LIVE: Ponga's cryptic post amid retirement talk

Kalyn Ponga has spoken retired for the archetypal clip since helium was concussed successful the opening minutes of the Knights triumph implicit the Tigers connected Sunday.

Ponga took to Instagram connected Thursday greeting arsenic speech that the hazard to his semipermanent wellness could trigger an aboriginal status swirled. He posted a somewhat cryptic photograph to his stories thanking fans for their support.

"Appreciate each the emotion and enactment implicit the past mates days," Ponga wrote.

"Whatever volition be, volition be. Appreciate you guys though. Thank you fam x."

In conscionable the 2nd minute, Ponga was progressive successful a caput clash with Tigers guardant Asu Kepaoa, which sent him consecutive up the players contention wherever helium was deemed to person suffered a class 1 concussion. It was his 4th caput wounded successful the past 10 months.

He volition miss this weekend's clash against the Dolphins.

Phil Gould said helium fears Ponga's vocation is "in jeopardy" and is bemused astir the Knights' insistence connected shifting the co-captain from fullback to five-eighth.

"The radical who manager him and enactment with him each time astir apt cognize champion what presumption helium should beryllium playing. I don't similar to second-guess coaches for that reason," Gould said connected 100% Footy connected Monday night.

"I conscionable don't recognize the obsession these days with trying to determination people fullbacks into the five-eighth position. Maybe due to the fact that they tin spell and bargain different fullback but they can't spell and bargain different five-eighth.

"I conscionable don't cognize that's the close presumption for him astatine the moment. My interest with Kalyn - and I've retired 2 players due to the fact that of repeated concussions successful my vocation - is the easiness with which it happens now," Gould added.

"I don't spot those knocks arsenic thing implicit the top, (or knocks) that should beryllium causing that benignant of occupation for him. It conscionable seems present helium reacts severely to collisions that are truly rather easy, and that's not a bully sign.

"I deliberation his vocation is successful jeopardy, to beryllium honest. I don't cognize however you benignant done that.

"I get acrophobic much astatine the easiness with which they get concussed and however repeatedly that happens."