Brumbies win Super derby in Perth but Lolesio stretchered off with spinal injury
A spinal injury to Wallabies flyhalf Noah Lolesio has overshadowed the ACT Brumbies' surge to an all-important Super Rugby Pacific home play-off.
Lolesio was stretchered off wearing a neck brace, and in apparent extreme pain, midway through the first half of his Brumbies' 33-14 derby win over the Western Force in Perth.
The Brumbies' and incumbent Australian No.10 was twisted in an accidental off-the-ball play while trying to repel a Force attack on his goal line in the 20th minute of Saturday night's derby.
It was initially unclear if Lolesio had suffered a back, hip or leg injury in the incident.
But Stan Sport's sideline commentator and former Wallabies star Cameron Shepherd said Lolesio had sustained a spinal injury.
'We don't want to speculate too much at the moment because there's a lot of scans and a lot of checks that need to be done,' Shepherd said.
'But the one small bit of good news is that he is moving his arms and legs.
'They have confirmed it is a spinal injury. At the moment, we just don't understand the severity.
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