Wagga City are preparing for a difficult trip to Griffith without some of their most experienced forwards.
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James Maloney, John Blackmore, Nick Gleeson and Travis Taylor are all out of the side to tackle the Blacks at Exies Oval on Saturday.
However after scoring a hat-trick in the loss to Tumut Grant Roben returns at number eight.
Roben played in three grades last week, but has more than proved his fitness after coming back from a broken finger.
Wagga City have gone through the first half of the season, but coach Scott Callaghan thought they showed good signs despite a 83-26 loss to the Bulls last week.
“We played well for 40 minutes last week, a middle 40,” Callaghan said.
“In the 10 minutes before and 30 minutes after half-time we beat them 26-5.
“We just let them get away too quickly and then they scored three late tries when we had a few injuries that is got a bit disjointed to blow it out.”
