‘Careless’: Huge Ponga scare as nice left shocked over ‘absolutely dangerous’ hit

Kalyn Ponga put his thumb up – and Newcastle Knights followers breathed out.

Following a careless and harmful problem for a excessive ball by Sebastian Kris in the course of the Knights’ 28-6 domination of Canberra at GIO Stadium on Saturday, Ponga’s legs flipped into the air and he fell closely, laying on his facet for a number of moments.

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As teammates confirmed concern for the concussion-prone celebrity, Ponga took a knee, took a breath and gave a thumbs up, a lot to the aid of Knights followers. Kris was placed on report.

“That is absolutely dangerous,” Fox League’s Corey Parker mentioned of Kris’ problem.

“Yes (he should’ve been sin binned). It was careless.”

The Knights added two extra factors a few minutes later after one other Raiders penalty.

Ponga was later ordered off for a head damage evaluation however returned to the sector with 9 minutes to play because the Knights saved continued to run the Raiders ragged.

Indeed so robust was Newcastle it was like that they had simply continued taking part in after their seminal win over Melbourne Storm final weekend.

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Knights coach Adam O’Brien expressed his aid at how Ponga was capable of bounce again from the 2 second half incidents, go his HIA and return to the sport.

“Yep me, the whole town, KP, everyone who loves footy. It’s really good,” O’Brien mentioned.

“I’ll admit, I did think about (leaving Ponga off) but there’s a flow to them at the moment, they love playing footy and I felt he deserved to be part of what he set up in the first half and so that’s why I went that way.”

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