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The Advertiser
02-06-2025
- Sport
- The Advertiser
'Hole in my face': Donoghoe nose best after doc's fix
Dolphins utility Kurt Donoghoe's return to play from a broken nose that looked like putty has been hailed as the inspirational act that lifted the side to the cusp of the NRL top eight. The in-form utility could hardly breath after he reeled away in agony from a tackle with his nose splattered all over his face in the stunning 44-8 win over Canterbury before last week's bye. Club medico, Dr Peter Hackney, worked his magic in the sheds to put the nose back in place and Donoghoe missed just 11 minutes of action, returning to the field to score a try and star in a win that has the Dolphins on 12 points and just two points outside the top eight. "It was pretty rough to be honest. I went into a tackle and remember coming out of it and looking at a few of my teammates in shock," Donoghoe recalled. "I had no idea what was going on. I went to touch my face and there was a hole in my face. I couldn't breathe out of (my nose) so I was mouth breathing. "I had my mouthguard in so I was trying to take that out. It was a stressful moment. "I was in a fair bit of pain but the doctor looked after me pretty good. He had two cracks at it." Donoghoe played hooker against the Bulldogs but will return to the No.14 role he has made his own in Friday night's home clash at Suncorp Stadium with St George Illawarra. Regular rake Jeremy Marshall-King trained well on Monday and is set to return from a nasty gash in his leg that had got infected. Winger Jamayne Isaako said Donoghoe's courage in their last outing had been a huge boost to the squad. "For him to come back from an injury like that certainly inspired the team," Isaako said. "To have a bloke like that turn up even though they are busted showed the character that we have in the team. We build and thrive off that." Donoghoe was modest about his actions. "I did it early in the game and didn't want to let the boys down. It was important we got that win for our season," he said. "There were other boys out there busted as well." The 23-year-old was a star for Fiji in last year's Pacific Championships. Nicknamed "Donga", he is one of coach Kristian Woolf's favourite players and so long as he is fit will be chosen each week for his versatility, toughness and skill. "The last two years I have been in and out of the team so be able to stick to one spot and for (Woolf) to have belief in me gives me heaps of confidence," he said. "I am playing my best footy and I have been able to be consistent. "Wherever the team needs me I am happy to jump in." Dolphins forward Max Plath also trained on Monday but is no certainty to return from a foot injury that has kept him out since round seven. Dolphins utility Kurt Donoghoe's return to play from a broken nose that looked like putty has been hailed as the inspirational act that lifted the side to the cusp of the NRL top eight. The in-form utility could hardly breath after he reeled away in agony from a tackle with his nose splattered all over his face in the stunning 44-8 win over Canterbury before last week's bye. Club medico, Dr Peter Hackney, worked his magic in the sheds to put the nose back in place and Donoghoe missed just 11 minutes of action, returning to the field to score a try and star in a win that has the Dolphins on 12 points and just two points outside the top eight. "It was pretty rough to be honest. I went into a tackle and remember coming out of it and looking at a few of my teammates in shock," Donoghoe recalled. "I had no idea what was going on. I went to touch my face and there was a hole in my face. I couldn't breathe out of (my nose) so I was mouth breathing. "I had my mouthguard in so I was trying to take that out. It was a stressful moment. "I was in a fair bit of pain but the doctor looked after me pretty good. He had two cracks at it." Donoghoe played hooker against the Bulldogs but will return to the No.14 role he has made his own in Friday night's home clash at Suncorp Stadium with St George Illawarra. Regular rake Jeremy Marshall-King trained well on Monday and is set to return from a nasty gash in his leg that had got infected. Winger Jamayne Isaako said Donoghoe's courage in their last outing had been a huge boost to the squad. "For him to come back from an injury like that certainly inspired the team," Isaako said. "To have a bloke like that turn up even though they are busted showed the character that we have in the team. We build and thrive off that." Donoghoe was modest about his actions. "I did it early in the game and didn't want to let the boys down. It was important we got that win for our season," he said. "There were other boys out there busted as well." The 23-year-old was a star for Fiji in last year's Pacific Championships. Nicknamed "Donga", he is one of coach Kristian Woolf's favourite players and so long as he is fit will be chosen each week for his versatility, toughness and skill. "The last two years I have been in and out of the team so be able to stick to one spot and for (Woolf) to have belief in me gives me heaps of confidence," he said. "I am playing my best footy and I have been able to be consistent. "Wherever the team needs me I am happy to jump in." Dolphins forward Max Plath also trained on Monday but is no certainty to return from a foot injury that has kept him out since round seven. Dolphins utility Kurt Donoghoe's return to play from a broken nose that looked like putty has been hailed as the inspirational act that lifted the side to the cusp of the NRL top eight. The in-form utility could hardly breath after he