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Sorry. Didn't see you'd posted it. I was excited.

As a Leeds fan I'd just like to offer my sympathies to both Tommy and the Wigan club. I hope he makes a speedy recovery and can get back to playing before the seasons end. It would be a great shame for such a great player to have already played his last game for your club.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18490903 back in 10 weeks.

www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/rugby-league/18490903 back in 10 weeks.

The break he will get over, 8 weeks is a remarkable recovery, the ligaments might be a longer term concern. I did mine 35 years ago as a kid & have gone over on it literally hundreds of time since, currently hobbling about again.

Plenty of small town mentality on here.

To be fair, you probably didn't receive the kind of medical care and rehab Tommy will. I think people want him back so he can go out with a bang, not because they feel the team will fall apart without him. He's always put it in when he's played and everyone loves him for it.

It's his tibia ("outer leg bone", as it says on the official site), not his ankle, but fairly close, I guess...

Spot on, my body is a wreck (though I've still got the looks & charisma) due to a complete lack of suitable medical care. Warming up used to involve throwing up in the bogs followed by touching your toes a couple of times, warming down - a gallon & a curry.
It would be terrible if he left the country without a proper send off after what he has given the game. he will be back as NZ hooker for a number of years to haunt us I have no doubt.

Get well soon, would be very sad if that was then end of him in a Wigan shirt.

One of my favourite ever Wigan players (vomit), love the way he approaches the game.

You're going soft. Wait until I get back on that Saints board.

I've always been reasonable, it has just taken a bit of success to chill you lot out so you can notice it

We are not "chilled", we are "banned", slight difference.... How's the "Envymeter"

It's been confirmed

It's going to take 6 weeks for the break to heal maybe longer if it doesn't stitch right then you got to get ligaments right 8 weeks will not happen your looking 10-12 but all depends how his body reacts different times for different people

Tommys a tough little bugger. He may not be 100% come the cup final(if we get there) but if he has any chance of playing he will and then try and rest for another spell before entering the play offs (probably late missing the couple of weeks).

That's my guess how it'll play out. Wigan played Ben Cross way ahead of schedule with a leg break (iirc) and it wasn't like he was anything but an extra body to put on the bench.

Think it was his arm

Aye it was thinking on.

Arms or legs though they're both reasonably important in rugby and if Tommy can possibly get his body out on the field come the cup final or play offs he'll play with a bit of pain IMO.

Above all the chat about how we'll get on and who could replace him the most important thing is Leuluai himself having the opportunity to finish at Wigan on his terms.

A true legend.

Yeah and what happened with Cross it got worse

I'm sorry but if it's a chance of having Tommy for the cup final or the playoffs i'd choose the latter if a player is not right they wont get played and rightly so

They'll definitely need to manage it right.

If it's not fully healed come Wembley (again if we get there) then he can't play but my point is if he's healed but has to play with some discomfort(stiffness or due to a lack of miles) then he'll want to do it and I think we'll let him.

If it's literally still broke then he's obviously no chance.

He deserves some luck.

you can always sign his brother from widnes on loan mc graff .....

Is this Leatherbarrow any good ?

he seems to have been about the academy for ages but never gets a mention.

Is Mellor coming back off loan at Widnes or what? Might as well give him some game time for us against Widnes and Bradford to see how he goes. Even if its just off the bench.

Don't think so

, but IMO, it should happen... if only to stop him 'doing a Marsh' to us as happened in the away game!

No! He's 22 now and is only on the academy because he was good friends with a lot of the lads through his St Pats days

Mellor hasn't been called back by Wigan according to Cullen on boots n all and he expects Wigan to play with Lockers in the halves.