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by ROGER HALSTEAD Robert Roberts, the Oldham captain, is going to be out of action for four or five weeks because of his troublesome hand injury --- and it might even be considerably longer. That was the latest news from the Roughyeds camp today following the inspirational back-row forward's latest visit to hospital. It has now emerged that the fracture is not to the scaphoid -- the bone that connects the thumb to the wrist --- but to a small bone that runs alongside the scaphoid. 'Two Bobs' returned from hospital with his thumb and wrist in plaster and with the news that, if surgery is not required, his hand will be immobilised in the 'pot' for four weeks. Presumably, he would then require a little more time for rehab before he was ready to play again. The decision about surgery will be made on Monday when he goes back to hospital yet again, this time for another scan and to see a hand specialist. If he needs an operation he will be presumably be out of action for even longer. The news comes as another blow for coach Steve Deakin who heard only 24 hours ago that both Matty Brooks and Simon Baldwin need minor knee operations, which are expected to sideline them for between four to six weeks. With several other players also on the casualty list, the side to face Whitehaven at Boundary Park on Sunday in the last 16 of the National Rail Cup is likely to face little, if no change, from that which beat York City Knights last Sunday to make it three wins from three in Co-operative NL2. |
