Ouch!!!!

Because a shoulder charge can be utilized in a safe way to stop an opponent 99% of the time. Union's laws about having the wrap your arms around an opponent are ridiculous.

that looks like his jaw has split and displaced
i hope not but that is how it looks.
get well soon, luke. started to show some good form sure that will continue next season if not this


for having that pic taken for the fans of the game

Another reason why our sport outshines others. You wouldnt get Rooney posting pics like that without making money out of it.

yes they are, the southern hemisphere commentators seem to want 'hits' to be allowed.

you can just as easily cause a nasty injury by accident whilst wrapping your arms around.

let's not forget this tackle was entirely legal, just unfortunate for luke burgess

Indeed, fully agree.

our sport is full of MEN who spend most of their careers pretending not to be injured.

Football is full of blokes who spend most of their careers pretending they are injured

and the fans fall for it and believe it

that looks very nasty


hope its not as bad as it looks, and hes ok (but looking at him, i very much doubt it) for wembley, would be a massive shame for him to miss the CC, what happened to JP? havent watched the game, and the silly woman at home Sky plus coronation st and not the game, FFS whats all that about!!!

Apologies if I misinterpreted what you were saying, but it seemed that you were implying it should be illegal, or it was in other codes. I was saying that it was an accidental clash of heads in a collision, and there's no way that should be illegal, or that outlawing a shoulder charge will prevent clashing of heads.

It's like saying you shouldn't be able to tackle from behind if you're the second man in because you could break somebody's trailing leg - just as Richard Owen found out in the third game of the season - ending his season and putting a highly promising career off the rails for a few years.

It's just one of those things that happens in a heavy contact sport, it's all dangerous - and that's part of its charm.

Dont think me mam would agree with the charm bit lol, not after watch me over the years having 19 screws and 2 plates fitted. PMSL Its part of the Rush

Sky say anything about JP?

JP will be looked at on monday hopefully not as bad as first thought

Wishing a speedy recovery to Luke, the photo looks bad but glad to see he's at least concious.

I gave a huge cheer as the hit went in and enjoyed it immensely, but after a few moments it was clear something bad had come from the challenge. I was as concerned for Luke at that point as I was when Westy got KO'd against Saints and when Owen went down at Bradford. It's a game we're all passionate about and the hits are what makes our game great, but we also hate to see players in a bad way, yes even Leeds players!

Sickening....certainly put a dampner on the evening. Was watching on Sky with wife and kids in my continued efforts to convert the whole family from football and RU. I was succeeding......but now my wife has vowed not to watch again



I daren't show her Luke's photo. She'll come round though I'm sure...up until then she was actually enjoying the skill strength and commitment on display in abundance. It was an accident but I bet the lad that did it isn't feeling his best.

Get well soon Luke. As always you RL guys command nothing but respect from me: I hope you go on to achieve many good things in what is by far the best sport in the world for real men.

Sorry it doesn't happen every game. And the reason it doesn't happen every game is because it's a really stupid way to "tackle" people. Walker ran full pelt at Burgess and just collided with him. He made no attempt to set himself for contact in any way. Walker was very, very lucky he didn't get seriously injured as well. In the end, a really dumb ass "tackling" attempt has seriously injured a player. His coach should have words with him because if he does that every game he'll last about another game before he gets stretchered to hospital himself.
I'm not saying it was malicious and I'm not saying it was intentional or deserves review, but FFS, it was stupid . Walker could have ended his career as well as that of Burgess. He didn't even use his shoulder properly.

I think Luke would have been more gutted had his tweeting hand been broken.



Looked horrible but if Bailey is fit, it's unlikely Burgess would have made the 17 for Wembley.

A bang to the knee and he was getting iced up and will re-assessed on Monday Bluey said after the game that JP said he "was fine" but he would say that!

It looked like a nothing incident. That's what has me worried.

Yeah the way he grimaced and was carried off didn't lok good doubt very much he'll play next week but hopefully be ready for Wembley.

Go find this weeks NRL coverage and there will be lots of hits exactly the same. Did you watch Warrington versus Leeds last season, where Adrian Morley put a massive shoulder charge in on Ryan Hall? Exactly the same kind of challenge but just because Hall got up without injury no one said anything except applaud Morley for the hit. Today we simply saw an accident that thankfully doesn't happen too often. The tackle technique is used often and will continue to be used week in week out. Maybe now you'll keep an eye out for it and spot that it does happen lots and isn't a stupid way to tackle.

bang on, it was reckless, full stop.

it was hsoulder to shoulder and controlled, he didn't run full pelt into him with no control.

No there aren't. You need to be able to tell the difference between a guy going into a shoulder charge with control and a dip just running full speed into someone. Either of those players could have been badly hurt, as it was it was Burgess. Poor technique, poor control, bad outcome.

Exactly.

You're wasting your time mate. The guy wasent complaining last year when Bailey broke Faasavalus nose, that was the greatest hit ever made at the time.

Just unlucky for Luke and it's a shame for him but Leeds wont miss him, he isent good enough and needs to spend less time on Twitter.