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The mind-blowing injury lists mounting up across the PREM and
URC
DIR By: Quinto
Date: April 27, 2026, 4:04 am
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HTML https://www.rugbypass.com/news/the-mind-blowing-injury-lists-mounting-up-across-prem-and-urc/
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Re: The mind-blowing injury lists mounting up across the PREM
and URC
DIR By: AAjnr
Date: April 27, 2026, 4:10 am
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Takeaway from that is our injury list is a pretty poor excuse
for the dire level of play we've put out this season. Many
pundits were putting us in the bottom three in preseason
predictions anyway
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Re: The mind-blowing injury lists mounting up across the PREM
and URC
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: April 27, 2026, 9:30 am
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--- Quote from: AAjnr link ---
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> Takeaway from that is our injury list is a pretty poor excuse
for the dire level of play we've put out this season. Many
pundits were putting us in the bottom three in preseason
predictions anyway
>
--- End Quote ---
From the article:
"In the PREM, Harlequins are currently among the most exposed,
currently without senior figures such as James Chisholm, Fin
Baxter, Tyrone Green, Rodrigo Isgró and Stephan Lewies,
alongside a long tail of wider squad players.
In fact, the West London outfit is now without an astonishing 26
players, prompting them to sign Luke Yendle and Andrew Turner on
short-term deals earlier this month."
So, you know, maybe it is a bit of a reason.
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Re: The mind-blowing injury lists mounting up across the PREM
and URC
DIR By: AAjnr
Date: April 27, 2026, 9:51 am
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--- Quote from: FrostAndFire link ---
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> So, you know, maybe it is a bit of a reason.
>
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By calling it an excuse I was referring to MQ's interview with
LD where he focuses on injuries more than anything else. Of
course it is a factor, but even with many players back I don't
think we'd be a lot higher than we are now.
Has it been a huge challenge, yes, but the
squad/gameplan/coaching/execution/leadership have been proved
inadequate themselves to the task of playing winning rugby.
That's a huge shame when there's no general lack of effort or
soul-searching, but we're not good enough and LD didn't really
address that in the interview, imo.
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Re: The mind-blowing injury lists mounting up across the PREM
and URC
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: April 27, 2026, 10:06 am
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--- Quote from: AAjnr link ---
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> By calling it an excuse I was referring to MQ's interview with
LD where he focuses on injuries more than anything else. Of
course it is a factor, but even with many players back I don't
think we'd be a lot higher than we are now.
>
> Has it been a huge challenge, yes, but the
squad/gameplan/coaching/execution/leadership have been proved
inadequate themselves to the task of playing winning rugby.
That's a huge shame when there's no general lack of effort or
soul-searching, but we're not good enough and LD didn't really
address that in the interview, imo.
>
--- End Quote ---
Like I said in another thread, two things can be true:
1. We're playing badly without a clear plan and without
confidence.
And, 2., We have too many injuries to key, experienced players
to turn that around even if we did have a plan.
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Re: The mind-blowing injury lists mounting up across the PREM
and URC
DIR By: RodneyRegis
Date: April 27, 2026, 12:40 pm
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Yes. 2 things can be true. Hence when we've put out a squad full
of 1st picks, we've still been ropey.
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Re: The mind-blowing injury lists mounting up across the PREM
and URC
DIR By: FrostAndFire
Date: April 27, 2026, 1:42 pm
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--- Quote from: RodneyRegis link ---
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> Yes. 2 things can be true. Hence when we've put out a squad
full of 1st picks, we've still been ropey.
>
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Well, yeah. What I said.
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