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TOP flanker Liam Gill's recovery from a hamstring tear may be rapid enough for him to be parachuted into Auckland next week for a must-win Reds clash.
Gill surprised coach Richard Graham with his full involvement in training at Ballymore on Monday and is tracking two weeks ahead of schedule.
After being told he'd miss six games with the leg muscle he damaged against the Lions in Johannesburg on March 22, Gill feels he can trim that to four.
Graham this week is to pick a 24-man squad to tour New Zealand for crunch games against the Hurricanes, in Wellington on Saturday night, and the Blues (May 2).
"I thought Liam would be no good until the Melbourne Rebels game (May 17) but young, fit bodies sometimes have a way of healing," Graham said.
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"He won't be selected for the tour but there is every chance we will fly him to Auckland next week for the Blues game if he continues this progress."
There were also upbeat bulletins on centre Mike Harris (achilles), winger Dom Shipperley (hip) and prop Ben Daley (knee), who all trained on Monday to book their seats on the flight to Wellington.
How the Reds juggle their backline for Saturday night will be intriguing.
Young Chris Feauai-Sautia was shown up in defence on the wing against the ACT Brumbies in his comeback game.
Ben Tapuai's form in the centres for the Reds have a rare bright light in a disappointing season. Source: Getty Images
He did inject his running power far more in the second half. He is a pure outside centre and needs to play there if the Reds are to maximise his value.
Ben Tapuai is the Reds' form centre at No.13 so Graham is unlikely to shift him in a spot which means Harris and Anthony Faingaa competing for the inside centre role.
Gill's replacement Beau Robinson has been a high performer in his absence.
He will need to be again against a Hurricanes pack boasting All Black Victor Vito, Jeremy Thrush and James Broadhurst.
Hurricanes prop John Schwalger will miss the rest of season after being diagnosed with blood clots on his lungs.
Hurricanes coach Mark Hammett said the "scary'' diagnosis was made when the two-Test All Black sought treatment for what he thought was a chest infection.
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"I'm just pleased they got it when they did. It could have been a really scary case, particularly for a tough guy like him who would have probably just soldiered on with something like that," Hammett said in Wellington.
Graham expressed surprise that Benji Marshall is plotting such a quick backflip to the NRL after his code-hopping experiment at the Blues.
"I fully expected we'd be facing Marshall in a Blues side," Graham said.
"I applaud him for giving it a go and I'm disappointed for him that he hasn't stuck at it because there were always going to be tough parts along the way.
"It highlights again how well Israel Folau has done in his switch of codes.
"The great help for him was coming to rugby from the continual movement and anticipation needed in AFL.''
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