Mullins arrived injured having not disclosed this information to Leeds until his arrival. Clyde is the more apt comparison.

Could be worse...

Buderus = Paul Bell?

Buderus = Nathan Picci?

Buderus = Tiger Woods


No not the cash, both have knee problems.

I suppose we were due some bad luck with our overseas signings as apart from Mark 'sicknote' O'Neil in recent times our success rate has been pretty good,Webb,Donald,Kylie.

Now with the Eastwood no show and Buderus only playing half a game singe getting here and now out for several more weeks, this years efforts in the overseas market are looking like more of a throwback to the Clyde and Mullins and Ben Walker era

Lauitiiti's knee (and now hamstring) have been a bit hit and miss lately as well.

Toopi?

I wish I'd have said that.

I think we should wait and see how his re-hab goes before we label him another aussie crock!!
Lets face it with a 4 wk re-hab he should be back for the start of april and all being well he'll have a big part still to play for the other 7mths of the season.
If it does go t#ts up then i guess we'll see another early release ala toopi.
I think GH will handle the situation accordingly.

For crying out loud, the bloke has tweaked his knee, not had a leg taken off. Give him a break.

Possibly not a good choice of words there.

Do people think he is delibritly getting injured for a break!?! he is a proffesional sportsman and he sounds desperate to play give it time

Buderus has had a number of serious injuries over recent years - I am sure that was taken into consideration when his salary was negotiated. Unlike some on here I think he is somewhat behind Ronaldo in the dosh stakes - in fact he is likely to be behind one or two in the Leeds dosh stakes.

On a positive what an opportunity for McShane

Toopi was much underated. Often slagged off for his defence but I thought he really bolsered our defence down that side in his time at HEadingley.

buderus has fluid on the knee. i was told by a leeds first teamer last night.don't know how serious

4to 6 weeks oh dear

Did Buderus play for longer than Paul Bell???

Not yet.....

I hate injuries at the moment



For Everton and Leeds at the moment out is:

Danny Buderus
Brent Webb
Rob Burrow
Ali Lauitiiti
Simon Worrall
Ben Jones Bishop

Mikel Arteta
Yakubu
Steven Pienaar
Leon Osman

McShane really impressed me at Craven Park – great boot on the lad too so this might be a blessing in disguise.

The signing of DB has also put an edge (2004ish) on Diskin’s game so IMO we’ll do just fine without him.

I'd agree with that. we've done ok so far. I think the acid test will come on Sunday and how well we bounce back for the following game away at Warrington.

Injuries are sadly part of life as a RL player, we as a club are very lucky that we have very good replacements in most positions, that is what makes the Rhinos a back to back championship winning side imo, as we don't have that many weak links throughout our squad, and we don't miss our injured players as much as most other sides in SL do.

I'll happily settle for McShane in the starting 17 on sunday just as i will be happy for both Watkins and Allen if they are selected, they are all inexperienced at this level admittedly, but they are all good enough

Two knee reconstructions and persistant hamstring trouble before we signed him in the case of Clyde. Part of the hamstring is used to replace the torn cruciate and this can lead to instability (we have a young centre with the same problem). Clyde was in bad shape, Buderus is a picture of health compared to Clyde.

Its a source of constant amusement that some people are constantly puzzled and annoyed as to why rugby players get injured, here are some words that may act as clues...

Sports
Full Contact
High speed collisions
Big daft lads


HTH