'Not on': Suaalii sweats over late tackle

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By Brett Graham and Damien McCartney

Young weapon Joseph Suaalii faces an anxious hold aft being enactment connected study successful the Roosters' 20-12 triumph implicit the Warriors.

The 19-year-old recovered himself successful blistery h2o for a precocious deed connected Charnze Nicoll-Klokstad.

It's not lone Suaalii who could beryllium missing erstwhile the Roosters play Souths connected Friday, with caller enlistee Brandon Smith besides successful uncertainty aft picking up a rib injury.

Smith suffered the wounded successful a tackle successful the archetypal fractional and did not return.

"Not bully mate. I can't retrieve the past clip I played a damn crippled and didn't travel disconnected injured," helium told the ABC aft the match.

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Coach Trent Robinson conceded helium had nary thought however galore matches Smith mightiness miss.

"I don't know, I'm not definite however agelong that (injury) takes," Robinson said aft the match.

"They thought it was his rib, and they tried to numb that, but it ended up being muscular.

"When helium went retired to bash immoderate passing it was inactive hurting, truthful they told maine helium couldn't spell backmost on.

"That's disappointing, 2nd week (in a row)."

Meanwhile, Panthers large Greg Alexander said Suaalii "could beryllium successful immoderate trouble" for his deed connected Nicoll-Klokstad.

The Warriors fullback - who aboriginal failed a HIA aft a caput clash - had agelong released the ball, and Suaalii deed him unsighted from behind.

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"It's not on. You can't deed a antheral erstwhile he's fto spell of the shot and erstwhile he's relaxed and Joseph Suaalii deed him nether the ribs, nether the back," Alexander said connected Fox League.

"We effort and support our playmakers from that from forwards erstwhile they drift crossed the field. Once they fto spell of the ball, you can't deed them.

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"Suaalii enactment a changeable connected good aft he'd passed the ball. There volition beryllium a complaint for Joseph to answer."

Leading 18-6, the Warriors looked to equine a precocious complaint erstwhile Addin Fonua-Blake crossed conscionable aft the hr mark.

From there, the Warriors enjoyed a ascendant play of possession and should person crossed if not for basal errors.

A precocious punishment extremity from Luke Walker sealed the win.

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