NRL Injury Discussion - 2016

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Must've torn his hamstrings getting out of bed.
 
Surprise, surprise...

It's awful news, but it doesn't come off as a shock. Mullen has been a lead balloon and Newcastle should have read the signs early. Their blind loyalty to him and to an extent Kidley put them in the position they're in.
 
The ****?

PENRITH’S Josh Mansour is relying on a frozen tendon taken from a corpse to help overcome a knee injury and return to action as early as May.

The winger was given three options to repair the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee, which he ruptured during a freak training mishap with the Kangaroos last month.

Mansour chose an allograft, a rare procedure which involves taking the tendon from a deceased donor and transplanting it into his own knee.

“Option one was to take part of my hamstring tendon and replace my ACL with that,’’ Mansour told The Saturday Telegraph.

“Option two was to use part of my patella tendon in my left knee.

“And option three was the allograft, which is basically using a frozen tendon from a donor.

“At the time I didn’t know what to do.

“I had a lot of medical advice from the Australian medical team, our medical team here (at Penrith), and my surgeon (professor Justin Roe).

“I thought if I pick the hamstring (an autograft), there would have to be rehab on that, and I could lose some speed, while it was the same thing with the patella.

“My injury is similar to Dean Whare’s, I asked him how he’s feeling and he reckons he’s flying, he’s looking good and back in full training.

“That gave me a lot more confidence.

“But it is crazy. Even now when I talk about the donor it feels weird. I’m also extremely grateful.’’

Mansour was not given any information about the identity of the deceased donor. While several NRL players have undergone allografts in recent years, only a handful of surgeons perform the procedure.

After going under the knife on November 16, Mansour started some light drills this week, including balancing work.

One of the most meticulous trainers in the NRL, Mansour could have taken time off after a brilliant year that included a NSW and Kangaroos jumper.

But he wanted to start the recovery process immediately.

He even ditched a second chance at a honeymoon, with Penrith prepared to pick up the tab for a quick getaway to the Maldives with his new wife in January.

“This type of injury you can’t rush,’’ Mansour said.

“They have a timetable for me. This week is ‘week three’, around week 10 I’ll start on the AlterG machine (an anti-gravity treadmill), and by week 12 I should be doing some straight-line running.

“It’s a six to nine month injury, and it will all depend on how the rehab and treatment goes, and how confident I am when it is ready.

“But being the person I am, I like to set myself a time, and I’m putting that time to get back around the middle of May or early June. I’m confident I can do that. If you believe in yourself that much, you’re halfway there.’’

Mansour is a huge loss for the Panthers, but they have great depth in their outside backs, with Peta Hiku and Whare to return from their own knee injuries, as well as Waqa Blake, Tyrone Peachey, Dallin Watene-Zelezniak and new recruit Michael Oldfield.

“It’s a good luxury to have. I’d hate to be the coach,’’ Mansour said.
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I just thought with stuff like this they just re-attach the tendon or ligament or whatever. Now I think about it, in high school biology I learned that if you snap your bicep then it means you can't extend properly because it uses more of the tendon's length to re-attach. So maybe with something like this that's so small it's not viable to re-attach so they need to flog it from somewhere else.
 
Billy Slater has admitted he might never play again and will retire from playing if his shoulder doesn't get better.
 
Broncoman said:
Billy Slater has admitted he might never play again and will retire from playing if his shoulder doesn't get better.
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I actually think QLD and the Storm would be better off if he retired. he has barely played any footy for 2 years and is certainly not getting any younger.
 
He won't play rep footy again. Or Walters is insane if he does. I always thought he seemed like someone in denial when he used to talk about getting back into the teams.
 
Foordy said:
I actually think QLD and the Storm would be better off if he retired. he has barely played any footy for 2 years and is certainly not getting any younger.
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I think if Slater can get back to a point where he won't be a liability then I think he should play on. But he should definitely retire from rep footy.

Slater, even though he has declined a bit, would still be a better option than Munster IMO. He understands Cronk and Smith's game so much better.

Their premiership window is closing fast.. They need all the help they can get and I think Slater at the back would increase their chances. Provided he can get fit enough.

But if he is just going to be at a point where he can't play without any shoulder concerns, then he should just call it a day. As you said, he isn't getting any younger.
 
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Super Freak said:
I think if Slater can get back to a point where he won't be a liability then I think he should play on. But he should definitely retire from rep footy.

Slater, even though he has declined a bit, would still be a better option than Munster IMO. He understands Cronk and Smith's game so much better.

Their premiership window is closing fast.. They need all the help they can get and I think Slater at the back would increase their chances. Provided he can get fit enough.

But if he is just going to be at a point where he can't play without any shoulder concerns, then he should just call it a day. As you said, he isn't getting any younger.
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That's the only reason I think he can potentially play on. It's his shoulder, not a leg injury. He'll have slowed down with age, but not as dramatically as he would had he did his knee or something. Obviously if he can't tackle at all then he's gone.
 
Farah done his pec today. Wont have surgery but will miss the whole off season and be struggling to get back for round 1
 
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Baptiste has ruptured his Achilles apparently.
 
Not the right thread I know, but McKinnon suing the NRL & McClean. The NRL I can understand, he needs a lot of money to live. But McClean? Sounds like he still wants someone to blame. Personally.
 
I'm not sure that he will win. What did the NRL (in this case pretty much only) do that was negligent? They didn't put him in the position he was in, they didn't break his back and they had medical help right there available.

Not only that, they have helped raise a lot of funds for him. He is effectively suing the hand that still feeds him with fundraisers, etc. The NRL, by many reports, doesn't do much to help other life-affected players, such as Dwyer, Yow Yeh and Tuiaki but that cannot be said for McKinnon.

While I don't think he'll win, I hope the result of the case does result in the NRL being forced to do more for players like these three just mentioned.

McLean on the other hand might be forced to pay a lot.
 
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