I'd say it was poor tackling technique looking for a big hit due to the fact his side had been outplayed and had become increasingly niggly in 5 mins before the incident. I in no way think he went to maliciously hurt Burgess but there certainly wasnt much of an attempt to complete a tackle.

Nando's will certainly miss him. It'll be a while before he's chomping on chicken wings again



Seems upbeat on Twitter. Excellent self diagnosis of the injury "..to put it simply, my jaw is f*cked!"

The cas lad's technique wasn't great but nothing more than that. Nothing to get too excited about. Hope Luke recovers quickly. Shame for the lad.

The greatest respect to all who step foot on the field of play and as we've seen these players/soldiers of the game genuinely put their bodies on the line, to entertain us in the game of rugby league. You are part of what makes our game so special.











It's never good to see a patriot of our game endure an injury such as we saw last night. You have our greatest respect Luke, our best wishes and we wish you a speedy recovery....hope to see you back in the game ASAP.

Nothing more to add. Get back ASAP Biff and Good Luck.

Exactly.

Why some opposition "fans" feel they have to score points when a lad suffers a 2 break serious facial injury is beyond me.

After the shock last night and her vow never to watch again, my wife now appreciates more than ever the skill bravery and commitment of the sport. As a late convert to the game she now instead says she will never again support the overpaid prima donnas of football.


She sends Luke a big kiss and wishes him a speedy recovery. I will omit the former but concur on the latter.

I don't think a lot of the chanting that takes place during an injury stoppage is intended to be malicious, more a way of restoring normality during what could be a potentially serious event. If it was malicious, it would be targetted at the injured player - which I can't recall having heard at an RL game.

Having watched the replay a couple of times, a purely accidental clash, no malice and Walker could have done himself some seroius injury, as for Burgess, a shame he will miss the CC final, but RL is a hard game played by hard and brave men. Good luke with the Recovery Luke....

Well said rhinoms, 2 props colliding, could have gone the other way and walker getting smashed.
I wish luke burgess a speedy recovery.

I dont wish bad on anybody Rhinos player or not and wish Biffa the speediest of recoveries, however I dont think he should be in our strongest 17 so i dont consider it to be a big blow, for me his ball retention is not good enough and I think Ambler is a better player based on this season. I am more concerned on how peacock is.

It was a big collision. Nothing malicious and no intent. It may have been a little silly on the part of Walker but maybe some inexperience there. The thing i didnt like was when it was clear Burgess was hurt a couple of the Cas players including Walker were dancing like they had just won the match. That was very disrespectful to Luke Burgess and seemed to show little concern for him.

Get well soon Biffa!!!

Looking at the contact only, without taking into account the injury it was a good hit, and one which is entertaining for the fans. I have no problem with shoulder charges having given a few out and received a few more. They can be very good to lift a team, force a mistake or intimidate your opposition. Some players do them more than others SBW being one of the main, but they present a big risk to both the tackler and the tackled player.

Also, I have no problem with Walker bouncing after the hit, he made a good effective tackle and forced a knock on. We do exactly the same, and there is no way he could have known straight away that Burgess was badly injured.

As for the injury, its a nasty looking one, and a shame for the lad to miss the final. Hopefully he'll get to play in a few more in his career