Hopefully just a bang and sorts itself out in a few weeks. Best case scenario really.
Gives Danny Walker the chance to stamp his mark from the start, and i'm pretty confident in Walker. So not great to lose Clark but lucky to have Walker to take over

Capable of going the whole 80 as well.

Walker is a very capable 9. Where we'll miss Clark is in rotation / 13, especially as we're missing Kasiano and McGuire is still a week away.

Hopefully Drinkwater is fit as I can see us moving Mata'utia into the second row again.

I was going to take issue with the suggestion that it is luck that we have Danny Walker to cover. After all it was the club that made a conscious decision to sign him from Widnes and have nurtured him ever since. So time and effort have gone into that process. But, of course, luck also plays its part, look at Keenan Brand who (I think) we signed at the same time. But then the club recognised his limitations fairly quickly. So on balance kudos to KF and the club on this occasion.

Ps possible thread drift on a tectonic scale, apologies

All hands on deck. We are a bit thin on the ground in the forwards.

Assuming Clark misses out this week, then Doolan might well get on the bench - unless DP has plans for someone else to fill in at hooker for a while if Walker needs a rest.

Cue Russell scoots from dummy half ?

I'd just put Leon Hayes on the bench to cover 9 personally. He looked very capable when he played previously and it's an opportunity for him to get on the pitch this season.

i dunno, he's undersized to defend out wide, sticking him in the middle of the park, eesh

Walker should be the 9, maybe let Ratchford step in for 5-10 minutes per half if he needs a break.

It’s Ratchford who we should wrap up in cottonwool, not Walker.

I didn't mention wrapping anyone in cotton wool, I'm talking about who is going to give us the best performance over 80 minutes.

I'd be happy with Walker doing the 80. It's the rotation at 13 that I'm more worried about unless Philbin can do close to the 80 minutes. I suppose Minikin can cover centre from the bench allowing Peanut to cover 13.

Plus 1.

I’m not the greatest fan of a 9 being spelled, never have been. Only spell them if they are showing fatigue.

Hope we see Doolan on Saturday. If Walker gets injured, it would need a massive upheaval in the shape. Be interesting how he would go especially as it is possible we may lose Daryl next year.

He played fantastic last week.

Any news on how long he is likely to be out for.

Think they mentioned on commentary on Thursday night that Walker had displaced Clark as the best 9 at the club. Not sure that's quite the case yet but Walker was one of the few to come out of Thursday night with some positives.

Clark will be 31, Walker 24 at the start of next season, both will want decent game time, much may depend on whether Clark will be happy with a dual role long term, will he be happy playing 30 mins at 9 and 20 mins at 13 and will Walker be happy only getting 50 mins a week?

If Clark does stay, you'd have to think it would be on reduced terms, we need to free up some space for a couple of high quality centres in 2024.

Hate to say it but Clark seems to be constantly picking up injuries. Could just be a run of bad luck or his body saying i can't keep doing this. Would hate to see him leave but Wouldn't be unhappy with Walker at 9, but who would then be our rotational/back up hooker if he did leave?

I don’t think Clark is getting any more injuries than any other period, however, it is taking him longer to rid them.

Saints problem next year.

You’ve had the best of him and are letting him go at the right time IMO

Is it? Is that confirmed behind the scenes now? I'm not a fan of it either.

Heard on the grapevine that we have an Aussie forward replacement, announcement thus week. Anyone else heard anything.

Only the 3 names Jon Wells linked us with but nothing more than that. If it's any of them i'd assume it's Josh Kerr or Makatoa as they are out and out props.