dislocated, few weeks off no drama

I hope your dog doesn't get a thorn in its paw

(I don't normally do emojis!)

Knew something like this would happen to bugger things up.

Is a picture of 'The Beast' (pah!) supposed to reassure me?

To be fair to Hilton, he came back from shoulder surgery just as average as he was before the op.

Lol. Funny that.

Rugby players are tough but when the body gives up you have to listen to it. Hope it gets sorted and done right

I thought PW injured something a lot further south than his shoulder?

Redvee delighted/amused at his injury. Are there fans of any other club who would revel in a player getting injured? Doubt it. They're a disgrace.

Just had a look on that forum, basically they scared of the Austin/Widdop combo. Anyways I’m not overly bothered at least it’s not happened while actually playing for us,he has plenty of time to get it right before arriving here.

I thought he came back to play too soon after the surgery. I was imagining him out until Easter for the start of the season yet he started the season and has injured it twice already.

I have been asked to point out that the vast majority are sympathetic to Widdops plight, and to be fair that seems to be right, there are a few idiots on every forum!

Could be a blessing in disguise in that it might lead to him getting it sorted properly and not missing any game time with us. It could be a Currie situation where the first surgery didn't do the job. Hopefully he now gets it fully fixed ready for his arrival here.

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I too. I went and had a look straight after Rattys post. Couldn't find one post wishing the bad on him.

Most people are reasonable people but there are always that few that drag the thing down. Obviously fans hope that individual opposition players sometimes do not play to the full potential but to take any kind of enjoyment out of a top player or any player for that matter getting a serious injury is a bit pathetic. The RL community is a close knit family witnessed when misfortune hits one of our members and offer support and sympathy. Let;s keep it that way.

Having surgery that will keep him out till the end of season playoffs,

Well it will be interesting to see if St George make the play-offs.

If they don`t we could yet see Widdop playing for Wire this season.

I don't think that would be possible due to the deadline for signing players, regardless of whether it would be worth GW taking the risk.

It would, if it became obvious that St George have no chance of qualifying for the NRL play-offs.

Deadline day is at the end of July isn't it?

Yes it is.

Only just realised that the NRL play-off system is a top 8 competition, not a top 4 or a top 5.

St George would need to have a really poor season to be not competing by that date.

Remote possibility, but still a chance.

They have a strong spine with or without him. If anything SGI were trying just to shoehorn him in....hence starting fb....this rotating of the spine seems to have been difficult for players to adjust too. With the NRL heavy structures it has gotten them off to a poor start and the system slated by the Aussie media.

https://twitter.com/nrlphysio/status/11 ... 52928?s=12 Very informative. Looks positive.

https://twitter.com/nrlphysio/status/11 ... 52928?s=12 Very informative. Looks positive.