A hazard Walm-ing

BUT TEAM-MATE SAYS ALEX IS JUST A LITTLE CLUMSY

ALEX WALMSLEY is big and clumsy rather than a nasty wrecking ball.

That is the message to the game’s disciplinary bosses from his St Helens team-mate Louie McCarthyScarsbrook (below).

Walmsley is sweating on the decision of a match review panel tomorrow that could rule him out of Thursday’s play-off match against Castleford.

The 6ft 5in England World Cup hopeful was placed on report after elbowing Jordan Walne in the head during Thursday’s 30-4 win over Salford.

Walne needed treatment before going off for a concussion test and was unable to return.

If the panel decide Walmsley has a case to answer, he will appear before a disciplinary hearing on Tuesday and could face a ban.

But McCarthy-Scarsbrook is convinced the prop does not deserve a ban – because he hits his own team-mates like that all the time.

He said: “He just runs like a big gangly thing. He is all elbows and knees, even in training.

“He takes people out in training, the big thing that he is, but he doesn’t do it maliciously.

“We do not want to lose him for the play-off because he is the main asset for the forward pack.”

Castleford boss

Daryl Powell expects Walmsley to be cleared to face the Tigers but feels the incident highlights a problem in the game.

He said: “It is going to be a challenge for the game moving