Wests Tigers fear that Jackson Hastings season could be over
Wests Tigers fear a hip-drop tackle from Brisbane forward Patrick Carrigan has left Jackson Hastings with a season-ending ankle injury.
Late in the Tigers’ upset win over Brisbane, Carrigan entered a tackle late and made contact with Hastings’ lower leg, leaving the lock forward to limp from the field in visible pain.
Hastings went for scans on Saturday night and while the Tigers will not receive full results until Sunday afternoon, the club told AAP early indications were he had suffered a syndesmosis injury.
Given the Tigers are no longer in finals contention, it looks unlikely Hastings will be rushed back before the end of the year.
Interim coach Brett Kimmorley said hip-drop tackles could cause serious damage and needed to be abolished from the game.
“It’s a horrendous tackle and the outcome can be really bad,” he said.
“It’s something that’s crept into the game a little bit.”
The injury will force Kimmorley to tinker with his spine yet again.
Hastings’ shift from halfback to lock three weeks ago revitalised the Tigers’ attack but now Joe Ofahengaue looks set to move back there for the remainder of the season.
Hastings’ injury also appears to have confirmed Jock Madden will finish the season in the halves alongside Adam Doueihi.
Madden has replaced the injured Luke Brooks at halfback and Hastings appeared to be the only one with the chance of displacing him before season’s end.
With Brisbane now behind Melbourne in fifth, the potential suspension of young forwards leader Carrigan would be a major blow in the Broncos’ run to the playoffs.
After Kimmorley’s first win in charge of the Tigers, captain James Tamou lauded the interim coach for bringing a “more simplistic” game plan to the club.
“Noddy said from the start, ‘if you want to buy in, I’ll take you where you want to go’,” Tamou said.
“From day one he’s put his foot down and it’s worked. This is just one win but it’s the gradual improvement that’s happened over the last month.
“Now is not the time to pat each other on the back though. Hopefully we can keep building on this for the last month and go a bit further.”
The win lifted Wests off the bottom of the ladder and ended a four-match winning streak by the Broncos, tipping them out of the top four in the process.
Kimmorley lauded it as a reward his besieged team truly deserved after a month where they also pushed premiership contenders Penrith and Parramatta before being controversially denied against second-placed North Queensland.
Kimmorley, who has just returned from COVID isolation, admitted his side could have fallen into a heap without Brooks but their gutsy five-tries-to-three effort showed plenty of promise.
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