Hull KR's Dave Hodgson out for up to six weeks as Robins face growing injury list
HULL KR winger Dave Hodgson could be missing for up to six weeks after partially tearing his pectoral muscle.
It is the latest injury blow for the Robins, who have a string of first-team players on the sidelines already this season.
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Torn muscle: Dave Hodgson
Prop Ryan O’Hara, stand-off Blake Green and captain Ben Galea were all pre-season casualties.
Scrum-half Michael Dobson and now winger Hodgson have been added to those in the treatment room.
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And with hookers Lincoln Withers and Josh Hodgson both facing a race to be fit for Sunday’s trip to Warrington, coach Craig Sandercock may have to dip deeper into his reserves, and could give Hull-born Sam Latus a chance to impress.
“Dave partially tore his pectoral muscle scoring his try,” Sandercock told the Mail.
“He’ll be out for between four to six weeks.
“He did well to play the remainder of the game with the injury. Believe me, it’s not a pleasant injury to have.
“To his credit he didn’t complain to me at half-time when I said I thought he could defend a bit better.
“But that shows the spirit we have in this squad where the players all support each other as and when they can.”
Withers (abductor) and Josh Hodgson (ankle) both came off injured in the 36-36 draw with St Helens and are both rated 50/50 to face last season’s Minor Premiers.
If one or both fail to recover from their knocks, Keal Carlile could be in line to make his Rovers debut.
“Josh rolled his ankle and has not trained this week but if he does miss this week, he’ll be okay for the Widnes game,” added Sandercock.
“Lincoln has a grade one strain of his abductor and we’ll assess the injury at the end of the week. It’s touch and go for this weekend, but if he is needed Keal has done okay and he knows what he has to do.”
Comments
by guppytash
Thursday, February 23 2012, 6:32PM
“Who cares he's ginger and 2ndhand is a boring twerp!”
by kmoon
Thursday, February 23 2012, 5:37PM
“name the five players warrington had out against us then rebel if you can spell their names that is”
by kmoon
Thursday, February 23 2012, 3:05PM
“tezza tey never did well in oz at all they got well thumped by wests”
by hullkr117
Thursday, February 23 2012, 1:13AM
“Tis i Tezza of OZ ,Bring on the Lads they did well in OZ”
by rebelrobin
Wednesday, February 22 2012, 8:16PM
“its a shame about murrell but like everybody says it gives a chance for someone else, also id write this week off and look at next week widnes, i know i said id expect kr to scrape a win but that was before the other injuries were confirmed now we have about ten player out so put some young lads in who knows they may just catch warrington on a bad day, if only warrington had 4 or 5 players out like they did in round 1 we may have a chance to get a draw”
by Greeny143
Wednesday, February 22 2012, 7:39PM
“It's a relief to know Dave was injured because he was terrible in the Saints game.
I agree with the poster who mentions the conditions being a factor with the large number of injuries across super league. Ridiculous starting the season so early. See no reason why it can't be put back a month in future. I also think the focus on strength conditioning these days leaves players less supple and contributes to many injuries.
Considering the season to date I share the optimism however suspect we will be blaming injuries after the weekend. Get the 50/50 players right for the next week and let the fringe players give their all at Warrington.
Finally, all of our new signings have been excellent to date, Withers is absolute class!”
by tigrob
Wednesday, February 22 2012, 5:50PM
“Rovers are really doing it tough at the moment long term injuries to pivotal players and 3 out of the first 4 fixtures away from home, and having to play the 3 best teams in SL aswell, to already have 3 points with all this happening shows great credit to all concerned.I really think we will go places in the next few years.”
by stevej47
Wednesday, February 22 2012, 4:40PM
“Sorry ten injured!”
by stevej47
Wednesday, February 22 2012, 4:37PM
“If Murrell and the hookers are injured we have 9 injured and 3 on loan leaving only 22 to choose from. I know we can bring them back from Workington anytime!”
by HKRAWAYDAYS
Wednesday, February 22 2012, 3:48PM
“They forgot to mention Rich Beaumont...”