Scans confirm tear sustained in Penrith Panthers’ win on SundayInjury to sideline playmaker for ‘up to six weeks’, says club
Nathan Cleary’s hopes of featuring in this year’s State of Origin series are all but over after scans revealed the NSW halfback has suffered a hamstring tear. The Blues No 7 limped out of Penrith’s 26-18 win over St George Illawarra on Sunday, with scans on Monday revealing a grade-two tear to his left hamstring.
The injury is set to sideline the playmaker for “up to six weeks”, according to the Panthers. That diagnosis certainly rules him out of the must-win Game Two in Brisbane on 21 June and leaves him at long odds to feature in Game Three in Sydney on 12 July.
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