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Although it was a long wait for the ambos (45 mins or so), Sasha was constantly attended by first responders (medical staff from both teams) who were also in phone contact with the emergency services.
She (thankfully) had pain relief (green whistle) and as far as I could see was as comfortable as was possible in the circumstances.
It was a freak accident, I think we all hope she has a total recovery as quickly as possible.

By the way I have seen juniors with serious injuries (eg dislocated knee) with just a sports trainer & their parents assisting wait longer at the same venue in the past.

Whose going to be the vixens and mavericks replacement players?

Clubs can contract TPs from other clubs into contracted roles (ie permanent replacement players); Ala Bell and Ervin at Lightning last year (they were FB TPs before Lightning gave them contracts).

But Vixens won’t go for Jok.

Word is Andrew will be the PRP for Kumwenda with Lily Graham getting the 11th / rookie spot that Andrew was originally slated for. Graham has a gorgeous shot. Both are great prospects. But they are both going (as well as Barkmeyer) to NZ this weekend then they have games in Ballarat so probably won’t finalise till later as there is no rush if they aren’t bringing someone in. Barkmeyer has played too many games to be the rookie and Vixens re really turning her into a WA (backup to GA) anyway as opposed to a pure goaler.

As for Mavs I read quotes today they aren’t ruling Glasgow out for the season yet. They have limited information on her recovery and want to give her every chance even if limited to play so sounds more like they will go down the TRO route initially. You’d imagine Jok would get it over Palavi but it means Cardwell playing g a lot of GA.

If Hay comes back then Pitman will have to be taken out. But when TPRs are doing a good job teams don’t tend to rush back the player they’ve replaced, especially if it isn’t a star player or a leader in the team. If the Giants are winning with Pitman, I’m sure they’ll bring back Hay later in the season or there might even be another midcourter who picks up a ‘niggle’.

I’m curious who the Giants will go with as their starting 7. I’m expecting Harten/Dwyer/Pitman/Price/Winders/Ward/O’Brien, but wouldn’t be surprised to see McDonell get good court time or even a Winders/Price/Sliger midcourt. I’d like to see Price in WA, I think she could be very strong there. Hopefully Letherbarrow keeps getting court time, it would be a shame to see her riding the pine.

I think it’ll come down to injuries for Harten. She plays a massive part in their attack with her smarts. If she can stay injury free for the season, that will help Giants a lot.

How many years did Harten sign for? It was multiple wasn’t it?