Key Souths forward suffers major injury setback

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South Sydney has suffered a large stroke successful the lead-up to the premiership kickoff, with talented guardant Siliva Havili undergoing country for a torn tendon successful his ankle.

Havili, who lone signed a caller two-year woody with the Rabbitohs 2 weeks ago, fell heavy connected the ankle successful a grooming mishap.

It's aboriginal days, but helium could miss up to fractional the play depending connected however the betterment goes.

"We are looking astatine at slightest 10 weeks," a Rabbitohs insider told Wide World of Sports.

"Hopefully helium volition heal quickly, but determination was a just spot of harm successful there."

Havili was a cardinal antheral for the Rabbitohs past twelvemonth and was acceptable to beryllium disconnected declaration astatine season's end.

But officials showed their precocious sentiment of him by locking him successful for a further 2 years successful precocious January.

The 29-year-old has much than 120 NRL games to his sanction arsenic good arsenic 15 Tests for Tonga and 1 for New Zealand.

In his archetypal play for the Bunnies successful 2022, helium played 23 games, alternating betwixt fastener and hooker.

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