Just enquiring, did the reserve game get abandoned after a player broke his leg?
Something that just got mentioned to me this morning, but i hadn't heard anything about it, so i thought it was just a rumour.

Yeh it did, 65 mins in Thomas Coyle suffered a compound fracture of his left tibia and fibula. Check out www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=7071 for more info. Seems hes going to recover fully after a successful operation the other day

Yeh it did, 65 mins in Thomas Coyle suffered a compound fracture of his left tibia and fibula. Check out www.widnesvikings.co.uk/article.php?id=7071 for more info. Seems hes going to recover fully after a successful operation the other day

Hope the lads ok.
Why did they abandon the game?

There was, as you'd imagine a very lengthy delay while Thomas was made stable enough for transfer to hospital. That and Widnes being way in front plus the shock to all on the field at the image of such a bad injury, it was probably thought best to call it a day.

daft question, what's wrong with grass/undersoil heating in our 'Summer' Rugby season ?
If IPitch is the answer, surely more clubs will follow suite.....or maybe not.

The main reason for it is so it's a training for and surface outside Widnes RL use. You font get that with under soul heating as you still damage the surface.

As for your last point yes that the belief and if it's a success on field it more than likely will do as from an outside point of view pitch has been worth every penny!

Not to mention after such a long delay, it was said to be that cold on the day then it wasn't wise to let players come back on the field freezing cold for a meaningless last 10 minutes. Too risky.

I cant recall a serious game of sport being abandoned for a tib and fib injury.
TBH ive played in games where such injury's have occurred at amateur level and not ever seen it.

Really? It's common place especially when the majority of the game has gone (as in this place) so the result can stand.

If it's so common I'm sure i could recall some, but i can't.
I'd say its almost certainly unprecedented, i am more than happy to be proved wrong of course.

I've played in games were we have moved onto a next pitch and carried on? Clearly this wasn't an option here.

As Rich said in those conditions too would probably need a full warm up to go back put for last 15 mins and I dint think the clubs fancied risking their young stars.

I'm not convinced, i have never heard of a game being called for a broken leg ever, even a bad one like this.
They happen fairly often at football, i have seen a few on TV and never has a game been called, i have personally played (albeit RU) in a couple of games where players have been ambulanced off with suspected broken back and neck injuries and the game still played on.
So sadly I'm not buying it, i aren't saying the injury was caused by the pitch/weather combination, not at all but i am saying it IMO played a part in the decision or the psyche of the person/people involved in calling the game off rightly or wrongly.
Under these circumstances the game would have normally continued, i don't know of any other example of a game being called off in this way.

I've watched Pro RL and Amatuer RL since a kid, I've been there at games where they've been abandoned, never a pro (or academy/reserves)

I'd say about 5 in my lifetime, plus a couple more where the games moved to an adjacent pitch

If the medical staff present are not confident in moving the individual they would await an ambulance, dependent on the time between the ref then chooses to abandon. Due to the weather and the prolonged gap I supposed it made sense to abandon the game.

Are you Wakey fans thinking you had a chance to get back in the game?

If you are that concerned then write to your local MP.