{"id":387070,"date":"2024-04-22T05:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-04-22T05:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387070"},"modified":"2024-04-22T08:03:48","modified_gmt":"2024-04-22T08:03:48","slug":"axed-cook-set-for-call-up-as-souths-make-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=387070","title":{"rendered":"Axed Cook set for call-up as Souths make changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Jason Demetriou<\/a> has recalled veteran South Sydney<\/a> star Damien Cook<\/a> to the team for Thursday night's battle against the Melbourne Storm<\/a>.\ufeff<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs coach axed the star hooker before the club's round six clash against the Cronulla Sharks<\/a> – a match they ended up losing, dumping Cook to play in the NSW Cup<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Sydney Morning Herald<\/a> reports Cook is expected to be named on the bench for the upcoming Anzac Day clash, with Peter Mamouzelos remaining favourite to start in the No.9 jersey.<\/p>\n

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The 32-year-old hooker pushed his case to make a return to the squad during his match in the NSW Cup team and his application in training.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Cook did not play in the reserve grade competition over the weekend as Souths had a bye.<\/p>\n

The Rabbitohs star is just shy of making his 200th NRL appearance, revealing he owes his possible return to the performance and drive of the NSW Cup side<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Jacob Gagai is expected to make his second appearance for the side this season, replacing the injured Tyrone Munro on the wing.<\/p>\n

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Jai Arrow<\/a> revealed that he will also be returning to the side for the first time since their round-one loss in Las Vegas.<\/p>\n

The star forward said he is excited to make his return and has undergone contact tests during training this week to ensure his return to play is smooth sailing.<\/p>\n

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"Things are going good, rehab's been smooth sailing and I'm looking to return next week against Melbourne," Arrow said speaking on Triple M Breakfast.<\/p>\n

"I'm really excited. I've been put through tests this week with contact and I got through everything pretty well.<\/p>\n

"I'm excited to be out there and play footy again."<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Jason Demetriou has recalled veteran South Sydney star Damien Cook to the team for Thursday night's battle against the Melbourne Storm.\ufeff The Rabbitohs coach axed […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":385565,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387070"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=387070"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387070\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":387072,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/387070\/revisions\/387072"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/385565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=387070"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=387070"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=387070"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}