We are cursed

[dice]

Rooster Cogburn put the curse on us. Once Coggy was confident it was always going to end badly.

[Carlos Parra]

Losing players to 'playing' injuries is bad enough but losing Billy Smith and Suallili to foul play at finals time without any way of compensatory action is so unfair. Miracles do happen.... maybe, the ref will feel sorry us against Melbourne give us more 6 agains , penalties and sin bin nelson and we could have a chance. Oh I just looked out the window and saw some pigs flying over!

Totally agree. It's beyond a joke. It's reached a point where I hope our guys put a few of their guys in hospital so even if Melbourne win next week, they'll get flogged in the next game.

[SamKerrSimp]

Totally agree. It's beyond a joke. It's reached a point where I hope our guys put a few of their guys in hospital so even if Melbourne win next week, they'll get flogged in the next game.

You tipped Melbourne to win by 30 even before we heard of these extra outs so why do you care?

[BTRD]

All our injuries takes away the chance to have a real good crack at Melbourne. Dam shame.

[Carlos Parra]

You tipped Melbourne to win by 30 even before we heard of these extra outs so why do you care?

Revised to Melbourne by 40.

You happy now simpleton?

Geezuz god, you're a tedious squit.

[Dr. Voodoo Man]

Someone has walked under a ladder or crossed paths with a black cat to have all this bad luck with injuries since 2020 - not only NRL but NRLW now as well

NRL - 9 out of the 28 player squad

• Sitili - Season
• Momirovksi - Season
• Watson - Season
• Toops - Season
• Suaalii - HIA
• Billy Smith - Season
• Manu - Season
• JWH (Self Inflicted)- Season
• Toia - Season plus most of next season

NRLW - 7 out of the 24 player squad

• Sergis - maybe back?
• Rose - Season
• Nasio - Season
• Papalii - Season
• Hall - Season
• Burton - Season
• Kelly - HIA

www.google.com.au

[Qld Chook]

Billy Smith's was in the game wasn't it?

Yeah I was referring to all the ACL’s we get and other knee injuries and muscle strains and the rest. We are missing Tupou, Manu, Billy, Suualli, Sitili, Watson and Toia due to injury. I’ve probably forgotten some too. HIA’s and head injuries can be expected to an extent in a collision sport but it’d be nice if we at least got penalties when they occurred. Then JWH’s brain snap to top it off.

[Batemans Bay Rooster]

Yeah I was referring to all the ACL’s we get and other knee injuries and muscle strains and the rest. We are missing Tupou, Manu, Billy, Suualli, Sitili, Watson and Toia due to injury. I’ve probably forgotten some too. HIA’s and head injuries can be expected to an extent in a collision sport but it’d be nice if we at least got penalties when they occurred. Then JWH’s brain snap to top it off.

very fair call

[Eggspert]

Someone has walked under a ladder or crossed paths with a black cat to have all this bad luck with injuries since 2020 - not only NRL but NRLW now as well

NRL - 9 out of the 28 player squad

• Sitili - Season
• Momirovksi - Season
• Watson - Season
• Toops - Season
• Suaalii - HIA
• Billy Smith - Season
• Manu - Season
• JWH (Self Inflicted)- Season
• Toia - Season plus most of next season

NRLW - 7 out of the 24 player squad

• Sergis - maybe back?
• Rose - Season
• Nasio - Season
• Papalii - Season
• Hall - Season
• Burton - Season
• Kelly - HIA

*sigh* Now Toia's other knee.

F**k me.

If we make it past the Storm then Suaalii is back & maybe Toops??

[weplayforprems]

It keeps on coming. Alan Katzmann on twitter: “Highly promising @sydneyroosters centre Robert Toia suffered a torn ACL at training last week. Scans have confirmed the worst news. It is the opposite knee to the one he tore last season. He has returned to Queensland to rehabilitate and is likely to miss most of the 2024 season”

Heartbreaking for him. You’d have to think he was a great chance of making his debut in a final

[King Salvo]

Cheese said something that resonated with me at the start of the year on his podcast

Apparently the Roosters focus heavily on long distance running during training way more than the Storm (and I guess every other club)

Solid chance this might have something to do with why everyone always have knee issues this time of year

Lessons might not have been learnt yet....

I found this article regarding the Titans pre-season training for the 2022 season

Kilometres Run

Each player will run 370km this pre-season – that’s nearly 9 full marathons!

A combination of sprints, maximal aerobic efforts and intervals, players will run the equivalent of 3700 football fields.

Player Total – 370km

https://www.titans.com.au/news/2021/...y-the-numbers/

[HunchoRooster]

*sigh* Now Toia's other knee.

F**k me.

If we make it past the Storm then Suaalii is back & maybe Toops??

MAYBE even Manu. Would be a huge risk though. Robbo might chuck him on the bench circa 2015 like he did with Toops.

[Rooster1908]

You tipped Melbourne to win by 30 even before we heard of these extra outs so why do you care?

Why do you need to attack all the time and bring up what others have said in the past. It just doesn't make sense