Aaron Woods battling leg injury and in doubt for Tigers’ clash against Bulldogs

WESTS Tigers are sweating on the fitness of forward leader Aaron Woods ahead of their clash with the monster Bulldogs pack.

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WESTS Tigers are sweating on the fitness of forward leader Aaron Woods ahead of their clash with the monster Canterbury pack.

Woods was limping and in a knee brace at a Tigers recovery session on Monday.

The Tigers prop had scans on his right leg on Monday afternoon after jarring his knee in the side’s 20-6 loss to South Sydney on Sunday.

The club later revealed that Woods “remains in doubt” for Friday night’s clash and that he would be “re-assessed throughout this week”.

“More will be known about Woods’ injury following medical treatment over the coming days; however, the injury is not considered to be long-term,” the Tigers said in a statement.

Aaron Woods is battling a leg injury.

Woods told reporters he would be right to face the Bulldogs but spent the recovery session receiving treatment from a Tigers physiotherapist away from the main playing group.

Woods has run for over 200 metres in all three of the Tigers’ three games this season and he would be badly missed against the formidable Bulldogs pack at ANZ Stadium.

“(Woods) has been a massive part of our go-forward and if we lose him then it will be a massive loss,” Tigers five-eighth Mitchell Moses said.

“It’s going to be a big test this week, it was a massive test yesterday with their big pack and I thought we handled (Souths) not too bad but they probably got over the top of us towards the end and held the ball.”

Originally published as Aaron Woods battling leg injury and in doubt for Tigers’ clash against Bulldogs