East Wagga-Kooringal and The Rock-Yerong Creek both suffer late withdrawals

East Wagga-Kooringal lost fullback Trent Garner, who was struck down during the week with a stomach bug, while The Rock-Yerong Creek went in without midfielder Dale Hugo who was in bed with the ’flu.

Pies coach David Pieper said he was a big loss.

“He's our major ball winner so we had to shuffle a few things around and the midfield really stood up.”