LAKES centre Callan Guest won't play again this Newcastle Rugby League season after needing four metal plates to help mend a broken jaw in surgery this week.
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Guest has now returned home from hospital following the procedure after first arriving on Sunday, taken from Cahill Oval midway through the second half during a 40-26 comeback win over Maitland.
Guest joins Jarrod Holmgreen and Jamie Ghoulmieh on the long-term injured list at Belmont with both previously damaging anterior cruciate ligaments.
* WESTERN Suburbs have maintained their four-point lead on the competition ladder, but they broken new ground following the weekend.
The Rosellas have now cracked the double century in regards to points differential, coming in at plus-204 from nine matches and almost one hundred ahead of their nearest rivals.
Wests have scored the most points (297) and conceded the least (93).
* JULY 31 is the rescheduled date for South Newcastle and Central Newcastle to play their catch up game from round nine last month.
The Wednesday night fixture, set to kick-off at 7:30pm, is planned for Merewether's Townson Oval where Souths last played on June 8.
* CRAIG Bellamy and Mark Waugh will be guest speakers for a Pickers sportsman lunch at Club Maitland City on August 9.
* THE CHEETAHS will hold "Back To Waratah Day" at Waratah Oval on July 27.
