Quote leedsnsouths="leedsnsouths"It an interesting analysis but you cant really quantify injuries
Loosing a bunch of players in the same position is more important
As is loosing spine players
Also some teams are naturally going to find it easier to deal with injuries
Wigan for example can afford injuries more than most as they play a very structured game where players can easily slot in and know their jobs, they also have the most productive academy in the league'"
All fair, but very moot, points.
Is McIlorum's injury worse to Wigan than McGuire's was to Leeds?
Shenton's to Cas than Ward's to Leeds?
ALL analysis that "quantifies" injuries is bound to bring in argument, thus negating any conclusion - at least with this, there is no club bias, each player counts as one player, no subjective "my injured player is better than your injured player".
You say losing spine players is very important (&, I assume therefore, "worth more" when totting up injuries)
Well, most Rhinos supporters would give their right arm for a spell of Falloon, McGuire, Sutcliffe & Hardaker on the treatment table judging by comments on this board!
"they also have the most productive academy in the league" - irrelevant in this discussion. If they have a better academy, they deserve to cope with injuries better than the rest.
