NSW State of Origin prop Tim Grant suffers hamstring injury at training

DEBUTANT prop Tim Grant will be closely monitored by Blues officials over the next 48 hours after he suffered a hamstring injury at training.

Tim Grant

DEBUTANT prop Tim Grant will be closely monitored by Blues officials over the next 48 hours after a hamstring injury forced him to miss most of NSW's final training session.

Grant lasted 15 minutes on a boggy WIN Jubilee Oval at Kogarah yesterday before he hobbled to the sidelines to receive treatment. He was later taken from the field and re-emerged with an ice pack strapped to his right hamstring and a grey hoodie hiding the concern on his face that his Origin dream could be in jeopardy.

Officials afterwards said Grant had suffered a back problem, and experienced "neural tension" in the hamstring as a result. Blues assistant coach Trent Barrett said Grant had required ice to the same hamstring during training last week.

NSW hooker Robbie Farah was unaware of Grant's quick exit, and said there was only tomorrow's captain's run for the Penrith prop to prove his fitness.

"It will be tough (if Grant is sidelined) because we're a week into our preparations, and you don't want any disruptions," Farah said. "Hopefully he'll be right.

"We've only got the captain's run left. It would be hard to make changes this late in the piece.

"But given he's a front-rower - and without disrespecting front-rowers too much - it won't change our style too much. If we had to change a hooker, half or fullback, that's a major disruption."

Grant was rewarded with his brilliant form for Penrith, and would love nothing more than to be fit for his maiden Origin showdown against Queensland.

Should he fail to recover, Wests Tigers prop Aaron Woods, who was 18th man for Origin I, is likely to get the nod.

Farah endorsed his Tigers' teammate for Wednesday's clash, with despite young Woods playing a tough, physical game in the wet against Melbourne on Friday night.

"If it was someone like Aaron making his debut, or any player for that matter, I don't think fatigue come into it because of the adrenaline factor," Farah said.

"Woodsy experienced the build-up to game one, I know how much he was excited by that, and everyone forgets he's still only 21."

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