Sunday, February 22, 2004
Pat Richards just as injury plagued as ever
Following the devastating form that former Parramatta player Pat Richards displayed at the Sevens for his new club Wests Tigers, some Eels fans were questioning whether the club should have let go the player who in 2001 looked like he was on his way to being one of the real stars of the game.
However, Richards is already off the park, having suffered a suspected broken leg during the Tigers 20 to 10 loss to Souths on Saturday night. According to a report in The Herald Richards is expected to miss the first eight weeks of the premiership.
1Eyed Eel would have liked to have seen Richards have a cracker year with his new club, but even had he not suffered this latest devastating injury we certainly wouldn't have been swapping him for Eric Grothe any time soon.
Parramatta suffered only one injury from our trial, with Chris Muckert due to have X-rays to ascertain how serious a cheekbone injury is. Daniel Wagon has a swollen elbow caused by an infection and has returned to Sydney to be put on an ambiotic drip, while Adam Peek has had an MRI scan on his ankle after "going over on it at training," a Sun Herald report said.
Meanwhile, the Tigers are going to have to put on a vastly different performance unless they expect to be walloped by the in-form Eels next weekend.
Following the devastating form that former Parramatta player Pat Richards displayed at the Sevens for his new club Wests Tigers, some Eels fans were questioning whether the club should have let go the player who in 2001 looked like he was on his way to being one of the real stars of the game.
However, Richards is already off the park, having suffered a suspected broken leg during the Tigers 20 to 10 loss to Souths on Saturday night. According to a report in The Herald Richards is expected to miss the first eight weeks of the premiership.
1Eyed Eel would have liked to have seen Richards have a cracker year with his new club, but even had he not suffered this latest devastating injury we certainly wouldn't have been swapping him for Eric Grothe any time soon.
Parramatta suffered only one injury from our trial, with Chris Muckert due to have X-rays to ascertain how serious a cheekbone injury is. Daniel Wagon has a swollen elbow caused by an infection and has returned to Sydney to be put on an ambiotic drip, while Adam Peek has had an MRI scan on his ankle after "going over on it at training," a Sun Herald report said.
Meanwhile, the Tigers are going to have to put on a vastly different performance unless they expect to be walloped by the in-form Eels next weekend.
