Roosters star Dom Young has been taken to hospital in a neck brace after the English worldwide was the sufferer of a crusher sort out in his facet’s 36-22 win over the Sea Eagles in Gosford.
Young was taken from the dressing sheds on a stretcher following the sport for scans, with the membership confirming it’s purely precautionary and the quickest approach for him to get checked out at hospital.
The winger was caught in an ungainly sort out by Manly’s Toff Sipley within the second half, with the prop ahead positioned on report however not despatched to the sin bin.
He walked off the sphere however was very ginger as he made his approach up the tunnel, with Young impressing in his first recreation for his new membership after he battled a severe sinus an infection within the low season.
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“He’s good, it’s just when you’re dealing with the neck, you want to be precautionary so he’s just gone to the hospital to get a scan,” Roosters coach Trent Robinson mentioned after the sport.
“He was good in there (in the sheds) talking and sitting up and all that, but they just want to keep it stable just so we know what’s exactly wrong with it.
“But he was in good spirits and he was fine.”
The Roosters fly out to Las Vegas on Wednesday and are actually sweating on Young’s health for his or her first match in opposition to the Broncos on March 3.
The former Knight scored a strive on Saturday afternoon and is a part of among the best backlines ever assembled, however got here off sooner than anticipated because of a sort out that would see Sipley suspended and doubtful for Manly’s journey to Vegas.
“I thought it was accidental and didn’t look good,” Robinson mentioned.
“There was a lot of force at that point.
“I don’t know what their (the referees) thought process is during the trial games…so I don’t really have an opinion on that apart from exactly how it was.
“It wasn’t intentional, but it was a lot of force on his neck.”
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