Quote wildshot="wildshot"Brian Smith on Radio Leeds said it was due to a suspected shoulder injury. He said Kirmond is not the type of player to moan about injuries and Smith made the call after watching his performance.
Knowing DK he will want to play every week so the club need to assess if it is a short or long term injury in terms of time to heal. BS said he believes the injury came from the Cas friendly.'"
Kirkland took a high late shot from behind at Cas and had to leave the field. Smith said on radio that it has been troubling him and that's why he was taken off, but doesn't that beg the question as to why was he playing if not100%