The Sydney Roosters anticipate Luke Keary’s newest concussion will solely sideline him short-term.
Veteran five-eighth Keary has been dominated out of Friday night time’s conflict towards South Sydney with the pinnacle knock he suffered late within the round-two loss to Manly.
Keary’s head collided with the knee of Manly fullback Tom Trbojevic and membership medical workers confirmed on Monday he can be topic to an 11-day stand-down below the NRL’s concussion protocols.
The sight of Keary hitting the Brookvale Oval turf on Sunday was sufficient to carry again sad recollections.
The 32-year-old suffered 5 concussions between January 2018 and Might 2019 and missed greater than a month of the 2022 season after one other blow to the pinnacle.
The Roosters are set to proceed monitoring Keary over the approaching days however anticipate him to return sooner slightly than later this time round.
“That might be the plan if the progressions proceed like they’ve been already,” mentioned coach Trent Robinson.
“He is been excellent, really, from not lengthy after the sport.
“Clearly slight concussion however I’ve seen ‘Kez’ at completely different occasions with completely different signs and he is been actually good from when he walked again within the door on Monday.”
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