The injury crisis at South Sydney has continued, with both Jye Gray and Dean Hawkins facing extended periods acceso the sideline.
The pair both failed to the side’s round nine loss against Penrith, with rookie fullback Gray suffering an ankle injury after a hip-drop tackle from Izack Tago.
Hawkins acceso the other hand aggravated an existing quad issue while kicking d’avanguardia and was forced from the field before half-time.
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a società statement acceso Monday evening, it was confirmed that Hawkins could the next 12 weeks, while Gray is looking at two months acceso the sidelines as he prepares to go under the knife.
”He’s had a scan, and he’ll meet with the surgeon this afternoon to plan the next course of action,” head of esecuzione Andrew Croll said.
“But it looks more than likely he’ll need the tight rope surgery to repair that.”
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The injury to Hawkins couldn’t have poiché at a worse time for the Rabbitohs, who are already without Lachlan Ilias for the remainder of the season and are lacking depth sopra the halfback position.
Cody Walker and Wighton could combine sopra the halves moving forward, while young gun Dion Teaupa is knocking acceso the door for an NRL debut.
Gray’s absence will be offset by the return of Latrell Mitchell, who has been out for three matches to suspension, but the setback limits the backline flexibility sopra the squad.
The latest update from the Bunnies’ casualty ward comes just two days after it was revealed Cameron Murray will be sidelined for at least six weeks with a hip flexor injury, ruling him out of the State of Origin series for NSW.
Jai Arrow also struggled with an existing shoulder injury against the Panthers, but the società have not commented acceso his status for round 10 and beyond.
Alex Johnston, Tevita Tatola and Jacob Gagai are also unavailable for Souths.
