Had a chat with the sports science boffins on campus and they are suggesting (but not confirming) Dobbo is being treated for a grade 1 injury to the Acromioclavicular Joint (AC).

I have looked it up - he’s sprained it!

Treatment is cold therapy, immobilisation, ibuprofen for the swelling, and a minimum of two weeks rest. Fingers crossed they are right!

So, only a month out.

A timely boost indeed

If he is out for 3 weeks then the timing is pretty good.

He'll miss Sts and wire (games we'd have struggled in anyway and wont be although we'd like to win wouldn't be targetted games)
Widnes who we should be able to beat with Withers at 7.

Hopefully back for the bulls game and then onwards and upwards.

Going back to the Q I posed, then, its probably a safe assumption to suggest Sandy will go with Lincoln Withers at 7 and bring in Carlile to support Josh Hodg.

Not wanting to put the mockers on it, selection will become extremely tricky if Withers gets injured!!!!!

If that happens, it's officially your fault.

So phillb is wrong by a week wud be great if it is only a sprain

Or an injury to either Hodgeson (J) or Carlile would also leave us with a dilemma.

Then I can imagine the Murrell versus youth versus they're not ready would kick off again.

Omg ur not gonna curse him are u

Cheers bud - who'd have thought it? Half time - broken collarbone. Post match -one weird ligament thing meaning 3 months out. Today Rover "hail positive news" of a month out, which as Philb says is likely to be 3 weeks (mini boost) and he needs a sit down and 2 paracetamol. I'd say you couldn't make it up, but...

Between the two clubs we could have taught the germans a thing or two on leaking news. I did expect a few months with his first game back been the derby

however bradford at home on sky it is likely to be then.

Seriously though, speedy recovery dobbo.

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We'll still de register him, can't afford to pay him can we chief.

we cant do that because when we re-register him we have to give him a massive pay rise

Will the captain's armband go to Joel Clinton? It seems to be cursed though lol!

21 days I've heard.

to true we will not have a captain instead we will select one from hull fc to see if we can get rid of the curse let them have it

Stop jinxing our players!

Obviously I am gonna get mullered but I've always seen J Hodgson as a halfback in a crisis.

Keep it simple, Withers has played 7 to a good standard and we have cover for Josh in Carlile.

Carlile is the better hooker anyway.

No he isn't

Well probably find out this week.

We are blessed with three very good hookers!

We have to be fair to keal he hasn't played as he so can't really see how he is doing

That was a great stag night.