other shoulder after injuring it in the dramatic finals loss in Townsville.Bri

Andros Townsend has urged Newcastle to grasp the survival lifeline they have been thrown to preserve their Premier League status. Rafael Benitezs men began the weekend six points adrift of safety, but boosted their hopes of pulling off a great escape after rivals and fellow relegation candidates Sunderland did both a favour by winning at Norwich before the Magpies beat Swansea 3-0.The likelihood is still that two of the three clubs which occupy 17th, 18th and 19th places will join relegated Aston Villa in the Championship, but victory over Manchester City in their game in hand on the Canaries would lift Newcastle out of the drop zone and increase belief that they can rescue themselves. Townsend, a January arrival from Tottenham, told the clubs website: It was massively important. The games have been running out and we knew that eventually we had to get three points, and weve done that now.Weve got five games left and weve got to win our home games if we want to stay in the Premier League.I think people outside the club wrote us off after the Southampton game, but we knew that four of our last six games are at home, we knew that we had a good record at home and we knew that we were still in with a chance.One week later, everythings changed. Norwich have slipped up, weve capitalised and now its anyones to grab now. Hopefully we can be the team that takes the last five games by the scruff of the neck and does enough to survive. Rafa Benitez praised the Newcastle fans for supporting his players Townsend played a key role as the Magpies belatedly handed Benitez his first win on his 56th birthday, delivering the corner for Jamaal Lascelles to head in the opener before setting up skipper Moussa Sissoko to score a second.The £12m signing from Spurs wrapped up the victory in the final minute of normal time with his second goal in as many games, but it was the manner of victory as much as the fact of it which gave his team cause for hope.Lascelles belied his youth and inexperience with an outspoken critique of his teams performance and character at Southampton last weekend, but the 22-year-old was delighted with the reaction seven days later. He said: In this changing room, we need a character because I think we have lacked it - I said it last week, I think we have lacked it a little bit this season.Im young, but I dont think that matters. 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Highly rated Brisbane rookie Tom Opacic will miss the start of the 2017 NRL season after being told he must have two shoulder reconstructions.Opacic, 22, was braced for surgery after carrying a shoulder injury into Brisbanes extra-time semi-final loss to North Queensland.However, the young gun was surprised to learn he also required an operation on his other shoulder after injuring it in the dramatic finals loss in Townsville.Brisbane high-performance manager Jeremy Hickmans said Opacic would undergo two surgeries in five weeks, ruling him out for the stat of the season.Tom is going to have a long recovery, Hickmans said on the Broncos website.It is very unlucky for him.But if things go as planned he would be available in the first couple of months of the 2017 NRL season.Opacic stood up for Brisbane in the semi-finals despite his shoulder complaint, replacing suspended centre James Roberts.ddddddddddddMeanwhile, Hickmans said Brisbanes Kiwi international Kodi Nikorima would be free to play Februarys 2017 trials after successfully undergoing a shoulder reconstruction three weeks ago.Hickmans confirmed Alex Glenn would also be fit by the pre-season after the Broncos and Kiwi forward underwent shoulder surgery on Wednesday.Glenn was this week ruled out of New Zealands upcoming Four Nations campaign to the UK due to AC joint damage.Glenn carried the injury through the backend of the 2016 season and faces a four-month recovery. 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