The Bulldogs have suffered one other brutal harm blow with star recruit Viliame Kikau set to endure surgical procedure and miss a number of months after struggling a torn pec in coaching.
Kikau, signed from the Panthers this season, was as a result of return to the Bulldogs line-up this week after a concussion-enforced layoff.
However Canterbury soccer boss Phil Gould on Wednesday revealed the merciless setback on Wide World of Sports’ Six Tackles with Gus podcast.
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”I’ve simply obtained phrase via that Viliame Kikau has torn a pec muscle at coaching,” Gould mentioned.
“So he will be having surgery on Monday.
“That’s football… thunderbolts happen. You get a thunderbolt out of the blue.
“Surgery on Monday will probably determine his fate, but at the moment they’re hopeful of eight to 10 weeks (out) I suppose.”
The harm comes only a week after one other star recruit, Josh Addo-Carr suffered a critical ankle harm that’s anticipated to maintain him out for a number of months.
ANOTHER CRUEL BLOW FOR BRAILEY
The Knights have been dealt a significant blow with the membership confirming co-captain Jayden Brailey will miss the remainder of the season after he ruptured his anterior cruciate ligament and tore the meniscus in his proper knee.
It’s a devastating blow to one of many recreation’s nicest gamers, with Brailey lacking a lot of the 2020 season with an ACL harm, whereas he performed simply eight video games final 12 months as a result of an Achilles rupture.
Brailey is one in every of Newcastle’s most essential gamers, with the membership set to show to utilities Kurt Mann and Phoenix Crossland to handle the hooking duties.
The Knights have been courageous this 12 months and will get Kalyn Ponga again subsequent week, however this news has rocked the membership who’ve vowed to assist their inspirational chief all through his restoration.
COWBOYS’ INJURY CRISIS
North Queensland’s harm disaster within the forwards has deepened with Griffin Neame set to overlook the following two months after he suffered a critical throat harm throughout final week’s loss to the Dolphins.
Neame was taken to hospital after the sport the place scans revealed he had suffered a cricoid fracture, which is the cartilage across the trachea.
He spent two nights in hospital earlier than he was discharged on Sunday, with Neame going through a minimum of eight weeks out of the sport.
Neame has been terrific for the Cowboys within the center however was pressured to play on the left edge with so many forwards already lacking.
Jeremiah Nanai will return from a two-game ban this weekend however the membership remains to be with out Heilum Luke (hamstring) and James Tamou (foot), whereas Jordan McLean is doubtful after lacking the Dolphins loss with a hamstring pressure.
DOUEIHI’S HORROR BLOW
Wests Tigers coach Tim Sheens has confirmed the membership physician suspects star five-eighth Adam Doueihi has suffered the third ACL harm of his profession.
“They think it is (an ACL). The doctor is pretty sure it is one, but we’ll know more tomorrow (when he goes for scans),” Sheens mentioned.
“If it’s confirmed to be an ACL, he’ll be out for the season. Maybe even more.
“Ask me tomorrow how I’m feeling when I wake up and realise it wasn’t a nightmare.”
Sheens confirmed it’s Doueihi identical knee – his left – which the 24-year-old has beforehand injured.
“Obviously we feel very sorry for Adam, he’s a big part of the team,” Tigers captain Api Koroisau mentioned.
“The boys we’ll get around him and make sure he has the support but he’s going to be feeling pretty down for a while.”
Doueihi leapt above the pack to defuse a brief Eels dropout within the 72nd minute however landed awkwardly and instantly reached for his left knee.
“Oh dear, fingers crossed here, it’s certainly more than cramp,” Andrew Voss mentioned on Fox League after Doueihi went down.
“I think it is Andrew, yes. Did he land awkwardly after jumping? Sometimes just the (body) weight can (cause injury),” Greg Alexander responded.
“The knee can buckle in those situations and it’s happened to Doueihi before. Sometimes that’s all it can take, just landing awkwardly, the pressure being on a certain part of your leg and there doesn’t have to be much in it for it to be serious, and let’s hope it’s not.”
Doueihi’s harm got here simply after the Tigers centre Brent Naden broke his collarbone in act of scoring to arrange grandstand end.
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Parramatta skipper Clint Gutherson got here and gave Doueihi a pat on the again as his rival left the sphere.
“He’s had two knee reconstructions in his career so he would know the feeling. You feel the pain don’t you, he’s done well to hang onto the ball,” Voss mentioned.
“So very much fingers crossed for Adam, he looks a little defeated there.”
