{"id":410045,"date":"2011-04-30T15:26:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T15:26:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/30\/rhinos-hit-by-watkins-blow\/"},"modified":"2011-04-30T15:26:22","modified_gmt":"2011-04-30T15:26:22","slug":"rhinos-hit-by-watkins-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/rhinos-hit-by-watkins-blow\/","title":{"rendered":"Rhinos hit by Watkins blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<div readability=\"65.7082262211\">\n<div readability=\"7\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e2e3f065ins_2578721.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Image text here\" height=\"350px\" width=\"660px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Watkins: damaged his wrist in the win over Castleford<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Leeds will have to do without Kallum Watkins for up to 12 weeks after the winger suffered a wrist injury against Castleford.<\/p>\n<p><span>The 20-year-old damaged ligaments having scored the first try in his side&#8217;s 48-6 victory over the Tigers at the PROBIZ Coliseum on Friday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Watkins missed the majority of last season after needing a knee reconstruction but has been in impressive form so far in 2011.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>The news that he could be out for as long as three months is not only a blow to his club but also for England coach Steve McNamara ahead of the game against the Exiles at Headingley on June 10.<\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span>Great form<\/span><\/h4>\n<p><span>&#8220;We are all disappointed for Kallum as he has been in great form this season,&#8221; said Rhinos coach Brian McDermott.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We will make sure that we get the injury sorted and look forward to having him back for the latter half of the season.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>McDermott, though, does expect Lee Smith to be available for the Carnegie Challenge Cup clash against Crusaders next Saturday.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Meanwhile, the Rhinos have confirmed that their team coach was attacked as it left the ground following the game against Castleford.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;Having spoken to the players, they say one young boy threw a stone at the window as the team left the ground which cracked the windscreen,&#8221; chief executive Gary Hetherington said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8220;We will be co-operating fully with Castleford and the RFL regarding further enquires but thankfully no one was injured either on the bus or passers by.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/04\/e2e3f065ins_2578721.jpg-150x150.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>See more here:<br \/>\n<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"http:\/\/www.skysports.com\/story\/0,19528,12196_6906038,00.html\" title=\"Rhinos hit by Watkins blow\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rhinos hit by Watkins blow<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Watkins: damaged his wrist in the win over Castleford Leeds will have to do without Kallum Watkins for up to 12 weeks after the winger suffered a wrist injury against Castleford. The 20-year-old damaged ligaments having scored the first try in his side&#8217;s 48-6 victory over the Tigers at the PROBIZ Coliseum on Friday. Watkins missed the majority of last season after needing a knee reconstruction but has been in impressive form so far in 2011<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Rhinos hit by Watkins blow - Ghanamma.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/30\/rhinos-hit-by-watkins-blow\/\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:title\" content=\"Rhinos hit by Watkins blow - Ghanamma.com\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:description\" content=\"Watkins: damaged his wrist in the win over Castleford Leeds will have to do without Kallum Watkins for up to 12 weeks after the winger suffered a wrist injury against Castleford. 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