Jahrome Hughes forced to miss Cameron Munster’s father’s funeral after horror shoulder injury

Melbourne star Jahrome Hughes was painfully forced to miss the funeral of his close friend and teammate’s father for a devastating reason.

Melbourne star Jahrome Hughes was heartbreakingly forced to miss the funeral of his close friend and teammate Cameron Munster’s father because he was not allowed to travel after picking up a shoulder injury on Thursday night.

Hughes left the field just minutes into the second half of Melbourne’s gutsy 34-30 win over the Roosters with the club confirming immediately that he’d dislocated his shoulder after landing awkwardly while making a tackle on James Tedesco.

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The reigning Dally M Medal winner was in agony and had to be helped off Allianz Stadium, with Melbourne’s medical staff unable to put it back in, and he was sent to the hospital needing extreme pain medication.

Hughes made it back to the team hotel in the early hours of Friday morning and luckily escaped needing surgery, but will miss around six weeks of action.

Jahrome Hughes was forced to miss Cameron Munster's father's funeral. Image: Getty

But the hammer blow came in the early hours of Friday morning when Hughes was informed the injury meant he wasn’t clear to fly to Queensland to be by Munster’s side as he bid farewell to his father Steve.

The Maroons star didn’t play on Thursday night because it would have been too difficult to get back to Queensland for the funeral on Friday.

However, some players and staff caught a flight up to Rockhampton at 6am on Friday so they could attend the funeral.

Cameron Munster bravely led the Maroons to Origin glory days after his father Steve passed away. Photo: NRL Photos

Hughes originally planned to be on that flight, however, Melbourne chief Frank Ponissi said the Kiwi wasn’t cleared to fly due to his shoulder.

“He said Jahrome got back to the hotel last night. They finally put the shoulder back in place in the hospital without too many issues,” journalist Andrew Webster told SEN, reading out Ponissi’s text message to him.

“At this stage, it is very difficult to assess, although the initial scans show nothing too sinister. He was coming up to Munster’s father’s funeral this morning with a few of us, but instead will now head straight back to Melbourne with the team, where they will assess him.”

Steve Munster died on the eve of State of Origin 3, and Cameron bravely played just days later, lifting the Maroons to a memorable series win.

– with NewsWire

Originally published as Jahrome Hughes forced to miss Cameron Munster’s father’s funeral after horror shoulder injury