Hope that they play Bateman at left centre.

I think he's at Whitehaven

They were all innocent I think. And mainly down to bad luck.

Burgess' injury is on the Sky Sports highlights, the Leigh player swipes his leg with his but pretty innocuous.
I think Tierney's was done when he kicked the ball inside to set up the first try(?).
Sutton was injured hitting their winger who was trying to catch a bomb.

I wouldn't be surprised to see Hansen get charged for a shoulder charge on FPN as well but it may go down as a clash of heads...

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Davies
Gelling
Bateman
Marshall
Williams
Lealuai
FPN
Powell
Flower
Farrell
Isa
SOL

Tomkins
Clubb
Tautai
Forsyth/Breatherton

Least disprution comes from playing the kids on the wing, Gelling and Bateman two good defensive centres. Still pace in the side.

Just expect to be peppered with high kicks from brown and Patton but we'll have to deal with them!


Big chance for Wigan to go 8 points clear of Wire so early in the comp, means little chance we'll be going to HJ in a playoff game.

Just announced a 1 month loan to Whitehaven, not sure if there's a recall clause.

Wish FM mentioned that Burgess didn't have a brace on his leg but I saw pictures of him sat in the changing room after the game with a big black knee brace on. It was over the top of black trousers so I'm guessing Wish FM missed it.

Fingers crossed it's a case of missing a few games rather then a season job.

Just seen budgie dragging his leg around, up at middlebrook. Very big brace on it. Doesn't look good at all. Clearly in pain

IIRC you are unable to recall a loaned out player during the first month. That is probably why clubs use DR more than loans when sending players out.

Played for Swinton last week.

[urlhttp://wiganwarriors.com/news/2017-03-03-higginson-joins-workington[/url

Good timing then!

An update is in the WEP-

Tierney-Doesn't need surgery but is looking at 6 weeks on the sidelines.

Sutton-Is likely to be out for a month.

Burgess-They don't think it's a long term injury but could need surgery and early indication is about 6 weeks out. He does need another scan though to see the full extent of the injury (so I presume that could change).

The evening post seems to indicate Gildart may be OK for Thursday and they mention Bateman may be OK (but don't seem to know too much).

Quote ="NickyKiss"An update is in the WEP- Tierney-Doesn't need surgery but is looking at 6 weeks on the sidelines. Sutton-Is likely to be out for a month. Burgess-They don't think it's a long term injury but could need surgery and early indication is about 6 weeks out. He does need another scan though to see the full extent of the injury (so I presume that could change). The evening post seems to indicate Gildart may be OK for Thursday and they mention Bateman may be OK (but don't seem to know too much).'" Link www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8422518 Seems Waney is inclined to use Davies rather than Forsythe.

Quote ="NickyKiss"An update is in the WEP- Tierney-Doesn't need surgery but is looking at 6 weeks on the sidelines. Sutton-Is likely to be out for a month. Burgess-They don't think it's a long term injury but could need surgery and early indication is about 6 weeks out. He does need another scan though to see the full extent of the injury (so I presume that could change). The evening post seems to indicate Gildart may be OK for Thursday and they mention Bateman may be OK (but don't seem to know too much).'" Link www.wigantoday.net/sport/rugby-l ... -1-8422518 Seems Waney is inclined to use Davies rather than Forsythe.

Happy with either Davies or Forsyth but would like be to get Gildart or Bateman back so we have two good centres alongside the two young wingers

The squad can cope with the other injuries without too many problems.

I wouldn't worry about Higgy going out on loan at the moment he would be behind Forsyth and Tom Davies in the pecking order anyway.

So Burgess is out for 4 - 6 weeks and the perpetrator (Acton) gets charged with a grade A offence!! www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/disciplinary

So Burgess is out for 4 - 6 weeks and the perpetrator (Acton) gets charged with a grade A offence!! www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/disciplinary

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"So Burgess is out for 4 - 6 weeks and the perpetrator (Acton) gets charged with a grade A offence!! www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/disciplinary'" I think the result of the disciplinary is fair - it looked fairly innocuous at the time. Careless & poor technique sums it up I think. It is a contact sport, after all.

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"So Burgess is out for 4 - 6 weeks and the perpetrator (Acton) gets charged with a grade A offence!! www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/disciplinary'" I think the result of the disciplinary is fair - it looked fairly innocuous at the time. Careless & poor technique sums it up I think. It is a contact sport, after all.

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"So Burgess is out for 4 - 6 weeks and the perpetrator (Acton) gets charged with a grade A offence!! www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/disciplinary'" What charge would you prefer? The incident looked OK to me after several viewings of the video.

Quote ="Rogues Gallery"So Burgess is out for 4 - 6 weeks and the perpetrator (Acton) gets charged with a grade A offence!! www.rugby-league.com/the_rfl/disciplinary'" What charge would you prefer? The incident looked OK to me after several viewings of the video.

I thought it should have been a higher grade, he appeared to twist Burgess's leg after the tackle was completed, but that was from my initial viewing at the game.

He didn't
Burgess was doing well and dominating the tackle and had made 3/4 metres after initial contact
Acton used his leg to block budgies and bring him down.
The type of thing you see 2/3 times every game.

Budgie was unlucky in that the 2 other tacklers weight seemed to being him down 1 way whilst actons leg action stopped his leg from following.

Yup, that's how I saw it.

There's too many calls for bans nowadays simply because an injury was picked up in a tackle. It's a contact sport and injuries will happen.

I've still never got over the fuss after the 2013 GF in regards to Hansens tackle on Ratchford. He simply went to complete the tackle and Ratchford fell awkwardly yet you'd think he'd tried to finish his career.

I understand Rogues claiming it though because we've faced a constant stream of claims of foul play for similar incidents over the past 7 years.

The one injury that I didn't see was Clubb's neck injury last season. Was their any malice in that one?

I don't think so. It's Sika Manu who makes the tackle and Clubb has his back to him, Watts joins the tackle as well so that's quite a bit of meat on top of you and Clubby just seems to fall awkwardly on his neck. Doesn't look like a "crusher" tackle which is what Waney was saying I think.

You can judge for yourself here anyway - [urlhttps://youtu.be/IXmho_EXRc0[/url

It's at about the 1:20 mark.