The Titans suffered a significant injury toll in Sunday’s win over the Cowboys with Harley Smith-Shields likely sidelined for the reminder of the season while three other players also failed to finish the match.
Winger Phillip Samiwas the first player to head down the tunnel after suffering a hamstring injury in the first half while Kieran Foran (hamstring), AJ Brimson (groin) and Smith-Shields (pectoral) also failed to finish the match.
Coach Des Hasler confirmed post-match that Smith-Shields was likely to be sideline for the remainder of the season with a suspected ruptured pec while skipper Foran believes he will be ‘pushing it’ to return next Saturday.
The Warriors, meanwhile, could be without star duo Shaun Johnson (pectoral) and Roger Tuivasa-Sheck (hamstring) for Sunday’s Magic Round clash with the Panthers.
Johnson suffered a pectoral injury early in the match and despite choosing to play on, was ruled out after leaving the field in the 67th minute.
Coach Andrew Webster said post-match that the Kiwi International would be sent for scans on Monday but is likely to be in doubt for their Round 11 match.
“It’s a pec…it’s not ruptured. It was a tough conversation at half time but he said he wanted to go on and I’m really proud of the way he wanted to do that,” Webster told media.
Meanwhile, Webster also confirmed post-match that Tuivasa-Sheck could be sidelined from anywhere between 2-6 weeks after he missed the Round 10 clash due to a hamstring injury.
