Hamblin injury adds to bad day for Brothers

The Wagga side were right in the thick of things up against unbeaten Gundagai at Anzac Park on Sunday until a horror 13 minutes leading into half-time.

They went from leading by two points to trailing by 22 at the break.

Injured co-coach Brody Rigg thought the big momentum shift was just too hard to come back from in the 58-12 loss.

"We matched the intensity for a little bit there but we gave away too much field position," Rigg said.

"We gave away five penalties on the halfway, so that's fourth or fifth tackle and all of a sudden they get a fresh set and we're already buggered from doing a whole set of defending.

"All of their attack was starting at the 50 so it's good ball straight away and you can't really keep defending that."

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Hamblin scored both tries for Brothers but came off late with a shoulder injury.

Rigg hopes he doesn't become another face on the sidelines after Brothers forfeited reserve grade on Sunday due to a lack of available players.

"We had about 21 players unavailable across both grades and that plays a part in us turning up not really prepared," Rigg said.

Things don't get much easier with a clash against Tumut at Equex Centre on Sunday.

Brothers got the points when the two teams met earlier this season, but the Blues have added a few more faces in since then.

"They are going pretty good at the moment and have a few nice additions in Jed Pearce and Jacob Sturt back but if get a few of our players back we should have a good, strong side too," Rigg said.

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