Son of a Bitch!

To lose Whiting is a massive blow as for me he has been one of the stand outs this season and very rarely let us down and feel for him. Also gutted about Calderwood as he has just never had an injury free run and he has shown when he has played what a difference he makes to the team.

Should be interesting to see who gets a chance now.

Hall and Nicklas may get a shot.

By the sounds of it the break is around the area repaired last time, could be very difficult to treat, real sympathy for Whiting.

Really gutted for both players. That will be the end for Calderwood at Hull I reckon. As for Whiting, that will mean no more Tansey at SH although I am not too bothered about that as I am not sure it really worked.

Hall or possibly Lyne to play on the wing with Washy back in the halves.

No No No Paul anything but that please.

Either Washy or Berro, no other choice now. We don't have another fullback and Tansey is better at FB anyway.

washy has got to stay a LF. He looked so much better at loose than he does in the halves. Gets through a ton more than he does at SO and doesnt need to influence the play as much. At loose he can play his natural game of taking the defence on with a decent step that hes got. 43 tackles against rovers for washy and he didnt play the full game, am suprised nobody gave him as much raps as what i thought. I thought he had his best game of the season and work really hard

Is young Jack Briscoe ready ?

I appreciate that Paul but Washbrook is too slow in thought and deed to be stand off, he played his best rugby of the season in the Derby at loose man (no surprise as that is what he is). Leave him there and play anyone else at half back along side Horney - Berrigan, Hall, Nicklas, Luakai (ok I'm joking). The Horne/Washbrook combination is proven failure lets not go back there again.

The back 5 will probably be:
1-Tansey
2-Briscoe
3-Turner
4-Yeaman
5-Hall

Hall plays far better on the left hand side and moving Tom to right wing isnt a problem.

Backups of Lyne and Tuffour.

For friday I would go with Washy at 13 and Berro/Horne in the halves. Hopefully we will see a different Berrigan after his performance against Rovers and with Horne looking good and an extra pivot in Washy at 13 plus Tansey chiming in from fullback we have lots of options. Which considering the injuries we have is a sign of a strong squad.

Gutted for both players. Massive loss for us. Such a better side when both are playing.

team id play on friday

1. tansey
2. briscoe
3. yeaman
4. turner
5. hall
6. horne
7. berrigan
8. dowes
9. houghton
10. cusack
11. manu
12. tickle
13. washbrook

interchange
14. lauaki
15. moa
16. radford
17. burnett/lyne

but if o'meley is back then cusack on bench an drop lyne and burnett

Gutted about this. Whiting has been one of our top performers all season, and I was really hoping that Calderwood would go on to the end of the season in good form and earn a new contract. Not happy.

Goddam it, poor whiting espcially for me. Lets just hope the arm injury does'nt throw up any long lasting effects. Worse case scenario would be a Micheal Eager situation where the arm kept breaking. So sorry for Calders as well.
Please, Please not back to Washy & Horne [uIT DOES NOT WORK [/u
Berro & Horne for me is the best outcome here.

Absolutely gutted for Whiting, been one of our most consistent players. I had a similar problem when i was playing and after it was plated and pinned it was very prone to breaking especially in the tackle. After the 5th break the plate was removed and touch wood it was fine after that.
Lets hope removing the plate and letting it heal fully will be the last we hear of the break.

Yeah mate, it's always going to be a bit 'iffy' , not just physically but psychologically for Rich. He will need to get his head around this when he begins playing again, but he seems strong in that department. Lets just hope for him.

what is it with us and injuries...

This new news he didnt take so well, it is heart wrenching for him it really is.
he is going to see a specialist tomorrow, same guy who dealt with a few high profile breaks for their op on it!
made even worse as he had been pre advised he was invited to the England train on squads too by Steve Mac so really gutted for the lad

gutted for the pair of them

i would definately like to see Washbrook at 13 for the rest of the season, i thought he had a great game on thursday and always rated him as our LF

reece lyne should get some games too

i'd go for, tansey FB, lyne/briscoe wing, yeaman/hall centre and horne/berro in the halves

if jack briscoe can get a game or two before the playoffs then that would be good if tansey is needed at 7

I suppose that is what squads are there for to cover such eventualities huh , however I think we all feel a special afinity to Rich given his past injuries which makes it worse

What about Turner?

Shocking news. Running out of troops I'm afraid.

whoops what am i playin at?! yeah i mean swap turner for hall. my bad