Panthers celebrity Nathan Cleary is backing his potential halves companion Jack Cogger to step up forward of an enormous finals marketing campaign if Jarome Luai’s season is over.
The gun five-eighth suffered an unpleasant shoulder dislocation in opposition to the Eels, getting caught beneath backrower Bryce Cartwright.
Coach Ivan Cleary revealed Penrith medicos have been “positive” Luai had prevented a severe damage however defined they must look ahead to outcomes of scans earlier than making a call.
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“It’s obviously a decent injury but they are fairly positive about the potential of it but really we won’t know anymore until tomorrow,” Cleary stated within the post-match press convention.
“Yeah (there is concern he could miss the finals). There are concerns on the team front but for Jarome personally.
“There’s often a lot of injuries this time of the year in and around the finals but we have to wait for the results and whatever happens we will come up with a plan and go from there.”
Nathan Cleary additionally admitted Luai was an important determine for the Panthers however backed Jack Cogger to face tall if known as upon.
Cogger, who has signed a three-year take care of the Knights forward of the 2024 season, performed an vital function filling in for Cleary after his hamstring damage throughout the Origin interval.
“It sucks, you don’t want to see someone get injured ever let alone one of your good mates as he’s such an important cog in our team,” Cleary stated.
“But that’s the game we play and these things happen. Hoping for good results for him but if not we just have to keep moving forward.
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“I’m confident and I have faith in (our partnership). Cogs (Cogger) has played enough first grade games in his career to know what to do and he’s got a cool head on his shoulders too.
“So we can keep developing that. Obviously hoping Jarome is alright but I’m pretty confident and have a lot of faith that Cogs and I can get the job done too.”
The Panthers have been with out Mitch Kenny, Scott Sorensen, Izack Tago and Dylan Edwards because of lingering accidents whereas Sunia Turuva was rested.
The Broncos at the moment are in a primary place to grab the minor premiership away from Penrith and will probably be outright ladder leaders in the event that they beat Canberra.
Cleary now has to determine how vital a minor premiership is for his staff, however his plans haven’t modified getting into to Round 27.
“Not at all to be honest, it only reinforced (my plans),” Cleary stated.
We’ve been on this place for the final 4 years so we’ve carried out it in a different way annually from 2020 to 2022.
“So on that basis we’ve made the grand final each time, so you’d think each one of those methods have worked. I don’t know the exact answer.”
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