Quote McNamara said: 'There was a lot of talk about Sam and whether we would play him or not play him but I'll never risk a player's health.
"We've monitored his weight loads over the last couple of months. He's a young boy, he's not got any injuries and we got knocked out of the Challenge Cup and have no extra games.
"So I thought the opportunity was there to play him but watching him in the session this morning we decided to go without him."'"
