With Origin being on Sunday night, NRL teams have a bye this weekend – and it’s particularly good timing for the injury-ravaged Knights.
They’ve actually got two byes in four weeks, meaning there’s potentially only one more game before the return of Mitchell Pearce.
Nathan Brown admits the side’s lack of experienced players at the moment is hurting.
“Since we’ve sort of gone through this 6 to 8 week we’ve sort of had a fair few more inexperienced players we’ve had real key parts of the game where we’ve let ourselves down ”
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Meanwhile, Lachlan Fitzgibbon could miss two weeks after being charged over a crusher tackle.