General Warriors Injury Thread 2026

[kos]

Cam George or your staffer monitoring this forum.

Can you have a home game later this season.
Where like we did for Manu rename the stadium Roger Tuivasa Sheck stadium with all the accompanying fanfare,

 

[WAH MAN]

Can we retire him early? Get someone else?

Is Linnane even eligible? These ideas to just stick young inexperienced dudes in first grade are crazy talk.

Pompey is next. Berry is hovering but yes he's injury prone. Charnze will cover centre but needs improvement but has experience. Capewell can cover centre desperately and Leka as well. Then all the crazy talk guys.

Why I support Leka, Capewell and Charnze is that we have cover for the first two because we have a depth of edge back rowers. Then Charnze currently only on experience not form.

 

[ShaunJohnson7]

Explosive step ala Derrick Rose it is crazy he wasn’t injured more often

It was the way Rose used to land after a dunk or layup that was his issue

 

[WAH MAN]

Thankfully for Roger he has a well stocked accolade cabinet

 

[Wahs_Ultras]

Rocco has finally been cleared to return. Morgan Gannon listed as on personal leave?

 

[WAH MAN]

Rocco has finally been cleared to return. Morgan Gannon listed as on personal leave?

I see no dramas if Gannon is away. It would take time to acclimatise to a vastly different life

And he's here for two more years as well so sweet.

 

[CWC]

Rocco has finally been cleared to return. Morgan Gannon listed as on personal leave?

Probably family related back home, maybe

 

[Zaggo]

Funnily enough I opened this thread to see where Gannon had gone. Was dreading that he'd had another head knock in training and needed another lengthy period off.

Personal reasons aren't great either but lesser of two evils.

If Berry is cleared, where is he?

 

[Five&Last]

Gutted for Roger. We need Berry back firing badly. Would've expected to see him in NSW cup this week.

I don't think Pompey has the intensity to perform in high pressure finals games.

 

[Emerald]

Yes, it’s effing terrible that Roger also has a torn ACL. I feel for him.

But fvkk, something MUST be done about the strength and conditioning for elite sportsmen system that we don’t have.

I posted what follows only last week and got flamed for it, but then @Defence posted the image, also reposted here.

If we’re going to walk In the Panthers shoes, which is what we aspire to, we have to be like the Panthers in more than just our pathways system and our top flight coaching, excellent though all that is.

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Looking deeper into the stats, it seems that we’ve had about 8 ACL's over the past ten years.

In the years 2014 to 2018, a five year stretch, the Panthers lost 13 players to ACL injuries. That’s huge, and is significantly worse than our 8 over ten years.

But get this, the Panthers looked at the issue and did something about it. They set about "a complete overhaul of the non-playing staff, technologies, and training philosophies governing player fitness, injury prevention, and medical recovery."

And what did they achieve with all that? Just one ACL injury over the next five years.
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[Cces]

Yes, it’s effing terrible that Roger also has a torn ACL. I feel for him.

But fvkk, something MUST be done about the strength and conditioning for elite sportsmen system that we don’t have.

I posted what follows only last week and got flamed for it, but then @Defence posted the image, also reposted here.

If we’re going to walk In the Panthers shoes, which is what we aspire to, we have to be like the Panthers in more than just our pathways system and our top flight coaching, excellent though all that is.

>>
Looking deeper into the stats, it seems that we’ve had about 8 ACL's over the past ten years.

In the years 2014 to 2018, a five year stretch, the Panthers lost 13 players to ACL injuries. That’s huge, and is significantly worse than our 8 over ten years.

But get this, the Panthers looked at the issue and did something about it. They set about "a complete overhaul of the non-playing staff, technologies, and training philosophies governing player fitness, injury prevention, and medical recovery."

And what did they achieve with all that? Just one ACL injury over the next five years.
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2 guys contributed to 5 of those ACLs for the Panthers so 13 players didn't do their ACLs.
I'll ask again, where did you get that info from?
Also, the graphic is incorrect when both Riley Price & Taylan May did their ACLs in that period.
We must look to improve but it wasn't previously as bad at the Panthers as you made it out to be, & not as good since then as you make it out to be either

 

[WAH MAN]

Gutted for Roger. We need Berry back firing badly. Would've expected to see him in NSW cup this week.

I don't think Pompey has the intensity to perform in high pressure finals games.

