Briers has been an unsung hero for years, passed over with no good reason for international duty time and time again.

One of the best players in Super League, and I do think that if he hadn't picked up that injury, the scoreline would have been reversed or even worse.

Wigan and Warrington, on their current form, with fully-fit squads, I honestly couldn't say who would win. But tonight's match was certainly a classic and has set the bar high for the rest of the season.

Just seen the replay and it doesn't look good. Think he could be out for at least a week or two.

Definitley the turning point .

Thought to myself as he limped off ''If they come back now, it shows how much we need Lee''

As you said though. FINGERS CROSSED.

Quote from Tony Smith on sky says it's ankle ligament damage...least 3 weeks out I reckon!

He's never been good enough to play internationally though. His best and most influencial performances have come in the later years of his career. Early on when he should have been in the reckoning he wasn't consistent enough, although that was possibly because the 16 around him weren't good enough. Tommy Martyn barely touched the international arena either and he was a lot better than Briers until he retired. Tomkins is the obvious choice these days though.

Great

Coupled with the fact that we (Wigan) switched Deacon and Tommy to 9 and 7 respectivley.

Either way, you'll hope he's not out for to long, he's the lynch pin of your team, and you could suffer big time with him out.

incorrect the turning point came not from his injury but came at the point roughly the same time where Deacon switched with Leuleui with Deacon taking over at 9.

Regards his injury i would be very surprised if it was a break, but he will certainly have ligament damage which could be worse than a break regards time off, especially at his age.

Ok.

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briers on crutches dont look good ,just have to get on with it and bounce back next week .top game last night ,at home 16 4 up shouldnt be losein ,every one blamin ref ,we lost and thats that move on .well done wigan

Definitely the turning point when Briers went off, and largely because our kicking game went to pieces! A lot of them were straight down the throat of the winger or full back giving them all the territory.

agreed

We need him back, asap.

Whilst he's absent, we're looking at one of Grix & V.Anderson stepping into the halves really.

Please don't move Monas.

Monaghan can play at 6 with Higham at no.9, this shouldnt cause too many problems.

Don't put him back in the halve at all cost, not least because he's quality at hooker, as he was last night.

I'd look at Grix or Vinnie as a better option at stand off. If Hicks was fit, Mathers even.

but monas is alot more effective at 9 than higham, like jwp say`s i can't see smith moving monas and we'll probably go with grix or vinnie at 6.

you'll change the whole shape of the side with that, too much disruption.

Grix to 6, but with more responsibility.

Can see Clarke coming into contention now if he moves Monas. Hope not as Monas offers more at 9

Not that he's fit, but if he was, I'd play him at six.

If its ligament damage then 3 weeks is being very optimistic....Would be more likely to be 3 months depending on the severity of the damage.

Ligaments are a nightmare in terms of giving a definite recovery period...At least with a clean break of a bone its just a matter of the healing process taking place. With a ligament injury there has to careful diagnosis just to simply evaluate the severity of the injury.

A simple strain would probably be 2-4 weeks, anything worse could be a whole season out in the worst case scenario.

Like it has already been stated liagments are not an exact science when it comes to healing time. Lee is still in a lot of pain and could be out for some time www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/a ... Page1.html

Like it has already been stated liagments are not an exact science when it comes to healing time. Lee is still in a lot of pain and could be out for some time www.warrington-worldwide.co.uk/a ... Page1.html

clarke? to be honest i dont think he is godd enough to get him in the team but monas can play at 6 and higham is again a good hooker that what i would do if grix and vinnie don't look upto it.

thats clarke who got chosen for GB playing in the halves a few years back