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Arno bortha and goosen days done?

Started by Keaganzulusmith9 REPLIES209 VIEWS· 15 Feb 2014, 18:42
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KeaganzulusmithClub Pro175 posts
15 Feb 2014, 18:42
#1
15 Feb 2014, 18:42#1

Just been thinking to myself that maybe that both suffering from injuries on a regular baises, goosen just looks like his body cant handle the power of some of the runners he faces at 10, maybe a move to fullback may prolong his time and more willie to 10?  just a thought as willie has the defense ability.


Arno bortha however has the issue with a knee injury that keep resurfacing, some people who know about injuries to the knees that this is the second highest injury to end sportsmen carriers very few can come back and be as affect as they were before the injury. those who watch NFL will know adrien peterson suffered the same injury as arno and came back even better than before but with arno doing it twice in two years can this spell the end for him even so young?


personally i don't think that goosen will see the full rugby championship or super rugby for that matter which is shame, with anro ill like to see how he is when he comes back but you never know!  


just my thoughts 

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ShezzaPro2,471 posts
15 Feb 2014, 19:11
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15 Feb 2014, 19:11#2
I think that Goosen involves himself too much, he injured his elbow in that maul that he didn't need to be a part of. 
KE
KeaganzulusmithClub Pro175 posts
15 Feb 2014, 19:17
#3
15 Feb 2014, 19:17#3
I agree that he shouldn't have been there and that he is sometimes far way out of position, maybe he thinks he something to prove.
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AgPleezDeddyClub Pro900 posts
15 Feb 2014, 20:05
#4
15 Feb 2014, 20:05#4
 It's very sad to see Goosen struggling with injuries. He's such a talent and the Boks best prospect/option at 10.
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oimateyPro1,870 posts
17 Feb 2014, 22:50
#5
17 Feb 2014, 22:50#5
It seems you can add Taute to this watch list unfortunately. Experiencing swelling in the knee and was held out of the Boland game and the upcoming Lions game. Swelling in a surgically repaired knee is never a good sign - surely for the long-term health of the player there should be more than a couple weeks off?


 

SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
18 Feb 2014, 00:20
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18 Feb 2014, 00:20#6
These lads will all be fine.......with modern medicine, the best physicians and the best rehab programs at their disposal they will all be back on the field in no time......above all they have time on their side - they are all still young.

We don't lose players to serious injuries these days.....they all come back as good as new......hell look at the likes of old boys like Juan Smith and Schalk who have returned with no ill effects.
KE
KeaganzulusmithClub Pro175 posts
18 Feb 2014, 00:49
#7
18 Feb 2014, 00:49#7
 to be fair Juan smith is a wierd one? gone and then back from the dead? 
I know there young but arnos knee worries me, boy here at bath uni was dubbed to be the next johnny will did the same thing arno did last year came back and played with us this year an just doesnt have the same step/ agility he used to :/ plus with knees there always a weak point in rugby much like a shoulder they will always be targeted by other teams. i wanna see how bortha comes back but if he redoes his knee cant much argue that he is done? 
SA
Saffolk Captain30,741 posts
18 Feb 2014, 01:07
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18 Feb 2014, 01:07#8
Arno is a big loose forward, hardly going to be stepping the world away.......and playing for Bath Uni is not going to get you the best medical treatment out there........no professional players get lost to injury these days......they all suffer them at some point and come back as good as new.
Craig Burden suffered a horrific knee injury, he came back and never suffered that injury again.......Juan Smith the same
CL
clevermikeCoach57,555 posts
18 Feb 2014, 01:26
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18 Feb 2014, 01:26#9

 APG


Goosen was not injured on Saturday - he got some knocks that caused minor discomfort and everyone went bananas and claimed he was taken off the field because he was injured.  


He will play this coming weekend and that indicates that the so-called latest injury drama was a pipedream over-emphasized by some who really want to continue making out that he is totally injury-prone.   If in fact there  really was an injury problem of a reasonably serious nature on Saturday - it would have been all over the media - and it was not.


Fact is that it happens that every rugby player get some knocks in games and by the Monday it is gone - why should Goosen be any different?   He could play the classical Morne Steyn game and avoid contact in games - but that is not Goosen's natural game and he will get the knocks normally encountered by every player in the game. 


Nothing serious in this case - not even a media story - so I think the issue is being over-emphasized - a classical mountain out of a molehill.  

KE
KeaganzulusmithClub Pro175 posts
18 Feb 2014, 01:47
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18 Feb 2014, 01:47#10
I know that he wasnt seriously injured now but when i wrote this he looked in some extreme discomfort, all im saying is the boy can hardly see 90 minutes out is he cut out for this level? 
saf no arno wont step the world away but he will be forced to take heavy hits to his knees and im just saying its unlikely that if he does it again he will be playing rugby again as most doctors advise players to stop a sport after a 3rd repeat of the same injury! also just a word bath uni rugby is a direct feeder to bath team itself this boy got top notch treatment and rehab, im just saying knee injurys are still the number one ending career ending injury in sport. 
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