| Craig Gower to miss Manly clash |
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| Written by Daniel | |||
| Friday, 06 January 2006 10:00 | |||
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[b]Brett Finch will be favoured to retain the NSW State of Origin halfback spot after Craig Gower ruled himself out of Penrith's NRL clash with Manly on Sunday.[/b] After a second training run on Friday morning, Gower decided he had not recovered sufficiently from the knee surgery which ruled him out of the opening State of Origin win over Queensland in Sydney last week. However Panthers CEO Mick Leary appealed to NSW selectors to give Gower more time to prove his fitness for the second Origin match in Brisbane on June 14. The selectors are due to name their team on Monday. "I'd like to see them give him a few more days to give him a chance of passing the medical as I do think that in a few more days he would be 100 per cent," Leary told Southern Cross radio. Finch became an Origin hero when he kicked the winning field goal less than 24 hours after being called into the Blues side as a fourth-choice option behind Gower, Andrew Johns and Matt Orford. © 2006 AAP Add this page to your favorite Social Bookmarking websites          
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