brien (NRL Physio) and James are back to review all the injuries out of the NRL trials and talk through picking their Supercoach team with the change in stats providers!

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0:00 - Intro

3:32 - Injury Wrap

HIA’s
Hame Sele

Matt Burton, Valentine Holmes, Fletcher Sharpe, Roger Tuivasa Sheck, Mitch Woods - hamstrings

Jonah Glover - broken jaw

Leo Thompson, Chanel Harris Tavita, Marata Niukore - calves

Te Maire Martin, Josh Kerr - ankles

Jai Arrow - neck/shoulder

Caleb Navale - ACL

John Bateman - wrist

Ben Te Kura - shoulder/elbow

J’Maine Hopgood - new Dad

18:20 - Muscle Nation Recovery Room

Geoff - Matt Timoko in a moon boot - does that mean it’s a major injury?

John - How good to see Flegler back! You think he will grow into the season and keep getting better?

Fantasy Amateurs - What’s going on with Jacob Liddle’s return timeline - Dragons are saying Round 2 but that seems quick for a Grade 3. Are they being really optimistic or is it possible the grade 3 reporting was wrong?

Mark - before last year Billy Smith had only 1 game from 20 games at centre with less than 2 tackle busts. Then in 2025 8/16 games were 0 or 1 tackle bust. Do you think this was a result of the cartilage removed from his ankle and can we expect his explosiveness to return in 2026 similar to a year 2 ACL bounceback?

Lyle - draft related do you expect Kurt Donoghoe to have big minutes with JMK out (and how long is he out for)?

Alana - How do you get over an injury mentally, like fear of re-injury or scared to try that movement?

34:32 - SuperCoach Corner