NRL Casualty Ward Round 15: Origin doubts, eye gouges, bye madness
As if the bye round wasn’t bad enough, SuperCoaches have been hit with a fresh set of issues. Full injury and judiciary lowdown heading into Round 16.
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As if the bye round wasn’t bad enough, SuperCoaches have been hit with a fresh set of issues.
Check out our full injury and judiciary lowdown heading into Round 16.
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Brisbane’s season from hell plummeted to new depths with Red Hill confirming Anthony Milford could be out for up to 12 weeks with a knee injury.
The Broncos’ million-dollar man suffered left-lateral knee damage during last weekend’s loss to Newcastle with club medics reporting Milford would be sidelined indefinitely.
Brisbane winger Richie Kennar alsolooks likely to undergo surgery to a dislocated shoulder pending results from a surgical review on Tuesday.
Full story by Chris Honnery and Lachlan Grey
Concern for Richie Kennar is left shoulder dislocation as he falls onto outstretched left arm. If confirmed usual treatment options:
— NRL PHYSIO (@nrlphysio) June 30, 2019
Minimal damage/instability: strengthening rehab for 3-6wks
Significant damage/instability requiring surgery: shoulder reconstruction & 3-6 months pic.twitter.com/ChR1Q2BHKa
Canterbury playmaker Kieran Foran succumbed to a hamstring injury in the 25th minute against the Sharks.
The injury is not considered serious and there were even hopes he would return.
With the Bulldogs on the bye this week, Foran is a chance to play the Bulldogs’ next match against the Knights in Round 17.
Kieran Foran is out with what is expected to be a mild hamstring strain (via @brentread_7). Usually not an extended absence but worth remembering Foran’s extensive history with hamstring injuries, may be conservative with a return. General guide:
— NRL PHYSIO (@nrlphysio) June 30, 2019
Grade 1: 2-4wks
Grade 2: 4-6wks pic.twitter.com/T3DoSFfdky
Newcastle superstar Kalyn Ponga is out of State of Origin 3.
The Knights on Sunday confirmed Ponga will be sidelined for two weeks due to a calf injury, putting an end to his hopes of playing the Origin decider.
Ponga was left out of Kevin Walters’ squad named Monday morning.
NSW halfback Nathan Cleary will be named for the Origin decider.
But NSW coach Brad Fittler has imposed a fitness deadline, with Cleary needing to train by Thursday.
Wests Tigers hooker Robbie Farah has urged the NRL to eradicate eye-gouging from the game, stating of the ugly crime: “There just isn’t any excuse for it”.
Sporting a visible welt and scratch marks around his right eye, Farah was on Thursday night the victim of an alleged eye gouge that now sees South Sydney’s George Burgess staring down one of the longest suspensions in the NRL era.
Only seven months after gouging New Zealand captain Dallin Watene-Zelezniak in a Test match, Burgess is now headed back to the NRL judiciary over a new incident deemed too serious for grading.
It has been suggested Burgess could now miss anywhere from six to 12 weeks.
NSW prop David Klemmer admits he would require a pain-killing injection to take part in the State of Origin decider.
In any case, Klemmer is set to be left out of NSW’s squad for the decider.
St George Illawarra enforcer Tariq Sims is set to be ruled out of the do-or-die Origin III in Sydney after being charged by the NRL match review committee.
Sims is facing between two to three weeks on the sideline after being slugged with a grade two dangerous contact charge for his hit on North Queensland and Queensland Origin playmaker Michael Morgan on Friday night.
Sims would need to successfully fight the charge at the judiciary on Tuesday to be any chance of taking his spot on the NSW bench.
The hit saw Morgantaken off with concussion. He is expected to be right for the Origin decider and has been named.
Sims is expected to be named for NSW at 6pm Monday.
Warriors utility Nathaniel Roache suffered a suspected ACL injury in the loss to the Panthers.
Somewhat graphic: by video significant concern for left ACL injury for Nathaniel Roache. Non contact + change of direction, shows forward shift of lower leg bone (tibia) + sudden snap back into place (usually ACL rupture). Fingers crossed the video lies #NRLWarriorsPanthers pic.twitter.com/jyM5qIohp2
— NRL PHYSIO (@nrlphysio) June 30, 2019
Edrick Lee, who was forced to withdraw from Queensland’s Origin 2 squad with a leg injury, is again out of Origin contention with a suspected broken arm sustained in Saturday’s win over the Broncos.
Brisbane winger Richie Kennar made it through just 12 minutes against the Knights before succumbing to a shoulder injury.
Concern for Richie Kennar is left shoulder dislocation as he falls onto outstretched left arm. If confirmed usual treatment options:
— NRL PHYSIO (@nrlphysio) June 30, 2019
Minimal damage/instability: strengthening rehab for 3-6wks
Significant damage/instability requiring surgery: shoulder reconstruction & 3-6 months pic.twitter.com/ChR1Q2BHKa
Parramatta forward Peni Terepo is facing a four-game NRL ban for a swinging arm in the Eels’ 22-16 win over Canberra on Saturday.
