what matters most is that its been diagnosed and I hope that it can be controlled by his diet, its no consolation to richard just getting to grips with his career tho

The Missus:
Here Here, all the Best Richard from this Clan x

Says it may flare up regulary, this is worrying, rugby is painful enough without this on top

I fear you may be right although it does depend on the severity. The problem is if it's bad it stops you eating and digesting properly which won't allow Rich to regain the bulk he needs.

Really bad news for the the lad.

Best wishes to Richard, can't beilve the bad luck this club is having at the minute

do you think you will de-register him in order to free up cap space? in circumstances like this, it may be useful to have some kind of guideline that players with non rugby illness or injury not be counted on the cap.

All the best to a quality player, superleague will certainly be less bish bash bosh without him this season. All the best on the upcoming season too, you've had a terrible time recently. Keep your heads up

All the best pal. Suppose you can look towards Fozzie for a bit of inspiration - I think he had something similar a few years ago so all may not be lost.

lets hope that things turn around for him and his family.

Sorry to hear this news



The main thing is that Richard does whatever is needed and takes however long needed to get through this - rugby isn't important, he needs to find what is a healthy way of life to manage the illness.

All the best to Richard for his recovery.

Richard, I hope you get better soon lad. I really hope to see you playing for Wakey again.

And the hits just keep on coming.....

Good luck Richard, Crohn's is not good.

Hope Wakey have some better fortune soon

Hope you can get the necessary treatment now and enjoy a speedy recovery.

Shocking news.

All the very best to Richard who had worked so hard to establish himself at the club.

Let's hope all goes well for him.

Poor Richie! Just getting his career sorted to the level he should be at and a fan favourite, and then this.

Never mind that for now though, he just has to focus on getting better and as many have said at least its diagnosed now so hopefully a treatment can be found soon.

Although I do hope I see him pegging it to chase a kick/score a long range try again sometime in the not too distant future.

All the best on a speedy recovery richard you will be missed, get well soon.

Could not believe this when i was txt'd earlier. All the best to Richard and Wakey are due some good luck soon surely.

Lets hope he can get this under control and be back playing RL as soon as possible.

Not exactly sure what Chrone's (spelling?) disease is, but whatever it is, sounds very nasty.

Get well soon, Richard. We're all rooting for you, mate.

It's an inflammatory disease of the digestive system. My ex girlfriends mother had it and she was ill permanently.

I hope he comes back from it.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease Another blow, so much for a new year and a new start. Get well sone Rich.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crohn%27s_disease Another blow, so much for a new year and a new start. Get well sone Rich.

Just read the article myself and can't even begin to imagine the pain that poor Richard must be going through right now.

Best wishes big fella from one of your Leyther fans.

Only just read this, my mums had the illness for 20 years and it is an awful thing to have, but with the right treatment i hope he can get back to playing as soon as.

Terrible news for the lad. I hope it doesn't have too much of an effect on his life or his career. Jeez but it's been some pretty dark times for Wakefield recently, stuff like this really puts life (and rugby) into perspective. Hope 2009 gets better for everyone at the club cos stuff like this must be shattering.

rugby players are more approachable than the football stars and you tend to get closer to them, so you do tend to feel their anguish

Best wishes to Richard, hope that he's back fit & well for next season.