Canberra Raiders coach Ricky Stuart admits he jumped the gun on Ryan Sutton, writing the Englishman's season off when he injured his finger five weeks ago.
But he's happy Sutton will finally make his NRL finals debut after missing out on both of the Green Machine's previous play-off campaigns.
It looked like the hand injury he suffered against St George Illawarra in round 22 was set to do the same.