TV - no, not the telly, the missing player

[ourla]

Injury news on Telusa doesn't sound promising:

"It is a serious injury Telusa has had and we are not expecting him back in the next few weeks. It will probably be into March, April," Murphy said.

[jgriffin]

Injury news on Telusa doesn't sound promising:

"It is a serious injury Telusa has had and we are not expecting him back in the next few weeks. It will probably be into March, April," Murphy said.

Sometimes you fear that 'has retired' news............

[voice of the crumbie]

Injury news on Telusa doesn't sound promising:

"It is a serious injury Telusa has had and we are not expecting him back in the next few weeks. It will probably be into March, April," Murphy said.

Sometimes you fear that 'has retired' news............

I also have that fear about Dave Denton given the time he has been out.

[chewbacca]

I also have that fear about Dave Denton given the time he has been out.

Did he pick up his HI against Ulster last October?

[ourla]

Injury news on Telusa doesn't sound promising:

"It is a serious injury Telusa has had and we are not expecting him back in the next few weeks. It will probably be into March, April," Murphy said.

Sometimes you fear that 'has retired' news............

Yeah, exactly. But surely not because of a foot injury...!?

[strawclearer]

Injury news on Telusa doesn't sound promising:

"It is a serious injury Telusa has had and we are not expecting him back in the next few weeks. It will probably be into March, April," Murphy said.

Sometimes you fear that 'has retired' news............

I also have that fear about Dave Denton given the time he has been out.

According to Smurf:

Murphy says, "Will Spencer (lock) should be touch and go for the game next week. Tatafu Polota-Nau (hooker) and David Denton (back-row) the same. Guy Thompson (back-row) should be fit in the next few weeks, too, so we are beginning to see some guys coming back to fitness in the forwards, but not so much in the backs."

[Dangerous4]

I just hope he and Denton are fully fit for next season.

[ABClub]

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It was announced back in December when there was talk of injury dispensation signings in the back three - thankfully Sarto and Varndell are now on-board - that Veainu would be out until February at the earliest.

So March/April isn't behind schedule for a serious injury that required surgery. It's just such a shame that the freak foot injury came immediately after he recovered from a bad concussion.

His appearance record has been great prior to this season.

2017/18 - 21 appearances (Despite a broken jaw that he recovered from rapidly)
2016/17 - 14 appearances
2015/16 - 26 appearances

A wonderful player and I hope he stays for at least the two years left on his contract.

[drc_007]

Injury news on Telusa doesn't sound promising:

"It is a serious injury Telusa has had and we are not expecting him back in the next few weeks. It will probably be into March, April," Murphy said.

Sometimes you fear that 'has retired' news............

Yeah, exactly. But surely not because of a foot injury...!?

Didn't a foot injury end Richard Blaze's career?

[JP14]

I really hope he is back soon, ignite the last push at the end of the season.

[voice of the crumbie]

Sometimes you fear that 'has retired' news............

Yeah, exactly. But surely not because of a foot injury...!?

Didn't a foot injury end Richard Blaze's career?

Yes it did. In his case I seem to recall that it was something to do with a hairline stress fracture that kept re-fracturing despite all sorts of precautions being taken.

[Hot_Charlie]

So March/April isn't behind schedule for a serious injury that required surgery. It's just such a shame that the freak foot injury came immediately after he recovered from a bad concussion.

Yet another leg/foot/joint injury on a 4G pitch...

[DeadlyDunc]

with no evidence the pitch was a factor.

When injuries occur on natural turf, no-one questions the pitch, just because it happened on an artificial grass pitch doesn’t de facto mean it was the cause.

Correlation doesn’t equal causation.

[sapajo]

The rumour I have heard is that if anyone will be forced to retire due to injury it will be Matt Tait.

[ourla]

Didn't a foot injury end Richard Blaze's career?

Yep on retirement said - "I’ve been advised that the stress fracture is not going to stand up to the demands of a full-time career"

However with TV Murphy said at the time ""He had a torn ligament in his foot." and had an operation.

I wouldn't have thought it would take this long so must be some complications.