McInnes was among the Dragons best in churning out 80 minutes but admitted a monster Rabbitohs pack was tough to handle under unlimited interchange rules in place for the trial.

“I’d have loved to push out the 80 but it’s still early in the year and I’m still getting the lungs going,” McInnes said.

“It was unlimited interchange and I think if bodies had to stay on there a bit longer we’d probably come over the top of them at the end.

“We’ve done a lot of training together but it’s just fresh guys coming onto the field at all times so you don’t get that 80-minute grind like you get during the regular season.

“There were some good signs there we’ve just got to execute a bit better. We had some ball on their line but we just didn’t come away with the points and let them off the hook.”