There are fears Knights playmaker Jackson Hastings has suffered one more extreme harm from a hip-drop sort out, with the extraordinary debate across the act set to reignite.
Hastings was the sufferer of an unpleasant hip drop sort out from Broncos ahead Pat Carrigan final 12 months, which resulted in a season-ending leg harm for the Knights half and a four-game suspension for the Brisbane star.
Hastings suffered what appeared one other severe harm on Sunday towards the Bulldogs after a Jacob Preston hip drop sort out, which resulted within the Canterbury ahead going to the bin for ten minutes.
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“A hip drop motion from Jacob Preston. It was a hip drop that broke Hastings’ leg and displaced his ankle … here he is in a similar position,” Smith mentioned on Fox League.
“The way he (Preston) loses his feet and his feet swing wildly around the other side of the tackle and his hip comes back on the top of Hastings.
“Something that has crept into the game, almost by osmosis as much as anything but it needs to be eradicated. That was a serious one right there.”
The Knights half was withering in ache after Preston’s sort out for quite a lot of minutes. Thankfully, he was capable of rise up and limp off the sector nonetheless, a shot of him on the sideline confirmed his ankle “heavily iced”.
“It was an awful sight to see Jackson Hastings in so much pain… Knights doctors have confirmed it was an ankle injury,” Niko Pajarillo mentioned.
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“You see the ankle heavily iced so he won’t be back today.”
Bulldogs captain Reed Mahoney tried in useless to plead his case to referee Peter Gough, however it fell on deaf ears.
“His arse is on the ground, he’s trying to pull him down,” Mahoney mentioned.
It could be the Bulldogs’ second sin binning in seven minutes, which left them taking part in two males down for 3 minutes.
“It was a textbook hip drop,” Corey Parker mentioned at halftime.
“Jacob Preston could be in some trouble after that hip drop as you see Hastings will not return so could have a severe injury.”
Source web site: www.foxsports.com.au
