To be fair, I think there are a few players who certainly didn't disgrace themselves. Shenny was one of them. I think awarding Westy the MOM was a nice touch and a nice message of support.

Sounds similar to that famous youtube clip of the footballer who went up for a header and got a bang on the neck which denied oxygen to the brain and affected his nerves briefly, causing him to keep going for the header over and over and over again before they held him down. He played the following week and was completely fine.

Hope the hospital foods okay for you Joe, good luck with the (Hopefully short) recovery.

Heard about this on the radio hope the lads okay.

Glad to hear that Westy is ok

The one thing that all RL fans have in common is that as much as they boo certain players on a matchday, they would never wish any harm to them

While there was nothing malicious in the tackle, it certainly looked a bit dangerous to me - clearly the result demonstrated this, and I think Ian Smith recognised this in hindsight.

All the best to Joe for recovery though, and let's hope there is no lasting damage.

Sorry to hear the news about your outstanding talent Joe Westerman. He has a bright future ahead of him within the game and as I stated on our own website, I hope it does not rock his confidence.
Get well soon Joe from Warrington Wolf.

I thought that too. It was Pryce who ran over to the ref to stop the game then within 2 minutes he was getting grieff. I overheard a female cas fan having a right go at the saints players for not doing anything to help calling them arrogant W*****s. God know what she wanted them to do!!!!

Get well soon Joe.

Im suprised that no one has metioned the fact that it took the match officials over a minute to stop the game. If god forbid the injury was a lot worse to to Joe the medical staff would have lost valuable time because the officials did respond quicker.

Even if the ref had missed the fact Joe was hurt there are at least 4 other officials and a bloke in the stand one of them could surely see. One of the touch judges could of flagged cant tell me they both missed it.

Hope he's okay, never nice to see or hear anything like this but fingers crossed it all looks good.

I totaly agree, the least they could do, hope you get well soon westy

Just heard from tb about this and just wanted to say I hope he's okay and that he'll be back with you very, very quickly, 100% fit and okay.

Just heard about this hope he is ok from a Wakey fan

Glad to hear it sounds like he is going to be OK.

Been enough grief in the game recently.

Hope the guy recovers fully.

Certainly looked bad on the pitch seeing his legs spasm in such an un-natural way.

Didnt see any late hit and dont recall any Cas players or fans venting their anger at the time. Infact play went on with Cas switching play wide to their left wing, before Saints regathered possession and moved the ball up field.

I will be very disappointed if any Saints player has been involved in an act of thuggery.

Just read the report, hope hes ok and back playing for you soon.

Sounds like good news.

THE SCORELINE DOES,NT MATTER .. GET WELL SOON JOE ....

Just heard now about his injury. Hope the kid is ok!!!

Was quite scary to watch, when he was down there seemed to be a "oh god he is fitting" whisper went round the ground and it was horrible to see him there, I thought the same as someone else about it taking too long to stop play when so many where trying to tell him.


All the best to him for a speedy recovery.

I hope Joe is ok and gets back to playing asap. A fantastic young player.
(From a Saints fan.)

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sorry to hear about joe today, I have heard via the radio that he has responded well and was sat up talking, hope he has a quick recovery, would hate to hear of any more bad news

the result is now secondary , thankfully joe seems to be ok .

all the best him i hope the lad makes a full and speedy recovery

firstly glad to hear joe is ok never good to hear of these things. I just watched the incident and its a swinging forearm to the jaw, from gilmour and i'll bet he is in alot of trouble. it was dirty as JW did'nt even have the ball.

Hope he's OK - sympathy to all you Cas fans who had to see this, I remember Brough being stretchered off last year and it is a truly horrendous feeling.