Doueihi suffered ACL accidents in 2019 and 2021 and after a number of minutes within the sheds on Sunday, Fox League sideline reporter Matt Russell mentioned the membership couldn’t rule out one other.
“The club can’t dismiss ACL, not confirmed but the club is definitely looking at ACL,” Russell mentioned.
“Horrible news,” Voss responded.
James Hoopre described it as “rotten luck” on NRL 360.
WARRIORS LOSE DUO
Warriors five-eighth Te Maire Martin is taking a look at a prolonged stint on the sideline after struggling a fractured fibula within the second half in opposition to the Knights.
Martin sustained the harm within the forty fifth minute in a sort out whereas he was making an attempt to attain a attempt.
“It is similar (to a hip drop),” Nathan Hindmarsh mentioned post-game on the Matty Johns Show.
“It’s not nice. It’s not nice at all.”
Martin’s teammate Wayde Egan must miss subsequent week’s conflict in opposition to the Cowboys after failing his HIA.
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ADDO-CARR UNDERGOES SURGERY
Bulldogs supremo Phil Gould has confirmed Josh Addo-Carr will likely be sidelined for eight weeks after he was carried off within the first half in opposition to the Rabbitohs.
The Kangaroos famous person was despatched in for surgical procedure on Saturday afternoon on a syndesmosis harm and in addition injured his proper MCL.
Gould additionally shared a picture of Addo-Carr smiling previous to his surgical procedure, in addition to X-ray pictures of his ankle.
“The Foxx has been fixed,” he wrote.
MANLY’S BRUTAL DUAL BLOW
Sea Eagles utility Karl Lawton as soon as once more seems to be set for a stint on the sidelines after injuring his left shoulder.
The 27-year-old got here out of a sort out reeling, nursing his arm earlier than he was helped from the sphere by membership medical workers.
“This is not good,” Michael Ennis mentioned.
Lawton’s profession has been hampered by harm, struggling a ruptured ACL in June final 12 months after taking part in 9 video games in 2022.
Meanwhile, Reuben Garrick additionally failed his HIA and didn’t return to the sphere.
DOLPHINS LOSE ENFORCER IN HIA DRAMA
Veteran prop Jarrod Wallace will miss the Dolphins’ Round 7 conflict with the Rabbitohs after the bunker dominated he had suffered a class one concussion in Friday’s conflict with the Cowbys.
Wallace’s head collided with the hip of a Cowboys participant in a sort out and he struggled to get to his toes afterwards.
He was taken from the sphere by a Dolphins coach for a HIA and it was revealed at half time that he wouldn’t return.
However there was a little bit of drama in that call with sideline reporter Brent Tate reporting that Wallace had handed his assessments, however the bunker intervened.
“A little big of conjecture down here on the bench. He’s passed all his HIA protocols in the sheds but the bunker has ruled it a category one. So the Dolphins are not happy on the bench,” he mentioned.
SHARKS STAR SET FOR LENGTHY SIDELINE STINT
Sharks enforcer Toby Rudolf has been dominated out for 3 months after struggling a foot harm in opposition to the Warriors in Round 5.
According to a membership assertion, scans have confirmed that the 27-year-old has broken a joint in his huge toe and the blow required surgical procedure.
Rudolf went underneath the knife in Tuesday and can now spend an prolonged interval on the sidelines.
The hulking prop has turn out to be an integral determine in Cronulla’s ahead pack, taking part in 71 video games since becoming a member of the membership.
Read on for all of the all of the harm and suspension news in Casualty Ward.