Terepo was on Sunday stung with a grade two reckless high tackle charge for his first-half shot on Jordan Rapana which drew blood from the nose of the Raiders winger.
The Eels big man will miss three matches if he takes the early guilty plea.
Api Koroisau’s worst fears have been confirmed with the Manly hooker expected to miss at least six weeks after undergoing surgery on a syndesmosis injury sustained in Round 14.
Most in the NRL require a 8-10 week recovery, but we have seen returns as soon as six weeks (Daly Cherry-Evans) under the right circumstances.
The Eels have suffered a blow with Tongan international Michael Jennings set to miss the next six weeks with a knee injury.
PRE-GAME WITHDRAWALS
* Alex Johnston (bone bruising to leg) is expected back in Round 17, with South Sydney’s bye coming at the perfect time for the Rabbitohs flyer.
* Jamayne Isaako (personal resons)
* Josh Aloiai (illness)
* Tim Lafai (ankle)
* Tyrone Peachey (pectoral)
* Jahrome Hughes (back)
FULL NRL CASUALTY WARD
BRONCOS
Anthony Milford (Knee, TBC)
Richie Kennar (Shoulder, TBC)
Jamayne Isaako (Personal reasons, TBC)
Alex Glenn (Knee, Round 16)
Jack Bird (ACL, Season)
Tom Dearden (Ankle, Round 18-20)
BULLDOGS
Kieran Foran (Hamstring, Round 17)
Kerrod Holland (Knee, Round 17)
Lachlan Lewis (Ankle, Round 17-18)
Jeremy Marshall-King (Knee, Round 17)
Fa’amanu Brown (Leg, Round 18)
COWBOYS
Michael Morgan (Concussion, Origin 3)
Kurt Baptiste (ACL, Season)
Coen Hess (Knee, TBC)
Ben Hampton (Biceps, Round 22-25)
Te Maire Martin (Bleed on brain, Indefinite)
Nene MacDonald (Ankle, Season)
Matt Scott (Shoulder, Round 17)
Gideon Gela-Mosby (Collarbone, Round 18-22)
Justin O’Neill (Spleen, Indefinite)
Mitch Dunn (Shoulder, Season)
DRAGONS
Tariq Sims (Facing suspension, TBC)
Tim Lafai (Ankle, Round 16)
Zac Lomax (Broken thumb, Round 17)
Gareth Widdop (Shoulder, Round 20)
Jack de Belin (Stood down, Indefinite)
James Graham (Leg, Round 19-20)
EELS
Peni Terepo (Facing suspension, TBC)
Kaysa Pritchard (Retired)
Waqa Blake (Knee, Round 21-22)
Ray Stone (ankle, round 24)
Michael Jennings (knee, round 21)
KNIGHTS
Edrick Lee (Broken arm, TBC)
Kalyn Ponga (Calf, Round 17)
Mitchell Barnett (Suspension, Round 18)
Danny Levi (Ankle, Round 17-19)
Slade Griffin (Knee, Indefinite)
Nathan Ross (Foot, Retired)
PANTHERS
Nathan Cleary (Ankle, Origin 3)
Tyrone May (Stood Down, Indefinite)
Tim Grant (Pectoral, Season)
Caleb Aekins (Shoulder, Indefinite)
RABBITOHS
Alex Johnston (Bone bruising to leg, Round 17)
George Burgess (Facing suspension, TBC)
Greg Inglis (Shoulder, Retired)
Cory Denniss (Shoulder, Round 20)
Kurt Dillon (Ankle, Indefinite)
Sam Burgess (Shoulder, Round 17)
Tom Burgess (Ankle, Round 20)
RAIDERS
Nick Cotric (Ankle, Round 17)
Joey Leilua (Bulging disc, Season)
Brad Abbey (Knee, Season)
Hudson Young (Suspension, Round 19)
Ata Hingano (thumb, round 20-22)
Luke Bateman (knee, indefinite)
ROOSTERS
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves (Hamstring, Round 16)
Luke Keary (Concussion, Round 16)
Jake Friend (Biceps, Round 17-20)
Sitili Tupouniua (Illness, Round 16)
SHARKS
Andrew Fifita (Suspension, Round 17)
SEA EAGLES
Api Koroisau (Ankle, Round 20)
Toafofoa Sipley (Knee, Season)
Albert Hopoate (ACL, Season)
Brad Parker (Broken jaw, Round 16-18)
STORM
Jahrome Hughes (Back, TBC)
Curtis Scott (Foot, Round 20)
Marion Seve (Shoulder, Round 16)
TIGERS
Josh Aloiai (Illness, Round 16)
Mahe Fonua (Foot, Round 23)
Ben Matulino (Knee, Indefinite)
TITANS
Tyrone Peachey (Pectoral, Round 17)
Jai Arrow (Ankle, Round 20-22)
Ryan James (ACL, season)
Michael Gordon (Blood clot, Round 17)
WARRIORS
Nathaniel Roache (Suspected ACL, TBC)
Lachlan Burr (Soreness, Round 16)
Tohu Harris (Knee, Round 21)
Originally published as NRL Casualty Ward Round 15: Origin doubts, eye gouges, bye madness
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