he's good but not that good.

I know it's not a massive operation but there's still a recovery time involved. Yes they say you can return to normal activity in 3 weeks but they also say you should avoid strenuous activity, I'd say playing a game of RL would fall under strenuous and not the "normal" activity they have in mind.

Not sure where you are coming from on this? Are you saying that he played against the Whino's whilst suffering from appendisisis or you saying that Cas are lying about the operation.
FWIW we do have other options and have won without him before.

Yes but you have put that he was averaging 11 tries per game. Anyway he has tweeted that surgery went well and he hopes to be back with the lads in a few days.

Lol. The medical knowledge on this forum is astounding.

With the state of the NHS we could be on to something here "Just ask Trin"

In Gale's absence will the RFL need to supply their own referees assistant????

lol best post of week , not sure what difference it makes - if Wigan and hull beat cas and we beat them we still finish on 34 to their 33 , of either of them beat us then game over !

Has it said what procedure he had?
I had mine done and wash rushed in so was cut rather than keyhole which makes it six weeks not three weeks. If went to normal hospital rather than private they would think about patients health rather than can he play in 2 or 3 weeks.

Hope he fit for the World Cup

Very unlikely he's had 4 hours in pinder's A&E department.

For all the talking in the world, he's back when he's back.

Personally if we stick mcshane at 7 for now I'm reasonably confident he can do a good enough job.

Gale has been sensational but I don't think you'll find many coaches who say cas are a one man team. It's a massive hindrance, no doubt, but if we don't fulfil our potential and win the GF, I for one certainly won't be using it as an excuse.

Compared with other clubs, and other seasons, we've had an outstanding year in terms of injuries. Very rarely more than 1 or 2 starters out at once.

As it stands gale is the only absentee in our squad, which still makes us remarkably healthy for this time of year

It's because you're winning at a canter Dave, they hardly get tackled.

Not quite sure what your getting at.do you believe this is a staged injury/illness ?

If Wakefield don't make the top 4 which I hope you do by the way it will because you haven't won enough games not because Luke gale had his appendix removed.

We can be a lot more specific than that but lets see how the last two games pan out.