{"id":138123,"date":"2021-10-03T00:45:25","date_gmt":"2021-10-03T00:45:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=138123"},"modified":"2021-10-03T08:57:35","modified_gmt":"2021-10-03T08:57:35","slug":"legends-warning-on-reynolds-fitness-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=138123","title":{"rendered":"Legend's warning on Reynolds' fitness status"},"content":{"rendered":"

League great Peter Sterling<\/a> says the halfback battle between Nathan Cleary and Adam Reynolds<\/a> will go a long way to deciding the winner of the NRL grand final<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Cleary is aiming to add a premiership to his glowing list of accolades, while Reynolds is aiming to sign off from South Sydney in style before he joins the Broncos next season.<\/p>\n

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Reynolds has been under an injury cloud in the lead-up, fighting a groin injury, and Sterling said whether or not the 31-year-old takes kicking duties in the decider will show just how fit he is.<\/p>\n

"I think everybody's going to be looking to see the first kicks taken by South Sydney, whether it's a goal kick or a kick in general play," he told Nine's Sport Sunday<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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"If Adam Reynolds doesn't kick, which he didn't do much of last week [he's not fit].<\/p>\n

"Blake Taaffe had the responsibility and he's an adequate kicker, but if I need a clutch kick, whether it's a goal kick, a drop kick or a kick in general play, Adam Reynolds is your man, he's first in line. If he doesn't kick it hurts South Sydney's chances.<\/p>\n

"Adam Reynolds I think has the best kicking game in the competition. Nathan Cleary is right up there as well, a couple of kicks he's come up with in the finals series has been superb.<\/p>\n

"Whichever No.7 plays the better football is probably going to be on the winning side, that's the amount of influence that they will have on the outcome."<\/p>\n

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