The Tigers’ narrow loss to Souths has been compounded after their two halves failed to finish the game.
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Both Jarome Luai (leg) and Adam Doueihi (hamstring) limped off the field in the second half.
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Thankfully for Doueihi, who has a chequered injury history, it doesn’t appear serious but Luai could be a different story.
”It doesn’t look good,” Tigers coach Benji Marshall told reporters in his post-match press conference.
“He’s got to get scans obviously but medical staff said he’ll be out for a little bit, maybe four (weeks).
“I don’t know. Not a doctor, but I’m not sure.”
In some good news, Marshall did confirm that Luai hadn’t suffered a serious knee injury.
Doueihi has some “hamstring tightness” according to his coach.
Latu Fainu is the next man up but he too is under an injury cloud with Marshall revealing he won’t be rushed back just because the Tigers are light on halves.
“We’ll check him out. Potentially he’s ready but one thing I know about our staff is we won’t put him back in unless he’s ready,” Marshall said.
“If that means coming back through NSW Cup, then it is. If it’s with us, then we’ll make the right decision for him.”
While the Tigers weren’t able to replicate the magic of last week’s 44-16 thrashing of the Cowboys, Marshall found plenty of positives in his team’s second game of the season.
Down in an early 12-0 hole, the Tigers fought back to lead at the break.
“I wasn’t happy with us not defending our errors at the start of the first half. Bar those two tries, I thought were really solid for most of it,” Marshall said.
“I thought the boys’ attention to detail on what we’ve been working on was outstanding. But again, we’ve got some pretty sad boys in the shed because they wanted to win that game, which you can understand. But as a coach, I’m really proud.”
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