INJURED IN ROUND 6
Josh Addo-Carr (ankle) — TBC
Izaac Tu’itupou Thompson (ankle) — TBC
Jarrod Wallace (head knock) — Round 8
Karl Lawton (shoulder) — TBC
Reuben Garrick (head knock) — TBC
Jayden Brailey (knee) — TBC
Adam Doueihi (knee) — TBC
Griffin Neame (throat) — Round 16
FULL CASUALTY WARD
BRONCOS
Corey Oates (jaw) – Round 8-10
RAIDERS
Jack Wighton (suspended) — Round 7
Joseph Tapine (private causes) — Round 8
Xavier Savage (damaged jaw) — Round 8
Nick Cotric (hamstring) — Round 8-10
Ata Mariota (damaged hand) — Round 8-10
Danny Levi (jaw) — Round 12-14
Adrian Trevilyan (shoulder/knee) — mid-season
Matt Frawley (hand) — Round 10
BULLDOGS
Josh Addo-Carr (ankle) — TBC
Viliame Kikau (pec) — TBC
Tevita Pangai Junior (calf) — Round 7
Raymond Faitala-Mariner (head knock) — Round 7
Viliame Kikau (head knock) — Round 7
Jayden Okunbor (suspension) — Round 7
Chris Patolo (knee) — Round 12
Franklin Pele (arm) — Round 14
Luke Thompson (foot) — Round 16
Bailey Biondi-Odo (knee) — Round 21
Fa’amanu Brown (elbow) — Round 11
SHARKS
Braydon Trindall (ankle) — Round 7
Oregon Kaufusi (head knock) — Round 7
Wade Graham (suspended) — Round 7
Dale Finucane (suspended) — Round 10
Toby Rudolf (foot) — Round 18
Matt Ikuvalu (knee) — indefinite
Kade Dykes (knee) — season
DOLPHINS
Jarrod Wallace (head knock) — Round 8
Tesi Niu (knee) — Round 8
Felise Kaufusi (suspended) — Round 8
Sean O’Sullivan (pec) — Round 16-18
Harrison Graham (knee) — indefinite
Anthony Milford (hamstring) — indefinite
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TITANS
Jojo Fifita (knee) — Round 7
Kieran Foran (calf) — Round 8
AJ Brimson (hamstring) — Round 8
Patrick Herbert (knee) — mid-season
Aaron Booth (knee) — mid-season
Sam Verrills (collarbone) — indefinite
Jaimin Jolliffe (pectoral) — Round 17
Beau Fermor (knee) — season
SEA EAGLES
Josh Schuster (quad) — Round 8
Christian Tuipulotu (knee) — Round 9
Tolu Koula (knee) — Round 9/11
Ben Trbojevic (hamstring) — Round 12
STORM
Tepai Moeroa (calf) — Round 7
Joe Chan (calf) — Round 7
Nelson Asofa-Solomona (knee) — Round 10
Ryan Papenhuyzen (knee) — indefinite
Dean Ieremia (knee) — season
KNIGHTS
Tyson Gamble (concussion) — Round 7
Jacob Saifiti (suspension) — Round 8
Kalyn Ponga (concussion) — Round 8
Adam Clune (hand) — TBC
Adam Elliott (groin) — indefinite
Krystian Mapapalangi (shoulder) — indefinite
Jayden Brailey (knee) — TBC
COWBOYS
James Tamou (foot) — TBC
Jeremiah Nanai (suspended) — Round 7
Gehamat Shibasaki (hamstring) — Round 7
Murray Taulagi (knee) — Round 9
Luciano Leilua (stood down) — indefinite
Heilum Luki (hamstring) — Round 10
Jordan McLean (hamstring) — Round 8
Griffin Neame (throat) — Round 16
EELS
Bailey Simonsson (suspension) — Round 8
Junior Paulo (suspended) — Round 7
PANTHERS
Luke Garner (ribs) — Round 8
Liam Martin (hamstring) — Round 8
James Fisher-Harris (knee) — TBC
Taylan May (knee) — season
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RABBITOHS
Izaac Tu’itupou Thompson (ankle) — TBC
Alex Johnston (head knock) — Round 7
Jai Arrow (hamstring) — Round 7
Shaquai Mitchell (foot) — indefinite
Siliva Havili (ankle) — mid-season
Liam Knight (knee/shoulder) — mid-season
DRAGONS
Paul Turner (ankle) — Round 7
Alec Tuitavake (knee) — Round 11
Tyrell Fuimaono (hip) — indefinite
Cody Ramsey (sickness) — season
ROOSTERS
James Tedesco (head knock) — Round 7
Nathan Brown (hamstring) — Round 7
Matt Lodge (facial fracture) — Round 7
Sitili Tupouniua (knee) — Round 7
Angus Crichton (private causes) — indefinite
Connor Watson (knee) — mid-season
Billy Smith (knee) — mid-season
WARRIORS
Brayden Wiliame (calf) — Round 7
Wayde Egan (concussion) — Round 8
Mitch Barnett (neck) — Round 8
Marata Niukore (suspension) — Round 8
Luke Metcalf (hamstring) — indefinite
Te Maire Martin (leg) — indefinite
Valingi Kepu (foot) — season
TIGERS
Adam Doueihi (ACL) – TBC
Brent Naden (damaged collarbone) — TBC
Tommy Talau (nostril) – Round 7
Source: www.foxsports.com.au