Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Bit off to compare Martyn with Wheeler.
Martyn played over 200 games for us across 10 seasons, 7 of which he played over 20 games. Yes, he had both knees reconstructed, missing the entire Centenary Season, and a few broken arms, but he was hardly injury-prone to a level that cost us - and his contributions on the pitch were immense.
I'm not questioning his contributions,what i am saying in context of this is that Percival has been called injury prone ( a player with a huge impact on how we play ) Martyn had a lot of injuries,never played a full season. A 10 year career with 211 games,that total should of been over 300. That is what i am saying,no question of his talent as there should be no question of Percival's
His hamstring does certainly seem to be niggly.
He has been out with it in '19, '20.
He hasnt suffered with it again up to now but with his recent history i can see why he was rested if he could feel it pulling.
I think hes more unlucky than injury prone.
Maybe a better warm up / stretching to focus on the hamstring.
If you watch Lomax in his warm up , he has different little movements which concentrate round his knees to get them warmed up better.
I can say with absolute confidence there's not one person on here who would say that to his face. The bloke is an absolute unit, if he told you to jump you'd ask him how high and then ask could you do anything else for him. Fortunately he only asked me what I was drinking.
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The 2007 WCC was one of the most brilliant performances from a nowhere near fit player I've ever seen. Scully dragged us over the winning line that night, heroic performance.
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https://www.rugby-league.com/article...ll-stars-clash
19 man squad confirmed. 4 from Saints, Williams not considered match fit. Obviously there's injuries, selection restrictions and no NRL players but that looks a poor side.
John Bateman
Daryl Clark
Mike Cooper
Ben Currie
Tom Davies
Liam Farrell
Luke Gale
Ash Handley
Morgan Knowles
Reece Lyne
Jonny Lomax
Paul McShane
Tommy Makinson
Mikolaj Oledzki
Joe Philbin
Stefan Ratchford
Sam Tomkins
Alex Walmsley
Joe Westerman
Forwards win games. The backs decide by how much.
Why is the best Full Back in England not playing then! Ha ha!