With a full first grade side out with injuries at the moment, it has been a tough start to the season for the Leeton Greens as they prepare to host Darlington Point Coleambally on Sunday.
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The list grew longer over the weekend with Daniel Fisher (shoulder) and Clinton Green (ankle) both picking up knocks while Rhys Wilesmith faces a week on the sideline though suspension.
Coach Warren Weir was hopeful the injuries wouldn't keep them out for too long but won't be rushing them back.
"I nearly have a full first-grade side out with injuries at the moment," he said.
"Clinton isn't walking too well at the moment, and Daniel was back at work, but he wasn't able to do too much.
"They will probably both be out this week, and we will take it from there."
The Greens will return home this weekend, and Weir remains confident that despite the growing injury list they will be able to remain on track to tick off one of their goals.
"It's a home game this weekend, so hopefully we can use that to our advantage," he said.
"One of the goals we set at the start of the season was that we don't lose games at home."
The Greens have already shown they will be tough to beat at home having been the only team to defeat West Wyalong and Weir takes plenty of confidence from that performance.
"It (win over West Wyalong) shows we aren't too far off the pace," he said.
"There is never much between us and the Point. It is always a physical battle."
After a loss to the Waratahs where the scoreline blew out at the end of the night due to a lack of interchanges, Weir knows where his side needs to improve.
"Our completions cost us," he said.
"We were right in the game at halftime with a 12-6 lead, and then we ran out of interchanges in the second half.
"The turning point on the weekend was an intercept pass when they ran 80 metres to score. We just need to make sure we are getting to our kicks."
Despite the one-sided result on the scoreboard, Weir said there were plenty of positive to take out of last week's performance.
"Going into halftime I couldn't have been happier with the performance," he said.
"The amount of work that we put in was ridiculous. We had seven dropped balls and five penalties, and with those kinds of numbers, you would expect to be losing at the break.
"I think apart for the injuries the performance was really positive."
I nearly have a full first grade side out with injuries at the moment
- Leeton coach Clinton Green