Hamstring injuries 2016/2017 season.
SOB - serious
RK - not too serious but cannot shake off in effect becoming more serious.i
Ross- serious
Cronin- serious
Sexton - same as Kearney
James Ryan- Serious
Furlong - not too serious
all with hamstring injuries at various times this season
Ferg has a torn quad, Ruddock is/was struggling with a torn calf.
They are the high profile players and there are possibly more in the Academy. That is an awful lot of guys with leg muscle injuries. Moore, Strauss and Healy have all had serious hamstring injuries in recent seasons.
Interesting quote from Mike Ross in a Q and A piece on Joe.ie last year.
3 front rowers in this season's list and Healy and Moore had serious hamstring injuries in the last two seasons. Hamstring finished Strauss' 2014 seasonAs a tight-head prop, do you undergo specific training drills with your front row colleagues?
Yeah, it's called Fat Club [joke].
We would do extra conditioning work and strengthening exercises. Front-rowers will do a lot of box squats with an extra 40 kilos, or so, on the bar.
That's six frontline front rows with serious hamstring injuries. Maybe the "fat club" (joke) should be disbanded.
There is an obvious problem within the S+C set up, one for which I am sure a solution is a high priority for the club.