I had the same thought when he came off at Leeds, but he went back on and was ok.

I would say its more like cartilage issue

It seems like Pritchard has an ongoing 'manageable' issue with his knee. Played all last year with it strapped and obviously has struggled in the last couple of games. Hope he's fully fit to play this weekend otherwise he probably shouldn't be.

Looks like Premiersports have now dropped both games to show Ice hockey instead .

Real shame, but I suppose it is the hockey world championships, rather than a 'meaningless' RL international. The daft thing is, between 2pm and 6pm, they have nothing on?! Why not show them then?

It will be a live premier league football game on then

On premier? Didn't realise they did that?

One every week. Same game they show on setanta

Ah OK, thanks

will have that on whilst watching Cas and Salford.

Pritchard's knee doesn't look too good..... https://www.instagram.com/p/BFDHlrYyQTE/

Pritchard's knee doesn't look too good..... https://www.instagram.com/p/BFDHlrYyQTE/

apologies if already posted but some nice words about the club here www.nrl.com/pritchard-manu-flyin ... fault.aspx

apologies if already posted but some nice words about the club here www.nrl.com/pritchard-manu-flyin ... fault.aspx

Quote ="jimmys sidestep"apologies if already posted but some nice words about the club here www.nrl.com/pritchard-manu-flyin ... fault.aspx'" Very very smart move from the club I feel. Pritchard and Manu obviously extremely grateful that we've allowed this to happen, what better way to get our club name out there to the NRL. They say word of mouth is the best form of marketing and it's only going to benefit us in the long term in terms of a club that takes care of it's players and the duo are (hopefully) only going to have positive words to say about FC as a whole.

Quote ="jimmys sidestep"apologies if already posted but some nice words about the club here www.nrl.com/pritchard-manu-flyin ... fault.aspx'" Very very smart move from the club I feel. Pritchard and Manu obviously extremely grateful that we've allowed this to happen, what better way to get our club name out there to the NRL. They say word of mouth is the best form of marketing and it's only going to benefit us in the long term in terms of a club that takes care of it's players and the duo are (hopefully) only going to have positive words to say about FC as a whole.

Quote ="ccs"Pritchard's knee doesn't look too good..... https://www.instagram.com/p/BFDHlrYyQTE/'" I'd take a bandaged knee over the dude on the bottom left corner of that vid. Also, if you'd ever seen Rich Horne pre and post game without his shirt on, the amount of strapping he had makes Pritchards knee looks like it got a Mr bump plaster on it in comparis on.

Quote ="ccs"Pritchard's knee doesn't look too good..... https://www.instagram.com/p/BFDHlrYyQTE/'" I'd take a bandaged knee over the dude on the bottom left corner of that vid. Also, if you'd ever seen Rich Horne pre and post game without his shirt on, the amount of strapping he had makes Pritchards knee looks like it got a Mr bump plaster on it in comparis on.

Radio Merseyside were very complimentary to us in their preview last night regarding our actions here. Ray French particularly. They would be pleased though wouldnt they!

Personally, I cant help but think of our 2005 run and the way Kearney (who I see as a similar profile to Pritchard) almost single handedly pulled us through a couple of those early tight games.

I'm pretending they're injured and going to miss one game. We'll have to play without them sooner or later. Just pleased Ellis is back, he seems to make the most difference when he's missing. Pleased Mini is back too. Hope they enjoy the break and come back safe and sound.

From The Brisbane Times

Frank Pritchard makes a high tackle on Michael Oldfield and is placed on report. Great news for Hull - he's missing from a Cup tie against St Helens and now he could be suspended. 6-6

Brutal game - on the plus side both
Manu, & Pritchard finished unscathed.

Would he be suspended for Hull, surely if he gets suspended it will be for international rugby, not his club side?

Bans from club games carry over to internationals so I don't see why the opposite wouldn't happen.

Does it, so if Pritchard got banned last week he wouldn't have been able to play today, I'm not convinced?

Yep, happened to Ben Westwood after the GF a few years ago, he missed an England warm up game.

could he take an EGP

I thoroughly enjoyed the day out with Manu and Pritchard tangling a few times- Pritchard had the better game. He looked to be favouring his heavily strapped knee at some stages but looked ok at the end.

Both the Pacific Island games were good exciting spectacles and showed up the previous days Aus v Kiwis match which was dull and dour in comparison.

The best match for me was Junior Aus v Kiwis which showed off the outstanding talent coming through at this level.

Agree - terrific entertainment. I switched on intending to watch the junior aus/kiwi match.
Bucketing down all day here in Perth, so watched all three.
Hope Motu is having a word with the PNG halfback, - would look good in a B&W shirt

Great Britain forward Adrian Morley was handed a £2,000 fine but no ban after his sending off against Australia in the first Ashes Test.

Sydney Roosters star Morley was dismissed after just 12 seconds of Great Britain's 22-18 defeat and the incident was referred to a three-man disciplinary panel.

John McDonald, chairman of the Queensland Rugby League and a former chairman of the International Board, wanted Morley banned for the high tackle.

But McDonald was out-voted by his colleagues, Derek Fox - the Great Britain representative - and panel chairman judge Peter Charlesworth.


Is there an International disciplinary board to deal with this? hopefully a prescedence has been set with a fine for a reckless challenge....Just a thought