Origin gun's head knock continues Blues' injury woes

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NSW Blues' wounded situation has perchance deepened aft Liam Martin near the tract with a class 1 concussion successful the Panthers triumph implicit the Roosters.

After connecting with the hep of Jared Waerea-Hargreaves successful the 66th minute, Martin near the tract with a large chopped to his caput and looked dazed, falling to the crushed aft the tackle.

Under concussion protocols, Martin volition beryllium retired for 11 days which volition regularisation him retired for Game II, nevertheless it is imaginable helium could beryllium cleared similar Tom Trbojevic and Reed Mahoney were this weekend.

"Liam Martin's knocked out, this is large news, humor pouring from the caput of Liam Martin," NRL adept Michael Ennis said connected Fox League.

"He flew retired of the line, helium took it idiosyncratic that Hargreaves took a clasp of his small halves spouse (Jarome Luai) ... and it's smack connected 11 days until State of Origin."

Liam Martin aft his tackle connected Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. (Kayo)

Martin wasn't the lone subordinate to endure a caput sound from the Roosters enforcer with Moses Leota leaving the tract 3 minutes aboriginal with a class 2 concussion.

The Panthers prop felt the afloat unit of Waerea-Hargreaves' elbow successful a tackle and besides had humor pouring from his head.

Moses Leota near the tract aft this elbow from Jared Waerea-Hargreaves. (Kayo)

It was each Penrith passim the game, arsenic the broadside held a 10-0 pb astatine half-time acknowledgment to tries from Stephen Crichton and Dylan Edwards.

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The enactment continued successful the 2nd fractional with Isaah Yeo, Brian To'o and Izack Tago each scoring to marque it 28-0 aft 53 minutes.

James Tedesco scored a consolation effort for the Roosters successful the 60th infinitesimal earlier the carnage began.

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Tensions were boiling aft the 2 HIA's and successful the 72nd infinitesimal Spencer Leniu and Waerea-Hargreaves were successful the misdeed bin.

The 2 props - who volition beryllium teammates astatine the Roosters adjacent twelvemonth - were progressive successful a heated melee with Waerea-Hargreaves throwing a h2o bottle. Leniu past taunted the assemblage arsenic helium near the field.

A punishment against the Roosters gave Stephen Crichton the accidental for a punishment extremity successful the 74th minute, sealing a 30-6 victory.

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