One wonders whether BJB will be able to cope long term with the physically demanding nature of the game.

Lets see what Hardacre can do then, I'm sure he was being dubbed a world beater by some Whitehaven fans

A real shame for the lad......all the more reason to lament his omission from the Leeds team these last few years: cruelly diminishing our opportunities to see his talents more often.

Glad they have added Hardaker to the squad.

Perhaps we will see him given his opportunity after the club has tried everything else including playing forwards in his place and perhaps bringing Alan Smith out of retirement

I actually read the above & marvelled, a sensible, pertinent, non-trolling post.

His two injuries are completely unrelated. The skull injury he got last year was a very rare occurrence - I can't recall it happening before. Shoulder injuries are not so rare in the game and more of a concern ongoing, but it seems to be hit and miss as to whether a player ends up suffering continual shoulder injuries (David Creasser and Gary Spencer come to mind) or not.

Its the same shoulder he had operated on what made him miss out of the Four Nations last season.

I wonder how many operations you can have on the same shoulder?

Edited for accuracy

They were taliking about shoulder injuries on the nrl show this week, benji had problems with the same shoulder time and time again. I just happend to be different parts. Bjb my have done the same thing? Then again it might be a totally different bit of his shoulder.

I wouldn't start Cross at all.

It seems better tactics to start Clarkson, rather than him coming off the bench.

Yeah, seems fair enough. However really. Bump JJB to prop & Clarkson to start, Cross on bench. Either way. I'd still leave McShane and Hardaker/Smith(fitness) as the two to miss out.

This weeks edition of rlHeadingley Carnegie Insightrl suggests Hardaker will play.

[iZak has been making big strides in recent weeks and impressed the coaching staff. He has played all of Featherstone's games this season as part of his dual registration. He is an exciting talent and we are looking forward to seeing him in action this week.[/i

Are his legs longer than the other players?