Quote: St pete "Ligaments are more or less always worse than a break. Walsh was a bad one as he did ankle ligaments also but 9 times out of 10 you get over a break but ligaments can end you, especially if your in the latter stage of career.
I've just come back from a broken ankle which was bad but they told me im luvky it wasn't ankle ligaments Id done.
So basically in the long term Id take walsh injury over lomax but I bet walsh hurt more at the time'"
I broke my leg, dislocated my ankle and ruptured ligaments all in one tackle and it is the ankle that has proven to be more troublesome since I've started playing again.
As you say, breaks are easier to deal with/heal and 9 times out of 10 there's no recurring problem. Ligaments on the other hand are much more vulnerable to go again though.