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Teenage sensation Joseph Suaalii’s NRL season has been ended by an ankle injury, with the 17-year-old Sydney Roosters centre requiring surgery.
Suaalii did not fly with the Roosters to their Sunshine Coast bubble on Wednesday as he remained in Sydney to have surgery on his ankle.
It means the 17-year-old will not play again this season in a fresh blow to the club’s depth.
Suaalli is now the sixth Rooster to be ruled out for the season after Luke Keary, Lindsay Collins, Brett Morris, Jake Friend and Boyd Cordner.
Morris, Friend and Cordner have since retired.
After needing an exemption to debut him in the NRL before his 18th birthday, Suaalii’s rookie season has now finished having played just five games.
The blow is at least softened with fellow centre Billy Smith returning to football last week, scoring with one of his first touches against Canterbury.
The 21-year-old had missed the past season-and-a-half through knee and shoulder injuries, before finally returning to full fitness.
Meanwhile Siosiua Taukeiaho is set to miss just the one week after being ruled out of Saturday’s clash with North Queensland with hamstring tightness.
© AAP
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