This weekend saw the NRL Auckland 9s take place in Sunny Auckland, New Zealand. South Sydney Rabbitohs took the trophy home after an impressive display in the final vs the Cronulla Sharks, winning 18-14 in extra time. But, as it is with any rugby tournament, there is a lengthy injury list, including two ACL tears… ouch.

Parramatta Eels:

Kaysa Pritchard (pec): has torn his pectoral muscle and will have surgery.

Brad Takairangi (ankle): hurt an ankle on day one and didn’t return for day two. Expected to be okay for round one.

Kenny Edwards (knee): has unfortunately torn his anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee – will have surgery.

Chris Sandow (ankle): hobbled off the field late in the semi final against the Rabbitohs – expected to be okay for round one.

Gold Coast Titans

Aidan Sezer (eye): copped a knock and wasn’t able to take the field on Sunday – will have scans.

ouch!

David Mead (ankle): minor sprain on day one.

Lachlan Burr (ankle): like Mead, suffered a minor sprain on day one.

James Roberts (shoulder): had some soreness but isn’t expected to miss any game time.

Newcastle Knights

Carlos Tuimavave (ankle): limped off the field in the Knights’ pool game loss to the Eels – will have scans.

Joseph Tapine (cork): copped a knock against Manly, didn’t play in the quarter final.

Jarrod Mullen (head): copped a knock but is okay.

Sione Mata’utia (ankle): picked up a suspected syndesmosis injury in the Knights’ Sunday morning pool match against Manly – could miss the opening rounds of the season.

Jake Mamo (cork): suffered a minor knock in the quarter final against the Rabbitohs.

Cronulla Sharks

Nu Brown (knee): unfortunately Brown suffered a torn anterior cruciate ligament in the semi final against the Roosters and will have surgery.

South Sydney Rabbitohs

Adam Reynolds (hamstring): limped off late in the final, was heavily iced. Expected to play Charity Shield.

George Burgess (heel): suffered some bruising, but expected to play in Charity Shield.

Aaron Gray (groin): club says it’s nothing serious and he’ll be right to go in the next week.

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In one of the most remarkable games of recent times, Taranaki and Auckland’s ITM Cup Semi Final was full of tries, drama and big hits.

After a 30-30 draw in normal time, the game went to extra time with Taranaki adding nineteen further points to eventually triumph 49-30.

Aucklands Peter Saili, however, can at least be proud of the fact that he put in a bone crunching hit on ‘Naki’s Cody Rei.

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In the game of Rugby, forwards are a key component to any victory, thanks to their grunt, scrummaging, line out skills, tackling and, occasionally, tries.

Generally speaking, their repertoires doesn’t extend to kicking and Auckland’s Steven Luatua obliged us with a live demonstration of this during Auckland and Tasman’s recent ITM Cup meeting.

Totally bereft of the requisite coordination to execute the kick, the All Black’s skewed kick bounced straight into the hands of former Munster hooker Quentin McDonald for what will easily be the softest try of his life.

Let this be a lesson, forwards, stick to what you’re good at.

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