SHEFFIELD reserve Paul Cooper is to have surgery to repair a badly broken ankle.Cooper crashed out of Sunday's defeat at Newcastle alongside partner Richard Hall who has severe bruising of the leg.

SHEFFIELD reserve Paul Cooper is to have surgery to repair a badly broken ankle.

Cooper crashed out of Sunday's defeat at Newcastle alongside partner Richard Hall who has severe bruising of the leg.

Cooper said: “I'm going to be in hospital for a day or two more. I need a CT scan because there is a lot of damage to the ankle and then some sort of operation.”