www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... -kplh.html It seems a shame that at 27 Matt Head has resigned himself to a season in the Illawarra leagues across in Oz next season. Injuries no doubt have cost him a big contract or two but a half back of his ability should be playing on the bigger stage.

www.smh.com.au/rugby-league/leag ... -kplh.html It seems a shame that at 27 Matt Head has resigned himself to a season in the Illawarra leagues across in Oz next season. Injuries no doubt have cost him a big contract or two but a half back of his ability should be playing on the bigger stage.

Quality player. Watch some of his performances from 2007 with us now and you realise how good he was. Shame he was blighted by injury then.

Would be one of the better 1/2 backs in SL if he is still as good

shame we couldnt have a match fit matty head, cracking larker. same about dykes, shame we never got their full potential...matty head is only 27, didnt realise he was that young ( he'll find it hard to get back into the NRL now though )... even though its football, i was so shocked when dean ashton of west ham had to retire at the age of 26 due to injury.

Agreed about Head and Dykes, Ashton will never be able to even play a game of kick about again, which is a shame for any person at the age of 27, regardless of their sport of choice.

Personally , I thought he was nothing special while he was over here.

but i dare say ashton will get a fair whack off the f.a, still a shame though as i say at his age with so much potential.

at a rumoured £50k a week for the last 3 years, Ashton should be doing okay anyway, but it's rumoured he'll get £3m from the FA, and may take action against SRP/Chelsea too.

pardon my ignorance but whats srp and why chelsea?

Sorry, should have been Shaun Wright Phillips, he made the tackle that ended it.

Not a fan of litigation in sport, but he may well have denied the guy multi million pound earnings.

How bad was the tackle in question ? .

to be honest, I don't know, that is just what the media report being the basis for the case.

ahh right... well i guess he'll have the right men behind him money wise, either way he's going to end up with a cracking paid job in football anyhow, wheather it be physio or a coaching role, but nothing can compensate for not playing the sport you love.

i knew who SWP was, but cant understand why Chelsea would be sued



Oh and Bones,why didnt you like Head

Because he played for them at the time, they have lots of money, and most importantly of all injury compensation lawyers are grasping, amoral and unprincipled creatures interested only in what they can extract and not in the true facts or justice applying to the situation.

I think that there may be a local example of this.

Found his level.

Should be playing at a higher level than that........when he played we was a different team and he guided us round the park superbly.

I thought he broke his ankle whilst training with England?

In what way are Chelsea accountable? genuine question.

I know he has the option of legal action against SWP, and both he and West Ham have the option of pursuing action against the FA as he was on duty with them when the injury occured, i can't see how Chelsea could be made in anyway culpable though.

That would be like me commiting an act of vandalism and the aggreived party seeking losses from my employer.

That's a joke right?

When fit Matthew Head is one of the top 7s in the game, shame he hasn't been fit for a few years now. At 27 he has time to get fit but i fear for him that it wont happen, he just looks really brittle.

Would have him back here in a shot if he could get his fitness sorted.

I really do think there was better 7's in the game than Head . Soward would have been a sensation in England.

Agreed. Very creative, undoubtedly, but a real weak link in defence for the opposition to exploit.

His performance in our win at Headingley was among the best displays by a Hull FC half back this decade, completely ran the show. Shame injuries have blighted his career because he was a real talent.

personnelly thought matty head was a good larker for us in the games he played, can't remember who we was playing but he was getting smashed all over the park but still had a blinder on one leg think i may well of been wigan at home actually.
Shame for his injuries but is standard practice with playing for hull over recent times.

Yep, would definitely have had an Origin selection, at the very least, had he remained fit after 2004.