brutal injury occurred when his Warriors teammate Josh Curran accidentally shoved his knee into the 23-year-old’s groin. The duo were battling to halt Melbourne fullback Ryan Papenhuyzen as he battled to score in the final few minutes of the first half.
Upon sustaining the injury, Harris-Tavita was attended to by physios for almost two minutes on the Warriors’ goal-line. He then re-joined the action and his team’s defensive effort to play the full 80 minutes in which he never missed a tackle, although his team was ultimately crushed 70-10.NRL injury analyst and physiotherapist Brien Seeney hailed Harris-Tavita’s ability to play through such pain as ‘the toughest effort of 2022’.
He believes the Warriors halfback must have been in significant pain as he soldiered on.Harris-Tavita’s injury is another frustrating setback for the Warriors ahead of their round eight clash against Canberra on Saturday.
The team had already lost Curran and Dallin Watene-Zelezniak to injury, while prop Aaron Pene is suspended.Kodi Nikorima is also unavailable after a positive Covid test and off-season signing Ash Taylor is out indefinitely, which means Shaun Johnson is the only established playmaker still fit.
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