Just when Young thought their halves would be settled to start the finals, five-eighth Jesse Corcoran is facing a week on the sidelines.
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Young’s star halfback Ray Talimalie has been suspended for the last four weeks, but while he is back the Cherrypickers could be without his usual playmaking partner.
Corocoran has been charged by the review committee for a shoulder charge on Tumut’s Dean Bristow in the 34-26 loss on Sunday.
Bristow was forced from the field after the hit, and the Blues then asking to have the incident investigated.
After reviewing video evidence on Monday, Corocoran has been charged with a moderate offence.
Initially looking at three weeks on the sidelines, Corcoran will receive a 25 per cent discount for having a clean record over the past five years and will get another 25 per cent with an early guilty plea.
With a place in the qualifying final against Gundagai on Sunday at stake, Young have until 5pm Tuesday to decide whether to take the early plea or risk fighting the charge.
Young also fired in a complaint against Tumut’s Jacob Toppin, however the hooker should be free to play Kangaroos in the elimination final on Saturday.
He was charged with a moderate dangerous throw on Young front rower Kyle Richens.
While he was initially looking at a three-week back with discounts for a clean record over the last 10 years plus the early guilty plea he won’t have enough carry over points to be forced to miss the must-win clash.
The involvement of Blues front rower Tamati Ioane in the tackle was investigated, but he was cleared of any wrongdoing.
If Corcoran is suspended, Matt Murray is expected to switch to five-eighth.
Regardless of who plays in the halves, Young captain-coach James Woolford wants his team to bring a better attitude to tackle Gundagai at Anzac Park.
“We didn’t turn up to play a game of football and they (Tumut) pulled our pants down,” Woolford said.
“(Gundagai) are always tough at home so we need to turn up and we can’t afford to not play for the 80 minutes.”