Sun 3rd Sept: SL: Wakefield Trinity v St Helens KO 15:00

[johnh1]

14 hours ago, Chris22 said:

Dagger is confirmed as missing for a week, not the season.

I haven't counted the injuries "caused" by each team, aside from I know that two of our players suffered season ending injuries in tackles by John Asiata of Leigh.

Wright is quite a stretch given that it came from an awkward fall. Whilst the tackle was high, it defeats biology that a head high contact can cause a broken ankle.

It's a bit of a flawed question in any event. If a player suffers a 2 week injury now, they meet the criteria of being out for the season, in a way that the same or even a more serious foul could not have in March.

That's not to take away from the general point that our discipline has been poor all season and, whilst getting better, needs work.

The attack on Wright was off the ball. He didn’t have possession. He hadn’t had possession. How you can call that a ‘stretch’ is mind- boggling.

[Wollo Wollo Wayoo]

15 hours ago, Chris22 said:

Dagger is confirmed as missing for a week, not the season.

He's still out for the season.  Not a break but ligament damage.

 

[Saint Toppy]

10 hours ago, johnh1 said:

The attack on Wright was off the ball. He didn’t have possession. He hadn’t had possession. How you can call that a ‘stretch’ is mind- boggling.

By attack you mean grab !!

Lees lost the ball and it was loose. Wright tried to pick it up and Lees grabbed him to pull him back and stop him from picking it up. The grab pulled him in the opposite direction to which he was going to pick up the ball causing him to twist and get the ankle injury.

If he'd have grabbed him by the shirt and not round the head then it would just have been a penalty for 'holding back' and not even a charge

[Josef K]

On 06/09/2023 at 23:48, johnh1 said:

 

Any evidence to support that statement, or have you just made it up?

Yes i have evidence, i heard it in a pub. 

[johnh1]

10 hours ago, Saint Toppy said:

By attack you mean grab !!

Lees lost the ball and it was loose. Wright tried to pick it up and Lees grabbed him to pull him back and stop him from picking it up. The grab pulled him in the opposite direction to which he was going to pick up the ball causing him to twist and get the ankle injury.

If he'd have grabbed him by the shirt and not round the head then it would just have been a penalty for 'holding back' and not even a charge

If that is how you see it, then ok. It was a punch in the face, off the ball and the ankle 'injury' was a broken ankle. But downplay it if you want to. It was an attack, off the ball in  my book. Thuggery at its worst. And Wright has not played since, unlike Lees.