Just seen a pic on the leeds forum of burgesses jaw broke what he took himself in the ambulance, these kids deserve every penny they get. Get well soon luke. (i dont know how to copy photo over) viewtopic.php?f=17&t=466674&start=30

Just seen a pic on the leeds forum of burgesses jaw broke what he took himself in the ambulance, these kids deserve every penny they get. Get well soon luke. (i dont know how to copy photo over) viewtopic.php?f=17&t=466674&start=30

Cheers Karl

Took me a couple of views to notice the teeth, thought it just looked like a bloody mouth at first! Ouch!!!

jesus christ..looks a bad one that....

Me too, nasty!

Thats gotta hurt, get well soon luke

Wow.. nasty

Am I the only person who thinks shoulder charges should be banned. They're a cowards tackle. I broke 4 ribs, punctured a lung and cracked my sternum from one of these, and having seen the one on Burgess tonight, hes a very very lucky boy if he walks away with a broken jaw.

I like big hits as much as the next man, but running a shoulder into someone isnt even attempting to make a tackle.

One of the most common injuries in Union is broken collarbone from sticking an arm out and making contact with your shoulder. Its a mans game, he will play it down. Fortunatly the oxygen is on quick enough these days.

It wasn't the shoulder that did that damage, it was a clash of heads.

I have not seen this at all - but every time I see some-one go in with a shoulder charge in our game I make the comment - That is an offence in RU - I agree it should be, a tackle is not knocking some-body over. Let me know if I am wrong.

Damn not nice........Get well soon Kid

Shows what these players put themselves through every week.They all deserve respect from us fans.
Hope he recovers quickly.

Ewwww - that's nasty.

I agree; shoulder charging should be illegal. Yes it looks great but it ain't a tackle. Strangley enough the first time I played league someone did it to me; I, being brought up union, stood up and chinned him and was promptly sent off for my trouble.

I agree and having seen it again i think the player should be repremanded for his technique on this occasion. There was absolutely no attempt to tackle the player and an uncontrolled shoulder charge has no place in the game imho. It may look good from the terraces but players careers could be ended as a result of such 'tackles'. The game is tough enough as it is.

3 titanium plates and 12 screws later!

Jesus! He looks like Fozzard.

That has got to be sore!

6 weeks of liquid food aswell!

Good luck to the kid, hope he's fit soon. Nasty injury but no doubt he'll be back to play us

Brave kid.

You see pictures like that and it puts in to perspective watching the nancy boys who go down with a broken fingernail and act like they've been poleaxed, rolling around in "agony" on the ground only to be up in 30 seconds as if nothing has happened.

I thought more Desperate Dan lol!!

Give over

99/100 that's just a regulation shoulder charge that forces a knock on, Burgess was unlucky that the impact forced his head forward, nothing wrong with the hit - it's a mans game and hits like that are fine, in fact there's a number of FC players who do the same hits a lot. It was a controlled charge, unlike what you say and the fact you think there should be a punishment shows a basic lack of knowledge of the rules and the actual tackle. Even Leeds fans don't have a problem with the actual tackle.