He was robbed of a rematch with fiery ahead Corey Horsburgh, and now Sharks enforcer Royce Hunt says he’s “filthy” he received’t get the prospect to lock horns with Roosters veteran Jared Waerea-Hargreaves on this week’s elimination remaining.
NRL followers should wait till subsequent yr for Hunt and Horsburgh to go toe-to-toe once more after the Raiders lock missed final week’s showdown within the Shire as a consequence of suspension.
Fireworks have been predicted after Hunt known as the Queensland rookie a “weak-gutted dog” for pushing him over after they met again in spherical 3.
Hunt reacted and was despatched to the sin bin for lashing out however by no means bought the prospect to get his revenge on the sphere.
The 28-year-old hoped to tackle Waerea-Hargreaves on Saturday evening, however followers will miss out on one other battle of the large males after the Roosters prop was banned for seven matches for 2 separate incidents within the win over the Tigers.
“It’s kind of a relief because you don’t have to worry about someone trying to take your head off every run,” Hunt joked when requested if he was upset that he’d been robbed of a heavyweight confrontation.
“I’m the kind of guy who loves a challenge, so I’m a bit filthy that he’s not playing, but I’m still looking forward to the challenge of taking on their other middles.”
The Roosters nonetheless have loads of muscle, however Hunt hasn’t determined if he’ll go after Victor Radley, Lindsay Collins or another person.
“I’ll look at it later in the week. I’ll do some video on their big boys and see who their most damaging player is,” he stated.
“It’s something I do the week of (the game). I look at who we’re playing and I’ll see who their middles are and then decide who I’m going to challenge.
“Then I think who’s going to try to lock horns with me first, and then I go out there and try to lock horns with them before they can go after me.
“My strength is my running game, so as soon as I get the ball, I try to find the biggest guy and try to single him out.
“I love the big boys that want to lock horns with me and throw down. I love a challenge in a game so I’m all for it, and I’m all for having a target on my back as well.”
Radley is an apparent goal given his tendency to push the envelope on the sphere, however the Roosters lock has obtained assist to slender his focus after he was sin-binned thrice in as many video games, together with their spherical 7 conflict in Cronulla.
“He meditates often. We have a guy called Velan who he has gone to see,” Roosters back-rower Nat Butcher stated.
“He checks in with him and is really in touch with spirituality.
“I think daily meditation has been part of his rehab process into growing up and being able to control his anger.”
The battle of the large boys may very well be the spotlight on Saturday evening, with the Sharks displaying how damaging their forwards could be after accidents wreaked havoc with their rotations earlier within the yr.
Hunt (ankle), Toby Rudolf (foot) and Braden Hamlin-Uele (knee) have all missed giant chunks of the season however are all match and firing, with the towering Tom Hazelton additionally stepping up with Dale Finucane (biceps) out for the yr.
“It was touch and go at the start of the year,” Hunt stated.
“Brades got injured first and then we’d just tag team the whole time. We’d joke with each other, so when he got injured and I said I’d tag in and then we joked that I’d get injured and he’d come back in, which is exactly what happened.
“It’s really good to be all be back and playing with a full-strength middle, although I’m filthy that Dale is still out. He looks good and I keep telling him he should play, but we’ve got Tommy in the rotation now and he’s come out of his shell, which is great.”
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