Am I a doctor ..... no. Am I a t*t .........yes.

So after 72 games Richard Owen is still breaking into the 1st team!

I quite agree with jonh on this one. When I was 21, I broke both my arms and legs is a bizarre accident at Saville Park. I also suffered severe concussion, vomiting, diarrhoea, bruised elbows and the loss of all my teeth and hair. I almost died and had to be revived twice on the operating table. The staff at PGI wrapped my arms and legs in Band Aids and sticks from the bushes on the car park, and I was back playing prop for Cas the following day. If it wasn't for the well-informed, professional treatment I received that day, just like the stuff recommended by jonh, I'd never have scored that hat trick of tries in a bruising win away to St. Helens in that very comeback match. And, do you know, I've never suffered any ill effects, infections, or further complications of any kind.

Well said jonh

As has already been said, no two injuries are the same and we don't know that much about Richie's injury or exactly what he has been told to do. But it's clear he has been told to rest, after suffering a break, having an operation and a plate/pins put in, plus the infection which set him back even more.

Having suffered the same kind of break, operation, pins and even a smelly infection with it, i can't see anything wrong so far in his recovery. It's lots of rest, lots of boredom and lots of watching everyone else do what you can't do. Richie just has to deal with it and keep looking forward to getting back on the field and doing what he loves.