Payne Haas requires surgery, likely done for the season.

[Unbreakable]

 

[broncos4life]

Well ****. NFL season can't come fast enough.

 

[broncsgoat]

Wonder how long it will be before the NRL media get stuck into Bennett over this

 

[I bleed Maroon]

This is seriously the season from hell

 

[Sproj]

The injury list is mounting that’s for sure, particularly in the forwards:

Gillett
McGuire
Savelio
Bird
Glenn
Haas
Kahu
Turpin
Tueali

 

[MrTickyM]

Isn’t there a stat on the most players a team has used and still won the premiership? I’d imagine we are a long way past that already.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

Bennett's already starting to go with the injury excuses to try and save himself. The Cowboys made a GF without Thurston and Scott last year. We can still have a good season. No defeatist excuses.

 

[mitch222]

Bennett's already starting to go with the injury excuses to try and save himself. The Cowboys made a GF without Thurston and Scott last year. We can still have a good season. No defeatist excuses.

Yeah from 8th position with a few lucky games at the end of the year. Also, didnt have not one single other player out either. The Cowboys run last year was a fluke like the Eels were in 09. But if all it takes to satisfy you is an 8th place finish where your only getting into the finals because another team chokes in rnd 26 against a team with nothing to play for, win three games and get smacked in the grand final then ok.
The real cowboys from last year are currently playing at the moment.

 

[Wolfie]

Wonder how long it will be before the NRL media get stuck into Bennett over this

It will be matt lodge's fault

 

[Broncs_Fan]

Yeah from 8th position with a few lucky games at the end of the year. Also, didnt have not one single other player out either. The Cowboys run last year was a fluke like the Eels were in 09. But if all it takes to satisfy you is an 8th place finish where your only getting into the finals because another team chokes in rnd 26 against a team with nothing to play for, win three games and get smacked in the grand final then ok.
The real cowboys from last year are currently playing at the moment.

Wayne is already starting his spin about the injuries. It's really pathetic. How far he's fallen. He reminds me of those African dictators that try and cling to power at all costs. Sad!

 

[broncos4life]

Wayne is already starting his spin about the injuries. It's really pathetic. How far he's fallen. He reminds me of those African dictators that try and cling to power at all costs. Sad!

Are you just going to repeat the same thing until someone acknowledges you?

 

[Super Freak]

Wonder how long it will be before the NRL media get stuck into Bennett over this

He is already being blamed by the fans for Haas's injury.

 

[Broncs_Fan]

Yeah from 8th position with a few lucky games at the end of the year. Also, didnt have not one single other player out either. The Cowboys run last year was a fluke like the Eels were in 09. But if all it takes to satisfy you is an 8th place finish where your only getting into the finals because another team chokes in rnd 26 against a team with nothing to play for, win three games and get smacked in the grand final then ok.
The real cowboys from last year are currently playing at the moment.

Lol people on here, including myself, would be over the moon if we finished 8th this season and made the GF. Instead we probably wont even make the finals!

 

[Unbreakable]

Haas set for shoulder surgery and lengthy break

Author
Joel Gould
Timestamp
Fri 18 May 2018, 09:02 AM

Payne Haas is facing shoulder surgery and a lengthy stint on the sidelines but the courage the 18-year-old prop showed last week is set to inspire his Brisbane teammates in his absence.

Haas dislocated his shoulder against Manly, put it back in himself and then bravely played on. He was eventually replaced, but he initially refused to leave the field in a show of intent that has lit a fire under Broncos forward Tevita Pangai jnr to get the job done against an in-form Sydney Roosters side boasting Dylan Napa and Jared Waerea-Hargreaves.

The Broncos are expected to outline in the coming days the nature of Haas's surgery and whether it is a clean-up or a reconstruction.

Either way, his determination in the face of adversity will not be forgotten
"He has been inspiring,” Pangai said.

"Even in the pre-season there were times when he was fatigued in wrestling and fitness sessions and looked like he was gone but he just found another gear. He is just putting his body on the line and trying to earn the senior players' respect.

"Payne showed toughness there with his stint. It is another challenge for us young boys now in the middle so hopefully we can get the job done and compete hard. We know [the Roosters] are going to come up here and try and spoil the party."

The Broncos now have a third of their first-choice 17 on the sidelines with Haas, Josh McGuire, Matt Gillett, Jordan Kahu, Alex Glenn and Jack Bird all on the injured list.

Bird appears set for a month-long break to get over a nagging sternum injury that has plagued him since last year.

In an ideal world the Broncos would have already given Bird an extended break on the sidelines to recover from a sternum injury but the former Shark has bravely put his hand up to play through the pain as he tried to rediscover his best form.

After the Broncos play the Parramatta Eels in round 12 they have a bye before facing Melbourne away on July 10.

If Bird sits out the Eels clash he will have a month's break without football to recover, a scenario which hooker Andrew McCullough said would hopefully reap rewards.

"Jack's sternum has been giving him a bit of grief and everyone that knows what sternum injuries are like knows they are pretty sore," McCullough said.

"We'll take a bit of pressure off Jack and make sure he gets his sternum right and mind right so he can get back into it.

"There is still plenty of football left in the year so if we can get through the next two weeks and get a bit of a break [with the bye] it could be a bit of a blessing for us, and especially for him."

McCullough said Bird's effort on the park in difficult circumstances had not been lacking.

"Being a key recruit you probably get scrutinised a bit more and probably highlighted a lot more…but he'll be fine."

The door has now opened for Kotoni Staggs and Patrick Mago to make their club debuts off the bench against the Roosters on Friday night.

"It is exciting. It is a great challenge and probably what the club needs at this stage, for myself, Sam [Thaiday] and Darius to step up and for those younger boys to step up as well," McCullough said.

Source: https://www.nrl.com/news/2018/05/18/payne-haas-set-for-shoulder-surgery-and-lengthy-break/

 

[roo-ted]

I wonder if he went off the field and let a doctor put his shoulder back in instead of doing it himself, if it would of done less damage..

 

[ivanhungryjak]

Wayne is already starting his spin about the injuries. It's really pathetic. How far he's fallen. He reminds me of those African dictators that try and cling to power at all costs. Sad!

Do you have a link to this "spin"?

 

[Locky’s Left Boot]

Would have been $700,000 well spent for about 40 minutes of football if you believe the rumours of what clubs were willing to offer him at the early stages of his career this season

 

[Alec]

It's OK, his body probably wasn't ready for the NRL anyway. Give him more time to grow.