The suspension cloud hanging over the head of bad boy Digby Ioane looks to be but one of Ewan McKenzie’s woes as he tries to piece together a backline to face the Bulls at Loftus this weekend.
Ioane is widely expected to be handed a lengthy suspension for his heinous tip tackle on Marcell Coetzee, while a double injury whammy to flyhalves Ben Lucas and Mike Harris looks set to disrupt the backline even further. Both Harris and Lucas suffered hamstring injuries during the course of the Durban loss and without them, McKenzie will br scratching his head to try and find a goal-kicker, never mind filling the gaps in the line that their respective absences will cause.
Scrumhalf Will Genia ended up running at flyhalf for the latter portion of the Sharks match and also had to take over the goal-kicking duties, without much success.
McKenzie has the option to bring in Jono Lance or Dallan Murphy to play at flyhalf and kick at goal, while back-rower Radike Samo could shift to the wing – as he has done in the past – to fill in for Ioane.

widely expected 😯
lengthy suspension 😯
heinous 😯 😯
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@KSA Shark © (Comment 1) : You dissagree?
@Die Kriek (Comment 2) :
I believe he’ll get a suspension.
No more than 2 weeks IMO.
Heinous is a bit strong a word. It almost sounds like Coetzee didn’t survive the tackle. 🙂
Both teams coming off worse for wear after this match..
Genia looks a solid flyhalf, but he cannot be their goal kicker!
any indication on how long Mike Harris will be out of action ?
@Zibbie (Comment 5) : 😆
If anyone came onto our site and didn’t know about FL, they would think we are such a nice bunch of people who are concerned with the wellbeing of others. 😆
@Zibbie (Comment 5) :
As soon as we know, you will know 😉
And to think I was about to trade him into my squad.. thank goodness!
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) :
haha ! but we are !!!!
Both Harris and Lucas have gone home..
McKenzie was quoted as saying that harris is more injured than Lucas.. Cooper is also still some way off..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 7) :
hahah your lucky :p ek sal my oor op die grond hou dan 😉
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 9) :
ai tog …
@Zibbie (Comment 10) :
Dankie oom..
They are going to struggle to be competitive.
@lostfish (Comment 12) :
The Bulls will dominate them, I agree..
I don’t think thye stand a chance in this game, to be honest..
@KSA Shark © (Comment 6) : Poor Reds getting mauled by our youngsters 😥 😈
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 13) : we thought the same about the Blues, though…
I hovered over the “Bulls” button on LMs fir this week, but simply couldn’t feel certain enough about the result.
@robdylan (Comment 15) :
Valid point
@robdylan (Comment 15) :
after nearly having a heart attack with the Chiefs im taking a bye
@Zibbie (Comment 17) :
If only..
I am dead..
What a waste of three byes..
@Zibbie (Comment 17) : The Crusaders/Cheetahs game seems like a good bet though.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 18) : Not too worry Rich – the Oakleys were always destined to end up in my grubby paws
@vanmartin (Comment 20) :
I wouldn’t have been able to win them anyway, but it would be nice to get another little trophy..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 18) : Yep, me too, can’t believe crusaders can lose to chiefs, and waratahs to force, both home games 😥 😥 😥
@Greg (Comment 22) :
It makes the game so interesting though..
Now we watch the others die slow, painful deaths..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 18) : 🙂
@vanmartin (Comment 20) : That comment after you’ve just been fishing for suggestion in your previous comment. 😛 😉
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 21) : I’d be happy to get ONE trophy. 😳
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 23) : Hope they all die soon, then we can have an LMS reloaded like last year, and we can try again. 😆
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 21) : they are awesome sunnies. They don’t suit me though. I do have a nice new pair thanks to my hubby.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 23) : You will not believe the money the guys (a friend of mine is one of them) make in the USA on NFL with LMS. They buy in at 100-00 each and the winner takes all. Or if there is a multi-way tie they split the money. They have about 2 to 3 thousand players. 😳
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) : That is cool. We had something like that at work when I was in the US. The winner ended up getting close to $10 000.
@KSA Shark © (Comment 25) : Fishing for suggestion or leading others astray? Never take anything at face value when a man is desperate for some UV protection for his eyes. 😈
@KSA Shark © (Comment 29) :
Time to start thinking about a two-division LMS, one friendly, the other for serious candidates..
@lostfish (Comment 30) : My idea for LMS actually come from their game the play in the USA.
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 32) : current winner if everyone had paid a ZAR100-00 would walk away with ZAR17,500-00. 😎
@KSA Shark © (Comment 34) :
Im sure we would have no ‘no-selection’ deaths
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 35) : Hehehehehe You got that right. 🙂
@vanmartin (Comment 19) :
yea .. but i just could not get myself to pick the Saders …
@Greg (Comment 27) :
i was hoping we can do the same with FL … man im sucking …
@Zibbie (Comment 38) : Not doing too well myself there 🙁
Happy Birthday by the way have a great day!
@Greg (Comment 39) :
thanx Greg !!! hope i get a good performance from the Lions for my Bday !!
@Zibbie (Comment 40) :
Happy Birthday!!
How young are we today?
@KSA Shark © (Comment 33) : Oh right. It is pretty big over there. Loads of offices have the same thing and the fantasy football is especially intense. We had some inter office fantasy football leagues and those ones had big big money for the winner.
@Zibbie (Comment 40) : Happy birthday Zibbie. Have a great one..
@Richard Ferguson (Comment 41) : @Ben (Comment 43) :
Thanx a lot guys !!! im turning 21 for the 6th time today 😛
@Zibbie (Comment 17) : Hey Happy B/day!
Yep, I`m thinking in future we need to proof membership to a medical aid fund before we`re allowed to enter LMS.
It`s dangerous for our health!
Noticed a bit of a problem later on in the season for LMS. Some rounds have very few games indeed. Not sure how to handle it, but I`ll probably be dead long before then! 🙄
Ben Lucas and Mike Harris will be out for a min of 3 weeks .. and the 4th weekend the reds have an bye ..