For friday I would go with Washy at 13 and Berro/Horne in the halves. Hopefully we will see a different Berrigan after his performance against Rovers and with Horne looking good and an extra pivot in Washy at 13 plus Tansey chiming in from fullback we have lots of options. Which considering the injuries we have is a sign of a strong squad.

Gutted for both players. Massive loss for us. Such a better side when both are playing.

team id play on friday

1. tansey
2. briscoe
3. yeaman
4. turner
5. hall
6. horne
7. berrigan
8. dowes
9. houghton
10. cusack
11. manu
12. tickle
13. washbrook

interchange
14. lauaki
15. moa
16. radford
17. burnett/lyne

but if o'meley is back then cusack on bench an drop lyne and burnett

Gutted about this. Whiting has been one of our top performers all season, and I was really hoping that Calderwood would go on to the end of the season in good form and earn a new contract. Not happy.

Goddam it, poor whiting espcially for me. Lets just hope the arm injury does'nt throw up any long lasting effects. Worse case scenario would be a Micheal Eager situation where the arm kept breaking. So sorry for Calders as well.
Please, Please not back to Washy & Horne [uIT DOES NOT WORK [/u
Berro & Horne for me is the best outcome here.

Absolutely gutted for Whiting, been one of our most consistent players. I had a similar problem when i was playing and after it was plated and pinned it was very prone to breaking especially in the tackle. After the 5th break the plate was removed and touch wood it was fine after that.
Lets hope removing the plate and letting it heal fully will be the last we hear of the break.

Yeah mate, it's always going to be a bit 'iffy' , not just physically but psychologically for Rich. He will need to get his head around this when he begins playing again, but he seems strong in that department. Lets just hope for him.

what is it with us and injuries...

This new news he didnt take so well, it is heart wrenching for him it really is.
he is going to see a specialist tomorrow, same guy who dealt with a few high profile breaks for their op on it!
made even worse as he had been pre advised he was invited to the England train on squads too by Steve Mac so really gutted for the lad

gutted for the pair of them

i would definately like to see Washbrook at 13 for the rest of the season, i thought he had a great game on thursday and always rated him as our LF

reece lyne should get some games too

i'd go for, tansey FB, lyne/briscoe wing, yeaman/hall centre and horne/berro in the halves

if jack briscoe can get a game or two before the playoffs then that would be good if tansey is needed at 7

I suppose that is what squads are there for to cover such eventualities huh , however I think we all feel a special afinity to Rich given his past injuries which makes it worse

What about Turner?