After seeing the state of Matty Ashursts knee's I'd certainly wear full body skins. I'm not somebody that goes out in just a T-Shirt in winter just so I can look like Johnny concrete. The same applies here, to keep the skin on the knee's and be able to sleep, walk and train properly the following week I'd give up the hard man image for one game.

Tights - no. Instead they should strap squares of turf to their knees and elbows.

From what I have read regarding the potential grumbles from Salford etc I wouldn't be as worried about scrapes on knees. There seems to be a risk regarding ligiments. Knees and ankles, don't think skins will help much

Agree.

The evidence appears to be mounting that this pitch is a risk: where and when has it been tried before successfully ? (Or is it the RL lads being used as guinea pigs ?)

Makes sense to cover up in bad weather. Ashursts knees were injured on a frozen grass pitch not the iPitch.

? Matty did his on snow at Salford, on grass.

Are you advocating skins for all snowy games?

Ashurst also somehow managed to play the following week so perhaps the harrowing tales of potential amputation proved to be reasonably unfounded.

Nails.

I once nearly lost a leg* playing tag rugby on a lovely grass pitch in the height of summer.

Whilst diving for a glorious try I took the skin off my shin (or maybe I stumbled over my gut and fell over). The very large graze got badly infected by what might have been dog muck on the grass and I spent a few weeks of it being closely monitored as an out patient at the hospital every third day.

*I probably came nowhere near losing a leg but in all honestly the hospital took it very seriously and were very concerned.

I'm not sure where this takes the discussion but i am glad, nonetheless, that I shared.

Can you dig a hole in an i-pitch with your heel for conversions? Surely that is the test as to whether it should be allowed.

Now that it old school!!

If you can't , can you use a cup of sand

Can you do the same on a frozen grass pitch in the Winter, or a bone dry grass pitch in the Summer ?

Same thing really............

It's a shame the PFU Chairman isn't around to give us the 'official' Union view on plastic playing surfaces ....

Your pitch is joke ...
Your pitch is joke ...
Get some grass in ...
Your pitch is a joke

Is anyone else just wishing for this game to be over and us to return a clean bill of health?

I don't buy into all the stories of the pitch causing injuries but their is clearly some concern amongst the players and coaches

The only one wearing tights is Ian Kirke

I noticed that although he did his job well today - that being giving JP a rest.

I was babysitting again today so didn't get to the game . I watched the Grand Final again . So much easier after so much time has passed , though there are still a few moments that had me out of my seat . Was it Shenton that broke his arm ? Whoever it was had some kind of tight things down to his wrists . Them things are dangerous I tell thee .

I also took the time to compare THAT Catalans try on Friday night against the 'wide to west' one . Cats win . Totally overshadowed the WTW one .
Didn't Leeds do a very similar thing a couple of seasons ago ?

The try i believe you are thinking of was against wakefield at belle vue. We scored after the hooter from a kick through by buderus which was collected Danny Mags who got giddy and fell over. the wakefield winger, petersen (sideshow bob) was stood over Mags and all he had to do was put a hand on him and the game would be over, for some reason he didnt and Mags passed the ball to Scott Donald, who placed it down.

Us leeds fans went crazy and I hugged a bloke I'd never met. It was only the best non-final moment I have ever experienced

I had a walk on the I-Pitch after the game, and can understand players getting cut up on it.

It's essentially just a posh version of what you'd get at Goals soccer, it is very rough to skim your hand across.

It looked like carpet to me

And Sir Kev had gone for long sleeves.

They all had tights on training on the 3g at Kirkstall on Satrurday

and we all know what damage carpet burns can do!!

Remember cas away in 99. 18-0 down, the announcer taking the p1$$ out of us and sheridan went over in the last couple of seconds. Harris kicked the con and we won by two points. Fantastic ending

Didn't we come from 20-0 down against Stains in the last 15 minutes and win 24-20 a few years ago?

The one I remember are scoring 3 tries in the last 6 minutes against Wakefield to win after the hooter (Scott Donald going over and John Kear abusing his clipboard).

I postulated on the Saints board that the definition in the Hemmings RL Dictionary of "Doing a Saints" should be changed from "scoring an improbable try in the last second to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat" to "blowing a match winning lead when your opponents are on the floor".

Yes, IIRC the final score was 30-20 to Leeds