South Sydney are sweating on scans of a neck damage to Cameron Murray after the Rabbitohs captain was not named in Jason Demetriou’s squad for his or her round-10 NRL conflict with the Warriors.
Key factors:
- Cameron Murray will likely be racing the clock to be match for Origin I after struggling a neck damage
- The Rabbitohs skipper might be sidelined for as much as a month
- Latrell Mitchell has already been dominated out of subsequent month’s sequence opener
Murray’s standing was not included in a membership medical replace launched on Tuesday, however the no-nonsense lock is more likely to miss the subsequent month of motion.
It leaves the 24-year-old racing the clock to be match for the primary State of Origin sport on June 8.
After the Warriors sport at Magic Spherical, Souths face Canberra, the Wests Tigers and have been given a bye earlier than Origin I.
Cody Walker has been named captain, whereas Jai Arrow will play lock in opposition to the Warriors.
NSW teammate Brian To’o advised reporters at Penrith coaching on Tuesday that Murray’s absence from Brad Fittler’s facet can be sizeable.
“He is clearly been top-of-the-line Blues gamers, [he is] very constant even with the Bunnies,” To’o mentioned.
“He all the time leads by instance and works onerous for the boys and he all the time places the boys first.”
In the meantime, Canberra have breathed a sigh of aid after skipper Jarrod Croker was cleared of a serious shoulder damage.
Croker returned to NRL motion in Friday’s 14-4 victory over Canterbury after low season stem cell surgical procedure on his knee, however was pressured off within the second half whereas attempting to stop a strive.
The 31-year-old has been cleared of any severe damage to his shoulder, with the Raiders assured the centre will miss simply the subsequent two to a few weeks.
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