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Newcastle Herald
Newcastle Herald
National
Renee Valentine

How Olympic captain Laura Hall dislocated her thumb, shook it back into place and played on

Captain and midfielder Laura Hall says Newcastle Olympic will take plenty of confidence into their grand final showdown with premiers Warners Bay this weekend. Picture: Marina Neil

When Laura Hall went down in clear distress two minutes into the second half of Newcastle Olympic's must-win preliminary final with Broadmeadow on Saturday night, coach Paul DeVitis was not worried.

The game at Magic Park remained locked at nil-all and it would be a huge loss if Olympic's captain and tireless midfield workhouse could not play on.

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