Peter Gentle labels Hull FC players 'courageous' after revealing extent of side's injury woes
PETER Gentle has labelled his Hull FC players 'courageous' after revealing for the first time the extent of his side's injury woes.
Much has been made of Hull's injury crisis this season, with the club having to use 34 players during the regular season – and bring in two more on loan.
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Peter Gentle has praised Hull FC captain Andy Lynch for battling through his recent injury woes.
With the season now over and his players heading off for operations and recuperation, Gentle has heaped praise on his team, and none more so than captain Andy Lynch.
The Hull coach revealed how his prop has played the entire season with a broken bone in his wrist, from an injury suffered in the pre-season friendly with Hull KR.
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It has seen the prop have pain-killing injections to get through matches each week, rather than leaving his side short by missing a chunk of games mid-season for it to recover.
"At the back end of the season we had so many players getting needled up and there were some who couldn't have injections because of where their injuries were," Gentle told the Mail.
"It is a massive testament to the character of this squad that the boys did as well as they did.
"There were some real courageous efforts, no more so than Lynchy who broke a bone in his wrist against Hull KR in pre-season and has had injections every week since to allow him to keep playing on for us and not have to spend time out of the team.
"Finally, now he can get that repaired and it typifies the sacrifice the boys have made this season to get on the field for this team."
Lynch was just one of a handful of players having pain-killing injections to allow them to feature in Hull's bid to make the Grand Final, as a season of injuries and lack of numbers took its toll on the squad.
Centre Kirk Yeaman has this week had a clear-out operation on his ankle which has troubled him all year, while Danny Tickle has gone back under the knife for the second time in an effort to correct a bicep injury that saw him play just 20 minutes in the final three months of the campaign.
Prop Liam Watts sustained a broken thumb in the play-off defeat to Warrington, while scans have also revealed ligament damage.
He has also gone under the knife and will have his protective cast taken off just in time to start pre-season.
Meanwhile, Mark O'Meley will have his knee injury assessed further after limping away from the Halliwell Jones Stadium.
"There's plenty of guys having surgery and there's people like Tom Lineham who still have a long way to go with their rehab, but now is the time to get everyone fixed up," said Gentle.
Comments
by FCPhanatic
Friday, September 28 2012, 6:24PM
“Albaz -
Keep posting good comments like this, and we might encourage other knowledgeable folks to join in!
You"re spot on to note that around the legs was the norm in the previous era. We can only surmise what caused RL to embrace the grapple tackle, but clearly putting two defenders up top to drop the attacking player onto his back is an obvious tactic to slow down the subsequent PTB, so that defenses can get organized. If teams are deliberately using tactics to slow the game down (which often enfuriate fans), why not take it out of their hands, and change the rules to achieve the same ends?
Just one other thought - there appears to be a current trend of thought inRL circles that says faster = better. Not sure this is true, and certainly not sustainable. Other posters have rightly pointed out that SL players are perhaps becoming too highly tuned, combining sprinters' legs with bodybuilders' upper bodies. Couldn't agree more - this has to be a recipe for serious injury and / or drug abuse. When will the Authorities say 'enough is enough'.
Not that we can expect them to listen, but keep up the good posts nevertheless.”
by albaz
Friday, September 28 2012, 5:38PM
“FCPhanatic. You mentioned old players with reference to injuries and of course slower games on softer pitches had a bearing but also players then tended to run at gaps and be tackled round the legs more often than now."One legged" players such as Bill Ashurst or Malcolm Reilly could not carry the injury in todays game but conversely their injury would be considered less severe today due to medical advances. coaches should not play any player carrying an injury as this predisposes him to further damage or even separate injury. One thing for sure "its part of the game" is not a credible attempt to find a solution. Just in case somebody misunderstands I am NOT saying ALL injuries can be prevented .”
by 2biscuits
Friday, September 28 2012, 5:21PM
“I thought it was reported that Aspinwall had signed for Leigh and the Leigh coach said he was a fantastic signing for the club.
Funny that Hull FC never reported anything about Aspinwall or in fact signing Johnson from Wakefield
Seems to be a delay getting a no 7 in which is our priority unless they need to get Seymour out before they can move.
Forget Chase its a runner and kicker like Danny Brough we need.
Like to see a full back here too but we can get away with Horne for next season”
by stozzafc
Friday, September 28 2012, 4:26PM
“Interesting. HDM are too slow to catch a cold!
http://tinyurl.com/cg22h7d”
by SlammerFluffy
Friday, September 28 2012, 12:51PM
“Oh dear,auntie Slamme r is on again pretending she's got inside knowledge of the goings on at the Dobbins. ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
We're all still waiting for your other predictions to come true auntie,you know the ones were you said the Dobbins were signing Finch,Cuthbertson,Kurt Gidley,Billy Slater and Keith Senior.ha ha ha ha ha ha
Oh dear you really are a deluded old queen aren't you.LOL
By the way are Hudgell and Crossland still "PLOWING" (ploughing) money into the Dobbins ? ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha
JUST CHECKED THE DOBBIN'S WEB SITE AND THERE'S STILL NO SIGN OF A SEASON PASS SALE. LOL”
by Beeker
Friday, September 28 2012, 12:33PM
“OH DEAR HULL PASS SAILS ARE WAY WAY BELOW WHAT THEY WEAR EXPECTING.”
by albaz
Friday, September 28 2012, 10:35AM
“Dextertexter. Where did you get the idea I advocate union tactics or skills for League? Read again and see that I say union is tough for forwards and it is. My point is that rule changes and tinkering have "speeded up" league in a detrimental way with repetetive acting half running just one example I dont like. Anyway I was mainly responding to an excellent missive concerning injuries and digressed somewhat. Full time players and summer was a sure way to speed the game up,but so is ignoring forward passes so are you a fan of this idea? Also injuries are part of the game but "bulking up" too much puts excessive strain on sinews which could explain SOME of the large crop of injuries being suffered.”
by BEL13VE
Friday, September 28 2012, 10:28AM
“And just to prove my point about the poorer then expected pass sales.
Gateshull have removed the pass sales barometer from their website.
http://tinyurl.com/c8lp6ja
The challenge 10k does not seem to be going to plan
Danger looms
lol”
by MallyHullFC
Friday, September 28 2012, 10:18AM
“Greg Inglis To Become One Of League's Richest!
http://tinyurl.com/cuq63g8”
by dextertexter
Friday, September 28 2012, 9:59AM
“beeker,while in superleague hullfc have contested 3 finals,which in turn has enriched the club by some £1.5 million not bad for a club that you say has won nothing,i make that £1.5 million more than what rovers have accumulated during their duration in superleage lol.”