Will Chambers is likely to miss the whole Queensland State of Origin campaign, and a large chunk of the NRL season after sustaining a foot injury during the Storm’s Monday night loss to the Canterbury Bulldogs.
Chambers was injured early in the first half of Melbourne’s six-point loss, but played out the game thinking it wasn’t serious.
After going for scans on Tuesday morning, the injury was revealed to be a fracture, and Chambers will be in for surgery on Wednesday afternoon.
Chambers was named in the side to take on the Wests Tigers next weekend, but obviously will not be taking part in that match now. The Storm have said a replacement would be chosen an hour before kickoff on Sunday afternoon.
Melbourne Storm director of football Frank Ponissi said that Chambers only realised he had a problem when the foot swelled overnight after the game.
“We are extremely disappointed to lose Will, he’s an important part of our team and has been a consistent part of our line-up for the last three seasons resulting in well-deserved selection in the Queensland State of Origin and Australian Kangaroos sides,” Ponissi said.
“While we’ve suffered some injuries to our outside back stocks in the early part of the season, it provides us another chance to give an opportunity to some of our younger players who have shown consistent form with our feeder teams.”
The Maroons will also have to find a replacement, with Chambers being a fixture in their side over the last few series.
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