Player Luke Metcalf

[Noitall]

Scans taken today in Auckland have confirmed Metcalf has done his ACL.

Any word on CNK?

 

[Jaffa J]

We should have rested him against the broncos don’t understand it

 

[Jeetz]

Footy gods hate us

 

[Jeetz]

We should have rested him against the broncos don’t understand it

Yeah he should’ve been rested and Barney should’ve been rested instead of backing up from origin.

 

[JustLikeStartingOver]

Just when you think the curse might not be real - it’s real

 

[roguei]

It even hurts to hear it officially. What rotten luck for the guy. Not only does it effect this year but it will also effect the next. Its going to be a tough ride... For Barney and for him. Just got to hope now it's a smooth recovery and the last major injury we have this year.

 

[Makasene]

We should have rested him against the broncos don’t understand it

I don't understand this take that's been floating around.

Why should he have been rested?

He had a cork and recovered from it. Was moving freely, not hampered.

 

[3rdstriker]

We should have rested him against the broncos don’t understand it

Oh to have hindsight.

 

[Jaffa J]

I don't understand this take that's been floating around.

Why should he have been rested?

He had a cork and recovered from it. Was moving freely, not hampered.

He didn’t look 100% and because we had a bye no reason to risk it just unfortunate

 

[Dannevegas]

Thinking we could possibly, go to a new level with Metcalf and Charnze out. A mix of Boyd, Martin, Tauapiki, Rts to fill in the 7 and 1 will unlock us a bit more.

 

[sup42]

I don't understand this take that's been floating around.

Why should he have been rested?

He had a cork and recovered from it. Was moving freely, not hampered.

Yeah it doesn't work that way eh, you can't give dudes days off in case they get hurt in a contact sport.

When you start cotton wooling blokes it messes with their psychological make up, makes em skittish about contact.

 

[LUKAMIKIAFU]

Fuck this is so annoying. Hope he recovers well. I'm sick of looking towards next year instead of now so I hope Tanwah turns full Taniwah

 

[Stalefish540]

Absolutely gutted for him, some players just have the worst luck injuries wise. Feel for him and the likes of Benry/Roache.

I think hes two ACLs, chronic hamstring issues, and a broken leg now. Must take some absolute ticker to keep fighting back from all of that, the mental demons would be on another level.

Can only imagine how rapid he must have been before all of that started plaguing him.

Hopefully his little one can bring a bit of joy to him well he rehabs. Probably no better than Barnett to be there with him day to day on the journey.

 

[Makasene]

Terrible situation for him.

Likely negotiating a huuuuge new deal. His management definitely would have been receiving the old "if you ever wanted to talk we'd be keen".

Now what do you do?

 

[Five&Last]

Yeah it doesn't work that way eh, you can't give dudes days off in case they get hurt in a contact sport.

When you start cotton wooling blokes it messes with their psychological make up, makes em skittish about contact.

That actually has nothing to do with what he's talking about.

A minor injury such as a corked thigh can change the way you move naturally (creating tension on ligaments that aren't used to it) and it also changes the level of support the ACL receives from surrounding muscles (like the quads)

Tyrese Haliburton would've heard it from every single doctor he talked to. If you play through this calf strain, the chances of tearing your Achilles are high. Guess what happened....

 

[Five&Last]

I don't understand this take that's been floating around.

Why should he have been rested?

He had a cork and recovered from it. Was moving freely, not hampered.

Tbf we don't know enough to say he had fully recovered from it. Corked thighs can usually be played through without making it worse

 

[Makasene]

Tbf we don't know enough to say he had fully recovered from it. Corked thighs can usually be played through without making it worse

Sure, I just put my faith in the medics.

Passed the eye test to me.

 

[Naynay]

That actually has nothing to do with what he's talking about.

A minor injury such as a corked thigh can change the way you move naturally (creating tension on ligaments that aren't used to it) and it also changes the level of support the ACL receives from surrounding muscles (like the quads)

Tyrese Haliburton would've heard it from every single doctor he talked to. If you play through this calf strain, the chances of tearing your Achilles are high. Guess what happened....

I get the sentiment, but we all saw its just the foot got stuck on the ground as he was hit, its a freak accident the cork didn’t have an impact on this case.

I get we want to blame someone but its just bad luck it could happen any tackle

 

[Blain]

His cork injury had absolutely nothing to do with doing his ACL. Trying to link the 2 is searching for a reason or answer to give yourself some comfort in your grief.. Same as blaming Piakura. It was a super heavy hit at perfect/terrible timing, which put un natural movement in his ground leg.

Shit happens guys, it sucks but thats the nature of contact sport.

Looking forward to seeing Luke come back stronger than ever.

 

[Makasene]

NRL physio has posted an identical tackle to Jonah Pezet for his ACL last year.

When you look at both it is 100% the mechanism of the tackle. Nothing else