I’ve been quite impressed by the level of information around
injuries/availability this season.  Some
direct in reports, others through interviews (JD mentioned a week or two back
that Jeremiah Simbiken was close to a return) or in club social media (the
rarely mentioned Jake Ramsden getting a few references in the “Which Sporting
Icon are you bringing on Saturday for £10” reel).



So London’s 29 man squad (30 if you include Tommy Porter who
was in the 21 for West Warriors) appears to be



Fit and Available:
Morea Morea


Alex Walker


Elliot Wallis


Liam Tindall


Neil Tchamambe


Brandon Webster-Mansfield


Ted Davidson


Gairo Voro


Finley Glare


James Meadows


Connor O’Beirne


Epel Kapinias


Marly Bitungane


Siliva Havili (just returning)


Sam Davis (limited minutes at
Swinton I believe)


Luke Smith


Jack Croft


Will Lovell


Ben Hursey-Hord


Sadiq Adebiyi


Bobby Hartley


Marcus Stock


 


Injury Status


Jake Ramsden -  In Full Training


Jeremiah Simbiken (Broken Arm) –
Early March


Reagan Campbell-Gillard (Calf) –
Late March


Dean Hawkins (Calf) – Late March


Lewis Bienek (Calf) – Late March


Robert Mathias (PCL) - April


Alex Max (Chest) - Unknown


 


What is also very refreshing is that all of these played for
the Reserves at Hull KR two weeks ago:


Elliot Wallis (Centre)


Ted Davidson (Centre)


Alex Walker (Half Back)


Ben Hursey-Hord (Prop)


Bobby Hartley (Prop)


Tommy Porter (Hooker)


Will Lovell (Second Row)


Marcus Stock (Loose Forward)


 


Plus some I recognise:


Robert Oakley (Second Row)


Jack Hughes (Interchange) –
moonlighting from his Broncos day job!


Matthew Ross (Interchange)


 


I’d suggest that Reserve team may have the basis of a competitive Championship
squad.

Crikey, I thought this forum had shut down, but it still appears to be operating, just horribly slowly as always.




Here’s where the London injury situation seems to be going into the Barrow 1895 Cup game this Sunday (15 March), based on the club update and what has been said elsewhere.




Back available

Lewis Bienek

Jeremiah Simbiken




HIA protocol

Jimmy Meadows

Connor O’Beirne




Injured

Rob Mathias - PCL and meniscus (expected April)

Alex Max - chest (3 to 4 weeks)

Dean Hawkins - calf (2 to 3 weeks)

Reagan Campbell-Gillard - calf (2 to 3 weeks)

Morea Morea - hip flexor, awaiting scan

Finley Glare - ligament tears, awaiting scan

Sid Adebiyi - hamstring, awaiting scan




So still roughly a third of the squad unavailable including quite a few of the bigger bodies in the pack.




No idea what Barrow’s injury situation looks like, but given they should be a top three Championship contender that is a fairly serious test with many of our key players still missing.  They also have the best defensive points difference too.