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Ankle injury may end Manly Sea Eagles hooker Matt Ballin’s season
Dean Ritchie The Daily Telegraph September 02, 2014 5:58PM 0
MANLY could be rocked by another season-ending injury.
Sea Eagles hooker Matt Ballin has an ankle injury with club officials fearing he may not play again this year.
There was talk in the Manly camp on Tuesday night that Ballin may have a broken bone in his ankle, sustained in the last-second win over Penrith on Sunday at Brookvale.
Ballin didn’t finish the game. He will be examined again on Wednesday.
Losing Ballin, should he be ruled out for the season, would be a huge blow for Manly with the NRL finals looking.
Manly’s depth is really being tested.
On Monday, Manly lost utility forward Jamie Buhrer for the year with an ruptured ACL.
Ballin is one of the toughest and most resilient hookers in the NRL.
Should he be ruled out, Manly coach Geoff Toovey would look at naming young Jayden Hodges in his pack.
Jayden, the cousin of Broncos and Queensland star Justin, is in the first of a three-year contract at Brookvale.
Ballin has been a rock in the Manly pack, helping the club to their 2008 and 2011 grand final wins.
Manly hope prop Brenton Lawrence, who missed last weekend’s game, will return for Saturday’s match against North Queensland in Townsville.