TREATMENT TABLE – 21 NOVEMBER 2019
Thursday, 21st November 2019 @ 11:37

IT’S A BUSY TIME IN THE MEDICAL ROOM AT PRESENT, AFTER PICKING UP A FEW MID TO LONG-TERM INJURIES SINCE THE LAST UPDATE.

Aaron Morris sustained an ankle ligament injury against Northampton. Fortunately, this didn’t require any surgical intervention. He is already making good progress but is likely to remain out of action for another few weeks.

Unfortunately, Ben Tapuai picked up a foot injury and is expected to require four months of rehabilitation following successful surgery. Ben has shown great mental resilience and is already committing fully to expediting his return to play.

Nathan Earle continues to make great progress following an extensive knee reconstruction.

Archie White (hamstring) and Luke James (foot) are both doing really well and it was pleasing to see them both back running last week.

Jack Clifford (shoulder) and Max Crumpton (knee) are both making good progress following their respective surgeries and we hope to see them training with the squad in the New Year.

Rob Buchanan (calf) had a slight set back since the previous update after an issue with the other calf. He’s made good progress since and will look to re-integrate back into training next week.

Unfortunately Scot Baldwin is also set for a spell on the sidelines after picking up a neck injury against Clermont. We are yet to know the full extent of the injury but will have more information once he has seen the specialist in the coming days.

To finish on a positive, it was great to see Danny Care back in action at the weekend following his ankle surgery. Credit goes to DC and Elliott who both worked extremely hard throughout the rehab process.

Injury list:
Nathan Earle
Rob Buchanan
Jack Clifford
Max Crumpton
Archie White
Luke James
Joe Marchant
Ben Tapuai
Aaron Morris
Scott Baldwin

A word from Gussy
“We have unfortunately had a few mid to long term injuries at the start of the season which is frustrating for the team and disappointing for the players. Injuries are always a possible outcome in a contact sport and the game against Northampton, for example, was quite freaky with three of our outside backs all sustaining long term injuries. Added to the list above we have had many short-term like Dommers, Stephan, Coll and baby Chis which has really tested the depth of the squad.

“Our medical team continue to treat the symptoms and in conjunction with the players desire we keep seeing players return to the field earlier than anticipated. Sometimes you go through spells where injuries seem to come all at once and it’s a great opportunity for us as coaches, as support staff and as an entire squad to show our resilience and togetherness. Adversity tests our character and it’s a challenge we face together with confidence in the squad we have.”

Lasike. Plus Herron and Murley have played there.  Guessing we will see Musk on the bench for the next few games. 

Any news of Sincks?

Quins instageam feed showed him back training. Not clear whether he's up for selection yet, but I would guess he's eager to get back on the pitch.

Wouldn't have minded an update on why March is on that list too - would be nice to know if we'll be seeing him in a Quins shirt again this season before he heads to NZ...

He's been in a boot the last week or two. Not clear how bad it is, but my gut feel is he'd play a supporting role at best before his sabbatical.

So no lineout till Jan at the earliest. Super.

Crumpton is easily first choice for me. The challenge is keeping him fit.

Elia is probably the best maul defender that I have seen at Quins in recent years.

People seem wuick to blame our hookers for the lineout. There are others involved ie jumpers. We could have the best throwing hooker on the planet but if the jumpers aren't doing their bit we'll lose lineouts.

If all our hookers were fit I'd pick Elia.

When Crumpton plays our lineout is better than average. When he doesn't it's the worst in the league.