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News.com.au
22-04-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
Rabbitohs captain Cameron Murray suffers season-ending setback after Achilles injury
Rabbitohs skipper Cameron Murray has been dealt a horror injury setback, with the Souths forward set to miss the entire 2025 season. After rupturing his Achilles tendon during the pre-season, Murray was expected to return a few weeks before the end of the regular season, with around a five-month recovery time touted. FOX LEAGUE, available on Kayo Sports, is the only place to watch every game of every round in the 2025 NRL Telstra Premiership, LIVE in 4K with no ad-breaks during play. New to Kayo? Get your first month for just $1. Limited-time offer. One of the best forwards in the competition, Murray's absence has been a massive blow for the Bunnies, with the side clearly missing his leadership through the middle in recent weeks. But the hope of Murray's late season return to potentially help secure a finals berth is now all but over after the 27-year-old reportedly had to go under the knife again last week due to an infection on his operated foot. Murray sparked concerns about another injury, with a vague Instagram story of him in a hospital bed over the Easter long weekend. And on Monday, 'NRL Physio' Brien Seeney revealed on The Magic Sponge podcast that the Souths forward had an infection in his troublesome foot that was so bad that it required another procedure, setting his recovery back to square one. 'He's had an infection. A pretty bad one where he's had to go back into hospital and go under again,' Seeney said on Monday night. 'So he went in for a procedure, the details of that haven't been released yet, but I was speaking to an orthopaedic surgeon this afternoon and the fact he's back in plaster means the infection must have been quite significant and also quite deep as well. 'So there's even a risk that they had to fix up some things and potentially even do the repair again. It just starts Cam Murray's recovery all over again. There was a minor chance he could come back at 5 months, which is between Round 22 and Round 27 but this just completely rules it out now. He's definitely not coming back this year. ' … From a footy perspective, I'm even concerned about how his performance will be next year.' However, the year off may not be all bad news for Murray, with former representative forward Willie Mason previously stating it actually can prolong a player's career due to them being able to rest other injury niggles. 'He has a year off in the game and sometimes that can prolong your career at the end,' Mason said on his Levels podcast earlier this year. 'If he misses the whole of 2025, all he does is rehab and work on all his other injuries; he can fix everything like that and come back next year and start fresh. 'You miss a whole year of getting hit – it's the contact and everything like that. He's not a big man; he is giving away 10 or 20 kilos in the middle, and he does not shirk it at all.'
Yahoo
14-04-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Craig Bellamy's admission about Jahrome Hughes amid latest injury blow for Storm
Melbourne Storm coach Craig Bellamy is confident there is "nothing too serious" about Jahrome Hughes' shoulder injury after confirming his star halfback is having scans on his latest complaint. Hughes played on for around 30 minutes in the first half of Sunday's 42-14 drubbing of the Warriors, despite being in obvious discomfort when he came down hard on his right arm during a tackle and was immediately seen grabbing at his shoulder. Hughes even put in a superb 40/20 kick moments after the injury scare as Melbourne ran riot in the opening 40 minutes, where they raced out to a 36-0 lead. But the reigning Dally M Medallist did not return for the second half, despite Bellamy admitting Hughes was keen to play on. Ultimately, the Storm coach decided not to risk his star halfback, with his side holding a massive lead and with one eye on next Friday night's round seven clash away to the Dolphins. 'Jahrome Hughes stayed down for a little bit after copping some pressure to his shoulder when landing on it,' sideline reporter Jake Duke told Fox League during Sunday's game. 'They say he could have played on but they didn't want to take the risk. The Storm have a short turnaround into the Dolphins next week. He'll be a 50/50 chance to play in that game. They thought 'he's not great, let's take him off considering the scoreline'". And Bellamy brushed off concerns that the latest injury for Hughes was anything serious, despite revealing his chief playmaker was "a bit sore at halftime". The Melbourne coach confirmed that the club's five-day turnaround before Friday night's Dolphins game was a major factor behind the decision to give Hughes a rest in the second half and give him the best possible chance to be right for round seven. 'He was a bit sore at halftime,' Bellamy said about Hughes in his post-game press conference. 'He was keen to play on but the way the game was, the best option was to take him off. He was ready to go again if we needed him but, like I say, we just thought it was the best decision (to be) precautionary and take him off. We got a five-day turnaround next week, give him the best chance to be ready for Friday night (against the Dolphins). 'He will probably go for scans. He was in a bit of pain but it seemed to get better as time went on so hopefully there is nothing too serious there.' Speaking about the Hughes injury on The Magic Sponge podcast, Brien Seeney of the NRL Physio account backed up Bellamy's assertion that the Hughes injury would not likely keep him sidelined for long - if at all. for an AC joint injury - lands on point of shoulder with arm confirmed mostly a pain management issue - low grade often a quick return with injections/padding (worst case miss a week or two). Hopefully the case considering he played 30 minutes with it today. — NRL PHYSIO (@nrlphysio) April 13, 2025 He explained that it appeared be an AC issue in the right shoulder that can usually be managed with a painkilling injection. But Seeney still rated Hughes as only a "50/50 chance" of playing against the Dolphins and suggested the Storm would not risk playing the Kiwi Test star due to the shorter turnaround. "I still think he's a good chance to play (against the Dolphins), it looked like an AC joint mechanism," Seeney said on the podcast. "It sounded like he wanted to keep playing. Painful, yes but they jab a pain-killing injection in there and pad it up and he should be right. At most, because of the five-day turnaround they might give him a week (off). "And let's be honest they're probably going to roll the 'Phins... I'd sit 50/50 about whether he plays this week but he'll be fine for the week after with minimal concerns I think." The news will come as a major relief for the Storm and Hughes, who only just returned from a broken hand in Melbourne's round six thrashing of Manly the previous week.