reeled away in agony from a tackle with his nose splattered all over his face in the stunning 44-8 win over Canterbury before last week's bye. Club medico, Dr Peter Hackney, worked his magic in the sheds to put the nose back in place and Donoghoe missed just 11 minutes of action, returning to the field to score a try and star in a win that has the Dolphins on 12 points and just two points outside the top eight. "It was pretty rough to be honest. I went into a tackle and remember coming out of it and looking at a few of my teammates in shock," Donoghoe recalled. "I had no idea what was going on. I went to touch my face and there was a hole in my face. I couldn't breathe out of (my nose) so I was mouth breathing. "I had my mouthguard in so I was trying to take that out. It was a stressful moment. "I was in a fair bit of pain but the doctor looked after me pretty good. He had two cracks at it." Donoghoe played hooker against the Bulldogs but will return to the No.14 role he has made his own in Friday night's home clash at Suncorp Stadium with St George Illawarra. Regular rake Jeremy Marshall-King trained well on Monday and is set to return from a nasty gash in his leg that had got infected. Winger Jamayne Isaako said Donoghoe's courage in their last outing had been a huge boost to the squad. "For him to come back from an injury like that certainly inspired the team," Isaako said. "To have a bloke like that turn up even though they are busted showed the character that we have in the team. We build and thrive off that." Donoghoe was modest about his actions. "I did it early in the game and didn't want to let the boys down. It was important we got that win for our season," he said. "There were other boys out there busted as well." The 23-year-old was a star for Fiji in last year's Pacific Championships. Nicknamed "Donga", he is one of coach Kristian Woolf's favourite players and so long as he is fit will be chosen each week for his versatility, toughness and skill. "The last two years I have been in and out of the team so be able to stick to one spot and for (Woolf) to have belief in me gives me heaps of confidence," he said. "I am playing my best footy and I have been able to be consistent. "Wherever the team needs me I am happy to jump in." Dolphins forward Max Plath also trained on Monday but is no certainty to return from a foot injury that has kept him out since round seven.
Perth Now
02-06-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
'Hole in my face': Donoghoe nose best after doc's fix
Dolphins utility Kurt Donoghoe's return to play from a broken nose that looked like putty has been hailed as the inspirational act that lifted the side to the cusp of the NRL top eight. The in-form utility could hardly breath after he reeled away in agony from a tackle with his nose splattered all over his face in the stunning 44-8 win over Canterbury before last week's bye. Club medico, Dr Peter Hackney, worked his magic in the sheds to put the nose back in place and Donoghoe missed just 11 minutes of action, returning to the field to score a try and star in a win that has the Dolphins on 12 points and just two points outside the top eight. Donoghoe was modest about his actions. "I did it early in the game and didn't want to let the boys down. It was important we got that win for our season," he said. "There were other boys out there busted as well." The 23-year-old was a star for Fiji in last year's Pacific Championships. Nicknamed "Donga", he is one of coach Kristian Woolf's favourite players and so long as he is fit will be chosen each week for his versatility, toughness and skill. "The last two years I have been in and out of the team so be able to stick to one spot and for (Woolf) to have belief in me gives me heaps of confidence," he said. "I am playing my best footy and I have been able to be consistent. "Wherever the team needs me I am happy to jump in." Dolphins forward Max Plath also trained on Monday but is no certainty to return from a foot injury that has kept him out since round seven.
West Australian
02-06-2025
- Sport
- West Australian
'Hole in my face': Donoghoe nose best after doc's fix
Dolphins utility Kurt Donoghoe's return to play from a broken nose that looked like putty has been hailed as the inspirational act that lifted the side to the cusp of the NRL top eight. The in-form utility could hardly breath after he reeled away in agony from a tackle with his nose splattered all over his face in the stunning 44-8 win over Canterbury before last week's bye. Club medico, Dr Peter Hackney, worked his magic in the sheds to put the nose back in place and Donoghoe missed just 11 minutes of action, returning to the field to score a try and star in a win that has the Dolphins on 12 points and just two points outside the top eight. Donoghoe was modest about his actions. "I did it early in the game and didn't want to let the boys down. It was important we got that win for our season," he said. "There were other boys out there busted as well." The 23-year-old was a star for Fiji in last year's Pacific Championships. Nicknamed "Donga", he is one of coach Kristian Woolf's favourite players and so long as he is fit will be chosen each week for his versatility, toughness and skill. "The last two years I have been in and out of the team so be able to stick to one spot and for (Woolf) to have belief in me gives me heaps of confidence," he said. "I am playing my best footy and I have been able to be consistent. "Wherever the team needs me I am happy to jump in." Dolphins forward Max Plath also trained on Monday but is no certainty to return from a foot injury that has kept him out since round seven.
