12 months on the sidelines!

That's bad news for both him and the club. Given his age that could be very bad news.

Bloody hell

That’s sad to hear.

Despite the shirt he wears these days, that's sad news.

I think that this could be the end of his career. By all counts, he has ripped everything in his knee.

Awful news - huge blow for him and the club.

We didn’t need that but the first thoughts are with him. It could be the end if he doesn’t fancy the long rehab process at that age, which would be a shame. After all the years of us being given pelters from Saints fans for ‘tackling techniques’, it’s interesting to read plenty who didn’t see anything wrong with it. It’s a tackle that has been creeping in to the game, that they’ve been trying to clamp down on and this type of injury has been coming.

Sad news, thought Friday was his best game for us to date.

Hope to club support him as it will be a tough time for him mentally.

Tackle wasn’t intentional.

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.