But Pompey.



Is there when you need him. Berry? When he's available. Sure. But when you need someone that doesn't drop lip. Call Pompey. He actually has a step.

 

[Emerald]

2 guys contributed to 5 of those ACLs for the Panthers so 13 players didn't do their ACLs.
I'll ask again, where did you get that info from?
Also, the graphic is incorrect when both Riley Price & Taylan May did their ACLs in that period.
We must look to improve but it wasn't previously as bad at the Panthers as you made it out to be, & not as good since then as you make it out to be either

The image Defence came up with confirms the basics independently from what I had, which google gave me. That image is from an X account called NRL Physio, which has the subline "Brien Seeney | Physiotherapist | Education on injuries in the NRL & all sports". He has 59,000 followers there, posting analyses of NRL injuries within minutes of their occurrence and providing estimated recovery times. Apparently. So I reckon he knows his stuff. It was still 13 ACL injuries, even if it wasn’t 13 separate players.

That it was two in five years for the Panthers after they’d completely revamped their system and not one, that doesn’t change much at all, does it? 13 in 5 years, then 2 in 5 years. The difference is still massive and I’ve no doubt that other injuries are also far fewer.

Imagine the psychological effect on the players, knowing that their club has made every effort and more to ensure their physical safety and longevity. It would be phenomenal, in my opinion.

Look, another ACL since last week makes our situation even worse than I’d reported. How bad does it have to get before you agree that something just ain’t right?

 

[wizard of Tauranga]

In regards to the ACL, it’s bad enough we have them but they are consistently to our most valuable players!

Why can’t we get ACL’s happening to our 20-30th players instead of top 5 all the time!

… not that we want any ACL’s of course.

 

[CWC]

The image Defence came up with confirms the basics independently from what I had, which google gave me. That image is from an X account called NRL Physio, which has the subline "Brien Seeney | Physiotherapist | Education on injuries in the NRL & all sports". He has 59,000 followers there, posting analyses of NRL injuries within minutes of their occurrence and providing estimated recovery times. Apparently. So I reckon he knows his stuff. It was still 13 ACL injuries, even if it wasn’t 13 separate players.

That it was two in five years for the Panthers after they’d completely revamped their system and not one, that doesn’t change much at all, does it? 13 in 5 years, then 2 in 5 years. The difference is still massive and I’ve no doubt that other injuries are also far fewer.

Imagine the psychological effect on the players, knowing that their club has made every effort and more to ensure their physical safety and longevity. It would be phenomenal, in my opinion.

Look, another ACL since last week makes our situation even worse than I’d reported. How bad does it have to get before you agree that something just ain’t right?

4 ACLs in 12 months to 1/3 of our regular starters and it’s like you’re blowing this out of proportions let’s focus on the semantics

 

[The Undertaker]

Gannon on personal leave is interesting, as is CNKs neck. Long recovery for Charnze. Maybe not risking him. Gannon probably is extended concussion protocols given next week is a bye round.

Rocco suiting up this week late in Cup? Would make sense…

 

[Cces]

RTS - ACL injury days short of his 33rd birthday & on a leg he's previously done (?)
Barnett - ACL injury at 31 years of age & playing his second match in 5 days
Metcalf - 2nd ACL of his career
Boyd - occurred during the 7th match of the weekend on the same surface which had been copping rain.

If the Panthers do have a secret recipe I'd love for us to use it.

If I recall correctly we had zero ACLs in Alex Corvo's two year period. Maybe he was ahead of his time & knew more than the majority of the strength & conditioning community

 

[watcher]

Tanah Boyds ACL was contributed to by a poor Suncorp surface that had too many games on it over a short period that cannot be blamed on the ckub.

Pompey is Mr reliable. He wilk do the job. Also solves goal kicking. Berry hioefully will return this week in Cup. I dont think the naming requirements from FG are required in Cup.

The kicking situation is what it is. The old adage that a kick is only as good as the chase applies.

 

[CWC]

Barnett - ACL injury at 31 years of age & playing his second match in 5 days

Funny Webby and co didn’t brush it off but rested him and Cape post SOO ever since eh

 

[Five&Last]

Funny Webby and co didn’t brush it off but rested him and Cape post SOO ever since eh

We also now have forwards that are chomping at the bit for an opportunity.

Kayliss should def be in line for a debut off the bench this week imo.