News.com.au
22-05-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
‘I felt the bone was across my face': Gruesome details emerge as Dolphins duo overcome injuries to stun ladder leaders
They've relied on attacking brilliance to get them wins in the past, but Thursday's victory over the ladder-leading Bulldogs was one of the toughest of all time by the Dolphins with two players overcoming nasty injuries to get them over the line. Kurt Donoghoe's broken nose in the first half was the most graphic, but it emerged after the game that star centre Herbie Farnworth spent two nights in hospital and only landed in Sydney on Thursday afternoon. The Englishman noticed something was wrong early in the week when he had to cancel a massage, with Farnworth requiring two different types of intravenous drips to fix a leg infection. 'I got a bit of a bug in a cut and then sort of fell a bit crook,' he said, revealing he had just about given up the thought of playing on Wednesday night. 'I got home and I had a massage booked and I was a bit crook and had to cancel it. I knew I was crook if I had to cancel my massage and then made the call with the club to go to hospital and go on the IV and I didn't really take to the IVs too well. 'It was a different strain of what they thought I had, so it wasn't effective. 'And then they put me on the second one just as I was leaving the hospital, and they told me to go back in because the results came back and it wasn't effective. That was a bit of a nightmare. 'It kind of went a bit downhill from there, and I managed to get better this morning and then came out of hospital and flew out (of Brisbane) at midday (on Thursday).' While only his teammates knew about the hospital visit, the world could see what was wrong with Donoghoe after he was left reeling on the ground following a collision with Toby Sexton. The back-up hooker was forced to come off after nine minutes with reports he was ruled out of the contest with a broken nose, but the club's doctor worked his magic and Donoghoe was soon back on the sideline ready to come back on. Both he and Farnworth scored tries in the thumping win, with Donoghoe bleeding profusely and unable to breathe properly through his nose for the rest of the night. 'I just remember going hard for a tackle, I reeled out of it, I put my hand on my face and I couldn't feel my nose,' he said. 'I felt the bone was across my face. 'I've never broken my nose. I was a bit nervous. I didn't really know what was going to happen. The doc did a good job putting it back in. 'I didn't see (the big-screen TV). I didn't really want to look in the mirror when I came back in. 'He took his time because he was also trying to do the HIA test. I just told him to hurry up and put it back in because I didn't want to wait any longer. 'It went back in pretty well, but I heard a couple of cracks. It was pretty painful. 'When I walked to the sheds, I thought I was done for the night. When I sat back down, I realised people had gone through a lot worse and played through a lot worse. I thought it wasn't that big a deal. 'It kept bleeding the whole game, and I was breathing out of my mouth the whole time. It's pretty blocked now. It's still bleeding, but nothing is coming out of it.' Any thoughts of a modelling career have been put on hold, with Donoghoe hoping his nose straightens itself out considering his relationship status. 'Unfortunately not,' he replied when asked if he had a partner. 'I'll need to find one quickly.'
Yahoo
22-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Herbie climbs off hospital bed to muzzle Bulldogs
Herbie Farnworth has revealed that 24 hours before the Dolphins demolished ladder-leading Canterbury he was in a Brisbane hospital bed hooked to an intravenous drip. Farnworth scored a try for the sixth-straight game as the Dolphins survived a deluge in Sydney to knock over the Bulldogs on their home patch in a 44-8 thrashing on Thursday. The English international's commitment to playing was matched by nuggety hooker Kurt Donoghoe who scored a try late in the Dolphins' resounding win after suffering a badly-broken nose. Herbie sneaks one to extend our lead 😏 — The Dolphins (@dolphinsnrl) May 22, 2025 Red-hot centre Farnworth said he realised on Tuesday that he had picked something up around a cut on his leg. He admitted himself to hospital later that day and only flew into Sydney on Thursday, a few hours before his side's big win at Accor Stadium. "I had a massage booked on Tuesday and I was a bit crook and had to cancel it. I knew I was crook if I had to cancel my massage," Farnworth said. "I made the call with the club to go to hospital and go on the IV and I didn't really take to the IVs too well. "Just as I was leaving the hospital, they told me to go back in because the results came back and it wasn't effective. That was a bit of a nightmare. "I probably didn't think I was going to play last night, but once I got on the right IV, I started feeling a bit better." The nose ain't broken! Donga sniffs out another try for the Phins! — The Dolphins (@dolphinsnrl) May 22, 2025 Farnworth's tale of courage was matched by Donoghoe's impressive effort after clashing heads with Bulldogs halfback Toby Sexton inside the opening 10 minutes. The Fijian international's nose looked like it was made of plasticine by full-time - teammate Felise Kaufusi said Donoghoe was "already ugly enough" - after club doctor Peter Hackney cracked it back into place. "It kept bleeding the whole game, and I was breathing out of my mouth the whole time," Donoghoe said. "I just remember going hard for a tackle, I reeled out of it, I put my hand on my face and I couldn't feel my nose. "I felt the bone was across my face… I didn't really want to look in the mirror when I came back in." The Dolphins' gutsy heroics has helped them to two-straight wins outside of Queensland for the first time since the club entered the NRL in 2023 and moves Kristian Woolf's side to within touching distance of the top-eight. The fact they did it without half-a-dozen injured stars as well as Maroons flyer Hamiso Tabuai-Fidow makes the victory all the more impressive. "We're definitely capable of beating anybody in the league," Farnworth said. "We have got to get that week in and week out now and put in that fulltime performance. It's a great win going into a bye."
