Josh Aloiai is the latest player to join the casualty list for Samoa, having to leave the field during his side’s 72-4 win over Greece suffering from a suspected dislocated knee.
“He’s not great. Early [signs] maybe a dislocated kneecap,” said Samoan coach Matt Parish.
“He’s in a bit of pain and in a leg brace… doesn’t look promising at the moment.”
Samoa are already without Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow, Braden Hamlin-Uele and Tyrone May.
Tabuai-Fidow suffered a syndesmosis injury and Hamlin-Uele a calf injury during the first pool match against England. and have both travelled home to Australia. It is likely that the latest signing for the Dolphins, Tabuai-Fidow, will require surgery which could see him miss the entire pre-season with his new club.
May suffered a horrendous hip dislocation in the same match. He was taken to hospital to have his hip popped back in and now faces a long recovery.
New Zealand teammates Moses Leota and Marata Niukore will both have scans to determine the severity of their injuries during the Kiwis 68-6 win against Jamaica. Both players missed the second half with Leota suffering from a hamstring injury and Niukore a pectoral injury.
Coach Michael Maguire is not confident that either will play in New Zealand’s next match against Ireland.
“Both Marata and Moses, we will have to get them scanned first to find out the severity of it, but I think they might miss one or two [games],” said Maguire.
The Kiwis were already without Dylan Brown who was ruled out pre-match due to illness, and Jahrome Hughes who was still suffering from a quad injury and was given another week to rest.
Xavier Coates has been ruled out for the rest of the World Cup after succumbing to a hamstring injury. Coates missed the first pool match for PNG with the hope that he would be fit to return during the tournament
Australia
Reuben Cotter (concussion – due to return for third group game)
Murray Taulagi (nose – due to return for third group game)
Tyrone May is treated by medical staff before being stretchered off during Rugby League World Cup (Photo by Stu Forster/Getty Images)
Cook Islands
Steven Marsters (knee – TBC)
England
Kallum Watkins (failed HIA – due to return week one final)
Greece
Jordan Meads (illness – TBC)
Lebanon
Adam Doueihi (suspended – due to return for third group game )
New Zealand
Dylan Brown (illness – TBC)
Jahrome Hughes (quad – due to return for third group game)
Moses Leota (hamstring – TBC)
Marata Niukore (pectoral – TBC)
PNG
Xavier Coates (hamstring – out of World Cup)
Edene Gebbie (groin – TBC)
Samoa
Josh Aloiai (suspected dislocated knee – TBC)
Braden Hamlin-Uele (calf – tournament over)
Tyrone May (hip – tournament over)
Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow (ankle – tournament over)
Choppy Zezers
Roar Rookie
Remember Peacocks. He was lying on the ground and his leg was at right angles. It dead set looked like his leg came off
Tony
Roar Guru
:thumbup:
Matt
Guest
Samoa brought in two replacements so you must be able to
Womblat
Guest
Not long ago if you were over 70 and got one, it was a death sentence. Now they just replace them apparently, it's way better than trying to fix it. Medical tech has come a long way.
Cam
Roar Rookie
I coached a match where one of our players dislocated a hip and recognised Tyrone May's injury as soon as he went down. They go into shock and don't display any pain, so you can initially miss the significance of the injury. My man had fractures, so had multiple ops, but made it back onto the field after 2 years of rehab. May will be ok, they put the hip back in that night and he should recover back to 100% (5-6 months return to play). Danny Peacock dislocated his hip playing for Gold Coast in 1991 and went of to play another 8 or 9 seasons.
Womblat
Guest
Dislocated hip? Phwoar. That's a potential career changer right there. Best wishes to the young man for a speedy and complete recovery.
Tony
Roar Guru
I assume replacements aren't allowed?