Riley Hardeman missed R3 again through injury, stalling any cash-gen momentum from this $296.4k DEF with a 44 BE. The intel flagged North's backline injuries as a path to early game time, and that story still holds — but he needs to actually play first. Avoid until he's confirmed fit and selected.
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Should I trade Riley Hardeman?
Form, breakeven, and a comparable replacement weighed up.
Riley Hardeman not selected for North Melbourne vs Adelaide R10 despite community pressure. Discussion about him needing to earn selection - club reportedly managing his return from injury carefully. High community expectation he will come in once fit and ready.
Multiple NM fans calling for Riley Hardeman to come in at half-back given his ability to provide run and creativity out of defence. Two independent comments name him as an in for the selection, replacing Luke McDonald.
Multiple commenters and podcast sources (Fireball Friday) saying Hardeman will come in this week to bolster NM backline. His final-year contract cited as motivation to give him games, replacing Corr at half-back.
Community calling for Riley Hardeman to come in at half-back to add creativity and ball use to North Melbourne rebound game. Multiple comments across the thread support this selection change.
Hardeman was injured which opened the door for Blamires; reportedly fit now but Blamires expected to retain the spot for at least this week.
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