Jono Lance confident he can overcome injury and his former team in NRC decider

Perth Spirit flyhalf Jono Lance is confident he can overcome a hamstring injury in time to face his former side in the National Rugby Championship decider in Tamworth on Saturday night. Lance missed last weekend’s semi final victory over the Sydney Rays, but the former NSW Country playmaker appears to be on track to return for the final. “I’m pretty confident, there are a few things I still need to tick off but I’ll be doing everything I can to be available. I’ve got family that live in Tamworth so to play a final there will be pretty special,” he said earlier this week. “There is no strain or anything I’ve just had some tightness from a hip pointer injury that I had a few weeks ago and as a result of that my hammy is quite tight, so I’ve just got to get through training and then we’ll go from there. I ran earlier in the week and did some hammy strength testing and that all went well.” Lance was a standout for NSW Country in 2015 and was named NRC player of th
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