It's quite common for people to still be able to walk and run after an ACL especially when the adrenaline is still pumping. 

Ashton is out for the season, Jake Thelwis hopefully gets a chance to show his potential. 

Bloody hell. Our 3 best players out injured long term - Williams, Walker, and Ashton. 

Gutted for them. 

Especially Ashton who will miss the Ashes. 


What a season. 

I've heard his season is over FFS 

Conor Wrench is back in full training  and must be ready to play very soon, after ironically under going ACL surgery,

He will be competing for a place in our 3/4 line as a centre/winger too.

I think i was trying to convince myself it was not true. What a season eh? I cant remember a year like this.

If only AJ worked out this would be his time to really take his opportunity, Funny old game 

Just asking the question re knee injuries - do we have a conditioning issue or is this just extreme bad luck?


Wrench x 2 ACL
Thomas ACL 
Currie x 2 ACL
Ashton ACL
Philbin ACL
Walker 

Unfortunately I don't think we can see Ashton as bad luck (although it is for him). The club clearly knew he was carrying a bd knock - hence Lindop on the bench- and they took a risk that has backfired badly.

Not sure that's fair. The issue Ashton had been suffering with a little was his his foot, not his knee, and I'd say it was more likely the fact King has been struggling with his groin that saw Lindop on the bench.  Aston was never a doubt for the semi - he only didn't play at Magic due to the HIA.

You have to feel for the lad. I'm worried about how he'll be when he returns. As someone who is so quick and relies so much on his pace and his explosiveness you'd have to wager that he will lose a bit of that. The only sportsmen I've seen return from an ACL as the same player as before is Virgil van Dijk. Ben Currie has never been the same player since he did his, remember how fast he was?

Ashton has developed beyond being a speed merchant, but I really hope that we get the recovery right and don’t rush this. This season is done for him, so let’s not try and force a pre season into him for early round fixtures.


We’ll miss the way he carries the ball off our line. Lindop the likely candidate to fill in, good chance for him to put his hand up and get 15 games under his belt and audition for the right centre spot, assuming Tai is going. 


The knock on effect is that Jake Thewlis can’t really go back to Salford with our backline being so depleted. At least until Wrench is back ready for first team, given King is carrying multiple knocks. Jake T will get a chance this week, and likely Cas too, but then on will likely be back to the reserves.