Reagan Campbell-Gillard’s hopes of earning a State of Origin recall are all but over after he suffered a suspected hip fracture from a hip-drop tackle in brisbanebroncos' 26-16 defeat of the TheParraEels. NRL 7NEWS
Campbell-Gillard went down, the victim of a tackle from Payne Haas that went unpunished on-field, just as the Eels were beginning to recover from the Broncos’ fast 22-6 start on Friday.Watch the latest sport on Channel 7 or stream for free onThe prop forward left Darwin’s TIO Stadium in an ambulance and an Eels spokesperson said early indications were he could miss eight to 12 weeks.
“Wiremu has done a good job, he’ll have to come into Reg’s place. I think it’ll be more than a couple of weeks.” Eels recruit J’maine Hopgood and Broncos five-eighth Ezra Mam were sin-binned for their own hip-drop tackles and are set for scrutiny from the match-review committee, but the tackle by Haas caused the only serious injury and did not even result in a penalty.Credit:“I do know that we’re going to be missing Reg for quite some time and with my untrained eye, looking at all three tackles, they looked pretty similar to me.
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