How do you know the tackle wasn’t intentional?
In the heat of battle Knowles must of been pretty peeved to have been mugged earlier in attempting to score the try.
Whilst not probably intending to badly hurt Cooper he still did using a poor tackle technique.

Hope he gets the assitance he needs and comes back stronger next year

Sad to hear when any player is out injured for the season especially from a bad tackle.
And considering Coopers age.
I like Knowles but he constantly pushes his aggression to the limit.

I think he will but his age is a big factor.

Bad ñews that don't like to see any player badly injured

Terrible news for the lad.

It’s a very long way back after injuries like these if confirmed.

12 months out followed by another 12-18 months getting back something like.

Remember when Hock and Lockers did similar and they struggled on their return for nearly a year.

It’s a terrible blow for the lad and the reality is it could be the end of his career.

I’m sure the club will stand by him and we don’t need to panic this year but it would be very brave of us to offer him a new deal now which is a shame as I think he was on course for one…not that it’s important at the moment. The clubs full attention needs to be on supporting him mentally and his rehab for his long term health.

When he was helped off you couldn't help but feel it was a bad one the plus side he looks a fit as a butchers whippet so I've no doubt he can get through this but as other have pointed out it's not just the initial time to recover its refinding his form and given hjs age it may be time for to call it a day.

Shame really he was turning in to shrewd signing by the club

thats shocking news. Hope he gets back for you guys.

Peet has just confirmed that it's as bad we feared.

Horrible news for him. Coming back from an injury like that at his age, especially without a pre-season, will be unbelievably tough.

I’m sure the club will support him through it and back him in whatever decision he makes on his future. It’s a really bad age for him to pick up an injury like that but if he wants to try and get back from it, I’m sure the club will stick to whatever the plan was regarding an extension.

On the flip side, it’s good to read Harvie Hill is back at the club and is being primed for a chance in the coming weeks. You never want to see a player get an opportunity in these circumstances but it’s been the way many times before that a young player takes a chance on the back of an issue like this.

Echo what everyone has said, really tough on the lad and a big decision for him and the club as he’s getting on and his contract is up with an option in favour of us I believe? If he’d continued as he has since joining and didn’t get injured I would have said it’s a no brainer to extend but extending a contract for a 35 year old coming off such a serious injury and a year on the sidelines is a big risk. The immediate thoughts are just trying to get healthy and rehab.