Injury Curse Continues….Watson

[Mickie Lane]

Well if we have 3 spots still to fill we may be after a utilility player on the market or Egan Butcher/Josh Wong to play that lock role giving Rads a rest. Turpin now a bench certainty as cover for Smith.

Are you mad?
Why would you rest Radley who is one of our best players.

[Easts75]

I feel sick in the guts at the thought of Hutch in our 17 every week !!!

[Billy Gunn]

The poor bloke is off contract this year.

[King Salvo]

Suspected season ending ACL for Watson - Tests to confirm

Lucky they have the Hutchinator

[Thirteen]

He’s had a decent couple of injury free years but prior to that he was pretty injury prone.

I reckon it’s a significant loss. Having an energetic and fast running forward coming off the bench was a big bonus and something that gave us a decent advantage over most sides. He was great at the end of last season. Plus he’s good utility value. He will be missed.

[Danish]

Seriously why do our players kee doing ACLs? I feel like we’ve had more than the rest of the league combined.

sack our ****ing conditioning coach

[DP1990]

Update: NRL Physio


"Connor Watson has unfortunately suffered a suspected patella tendon injury at Roosters training (via SMH). No confirmation yet on severity, to see surgeon next week. Worst case would be tendon rupture: if confirmed would require surgery and a 6-9 month recovery period. Watson could avoid surgery with a partial tear, but still a lengthy recovery (2+ months). Fingers crossed for him."

[QWERTY]

I feel sick in the guts at the thought of Hutch in our 17 every week !!!

Why the Hutch hate? He’s a fine bench player.

[top_joe]

Liked it last year when he came on a prop, a clever little idea from TIT.

Agree with whoever said it above, it hopefully means Egan is now in the 17 everyweek.

[mightyrooster]

Seriously we cannot get a break with all these serious injuries. When is this going to stop!

[Tommy Smith]

Devastating loss.

Watson is a real impact player who thrives under the current style of play.

I think we're all just conditioned now to assume serious injuries every time we play (or train, evidently) following the worst 3-year injury toll in 110+ years of 1st grade Rugby League.

[Monaco's Fan Club]

It’s a loss we can afford. Speedy recovery , I hope regardless

[stringaz]

It’s a loss we can afford. Speedy recovery , I hope regardless

Yea makes the Turpin signing even more valuable now. Slightly different players I know.

Still hurts but, he's definitely in Robbos 17 every week and now I'm hearing from the NRL physio on Twitter that this patella injury can be a tougher rehab than acls.

We're usually good for two season ending injuries every year so who is next?(I'm not superstitious btw)

Feel for the bloke.

[King Salvo]

Patellar Tendon Tear - This painful kneecap injury is usually the result of a hard landing after a jump or a fall.

https://www.healthgrades.com/right-c...ports-injuries

[Jacks Fur Coat]

Why the Hutch hate? He’s a fine bench player.

I'm fine with him on the bench. As long as he doesn't get up.