RTS out for the season. ACL.

[BunniesMan]

Huge news. Effectively rules out the Warriors as a premiership chance. Slow start to the season combined with this. The silver lining is it might give Andrew Mcfadden an excuse to save him from being sacked.

https://twitter.com/SMHsport/status/721931156183064576

 

[Mogsheen Jadwat]

Bookmark it, RTS won't return the same player and will be gone within 3 years.

 

[Different kind of Rabbit]

Won't affect the warriors as much as you think. Lolohea imo is potentially a better fullback option anyway.

He probably won't run for as many meters as RTS would but Lolohea is a much better ball player than RTS which probably suits the Warriors playing style anyway. He also has a kicking game.

Warriors already have a number of strong ball runners.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Won't affect the warriors as much as you think. Lolohea imo is potentially a better fullback option anyway.

He probably won't run for as many meters as RTS would but Lolohea is a much better ball player than RTS which probably suits the Warriors playing style anyway. He also has a kicking game.

Warriors already have a number of strong ball runners.

Agreed, it's a kick in the guts but out of our spine he's the one we could afford to lose the most because of Lolohea.

 

[Leber]

johnson year now this...Sigh

Lolo will do a great job tho

 

[SpaceMonkey]

Bookmark it, RTS won't return the same player and will be gone within 3 years.

It's more that he'll likely go to Union by 2018 in a bid to play in the next RWC. I'd like to think that he might feel he owes the Warriors 2017 now.

 

[Jimmy-o]

You know what this means? Return of Jeff GOATson to the halves, Tui to fullback.

 

[Mogsheen Jadwat]

It's more that he'll likely go to Union by 2018 in a bid to play in the next RWC. I'd like to think that he might feel he owes the Warriors 2017 now.

Yeah I was saying the aforementioned with this in mind, I've heard him say in the past he'll finish his career in Union.

 

[SpaceMonkey]

You know what this means? Return of Jeff GOATson to the halves, Tui to fullback.

Hope not. Leuluai is way better, and Lolohea can play up in the line on attack.

 

[WithTheDawn]

Tui to fullback and Leuluai to halves for sure, no need to bring Robson back. God this is devastating for the season though, no luck with star players staying fit at the Warriors lately.

 

[Leber]

1 Tui
6 Leuluai
7 Johnson
9 Luke

Still a bloody decent spine.

 

[KeepingTheFaith]

Never really saw us as a premiership threat this year anyway.

We were challenging for top 8 last year when SJ went down along with a few other first choice players and even without RTS we're still look to be a better team than what we were last year.

If we can avoid anymore serious injuries there's no reason why we can't squeeze into the 8 still. If we can do that then hopefully we can only improve again next year when RTS does come back.

 

[I Bleed Maroon]

Big blow for the Warriors. RTS was just starting to hit his straps for them too

 

[WaznTheGreat]

I troll this dude but only cos i love him like a brother,he's a gun.

 

[nick87]

RTS is one of the most dynamic players in the league
The idea that this isn't crushing for the Warriors hopes this year is laughable! Huge blow for them. Hope he has a strong recovery and comes back better next year

 

[footy75]

Warriors cant catch a break

Wonder If they will play finals now

 

[Coleworld]

Terrible news for the game tbh, would of loved to have seen him play against Australia in the upcoming test match.

Hopefully its a quick recovery and he can return back to his back form.

 

[Chief_Chujo]

Sad news. Players like RTS that rely on their step rarely come back the same player.

 

[Snappy]

which probably suits the Warriors playing style anyway. .

Jungle ball ?

 

[McLovin]

Did he bust it the first time he went down? Could have sworn he played on for a bit...

Very unlucky. Cops a fair bit of criticism but he's a player people want to watch imo...