Cassio is out with the flu and coach Aurelio Vidmar admits it was a blow.
“He pulled up crook on Wednesday and went home and we had our day off yesterday and he had got a little bit better after I spoke to him but then this morning he was worse for wear,” Vidmar told Fox Sports.
“He hasn’t trained for three days now so we are not going to take the risk, let him recover and get him right for next week.
“There must something going around because Hughesy last week had a tummy bug during the course of Friday’s game and also Sarkies a couple of days ago felt a little bit of a virus or tummy bug so there is something around.”
