Benji Marshall rushed for scans after suffering an ankle injury in loss to Brisbane
BENJI Marshall was rushed for scans late on Friday night after playing the final 15 minutes of the Tigers golden point loss to Brisbane ‘’basically on one leg’’.
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BENJI Marshall was rushed for scans late on Friday night after playing the final 15 minutes ‘’basically on one leg’’.
After David Nofoaluma smashed Brisbane centre Tom Opacic into touch, Marshall was seen hobbling behind the tryline and being attended to by a trainer.
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But Marshall refused to come from the field and angrily demanded his left ankle be strapped when he hit the deck a couple of minutes later.
As Marshall left Campbelltown in a moon boot, coach Ivan Cleary said: “He’s hurt his ankle and gone for scans now.
“We’ll have to wait and see. He did well to stay on. He was basically on one leg the last ten or 15 minutes.
“It was one of those nights we had guys coming on and off and we were constantly moving around.’’
Marshall was returning to Campbelltown for the first time since 2013 and given a hero’s welcome by the healthy crowd.
While Cleary hopes scans will clear Marshall of any serious injury, he does have a couple of options in Tui Lolohea or even Tyson Gamble, who will run around for the Western Suburbs Magpies later today in the NSW Cup.
Lolohea is due back from a knee injury given the long turnaround to the Easter Monday clash against Parramatta, and did spend the back half of last season at five-eighth with Brooks.
He is keen to play fullback, and after impressing in round one, Lolohea has watched Corey Thompson not put a foot wrong wearing the No. 1.
He had the Broncos defence in two minds every time he ran the ball back at speed.
Gamble has been working under Marshall and has plenty of admirers at the joint venture.