NRL Casualty Ward: Young taken to hospital; Brailey nursing hamstring
Dom Young, an England winger, was sent to the hospital on Saturday after sustaining a neck injury during Sydney Roosters’ opening game against Manly in Gosford.
Young, who led the NRL in tries scored in 2023, left the field following an apparent crusher tackle that resulted in Sea Eagles forward Toafofoa Sipley being charged with a Grade 2 injury. Young scored a try in the Roosters 36-22 victory.
The former Knights player was rushed to the hospital for precautionary scans after being stretchered out of the ground while sporting a neck brace.
“He’s doing well. Roosters coach Trent Robinson clarified, “It’s just that when you’re dealing with the neck, you want to be precautionary there, so he’s just gone to the hospital to get a scan.”
“He was good in there [in the dressing-room], talking and sitting up and all of that, but they just want to keep it stable so we know what’s exactly wrong with it, but he was in good spirits.”
Coach Adam O’Brien will evaluate Knights duo Jayden Brailey and Krystian Mapapalangi the following week before selecting his squad to play Melbourne in Fiji during Week 2 of the Pre-Season Challenge.
Recovering off a knee reconstruction, Brailey missed Newcastle’s 44-18 victory over Cronulla at Gosford on Saturday due to a small hamstring injury he sustained during training the previous week.
O’Brien stated, “We haven’t ruled Brails in or out for Fiji.”
“I won’t make a snap decision in the near future because of his history and the significance of this minor, lower-grade hamstring strain.”
More than anything, it’s me. I’m the one holding him back because it’s a major season and I can’t ignore his extensive injury history.”
During the game’s opening run, Mapapalangi took a head bump while attempting to stop Sharks forward Oregon Kaufusi, but O’Brien declared the young center to be “good” when they spoke afterward.
While Wests Tigers recruit Declan Casey was carted off the field on a medicab in Christchurch on Sunday after taking a knock to the head during a tackle that resulted in Zyon Maiu’u being sent off, Raiders hooker Zac Woolford and his Eels counterpart Matt Arthur were forced out of their match at Kogarah after both failed HIAs.
