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NORTH Queensland winger Matt Sing's season could be over unless the Cowboys make the finals after fears his jaw was fractured during tonight's 36-14 State of Origin loss at Telstra Stadium.
Sing didn't see the final scoreline but he was feeling more pain than his teammates after being taken to hospital for facial x-rays after leaving the game two minutes into the second half.
The Cowboys winger had an unhappy night, denied a first-half try when held back from the ball before suffering his serious injury soon after halftime in an accidental head clash with NSW five-eighth Brad Fittler.
"It looks like a broken jaw," said Queensland coach Michael Hagan, a diagnosis later confirmed by Maroons team doctor Roy Saunders.
Saunders said Sing went straight to hospital for x-rays.
"They will confirm if he has a fractured jaw," said Saunders, who seemed in little doubt the news would be bad.
"There's a lot of bumps and bruises and corks."
Sing may have gone to hospital but Queensland's dressing room resembled a casualty ward.
Halfback Scott Prince was nursing two corks and a sternum injury, Mick Crocker was putting on a brave face despite suffering a rib cartilage injury while Bronco Dane Carlaw was battling a painful shoulder.
Prince wasn't sure if he would be able to back up against Manly this weekend.
Winger Billy Slater was another player packed in ice but was confident of backing up the the Storm against the Bulldogs.
Slater was a hero in Brisbane three weeks ago after scoring one of Origin's super tries when Queensland levelled the series with a 22-18 win.
That night he had the football on a string.
Tonight it was more like a cake of soap on a string, slipping from his grasp several times.
The Storm flier was not complaining about a nasty tackle early in the game when he was lifted above the horizontal and slammed into the ground by Nathan Hindmarsh and Craig Fitzgibbon.
"Big hits like that take a bit out of you but that's no excuse for dropping a few balls I shouldn't have," said Slater, the toast of Queensland last month.
"I haven't seen the tackle yet, but I copped a whack on the back of the head.
"The game is over now. If they decide to put it on report, so be it.
"It is out of my hands, so I'm not going to worry."
Neither did the officials who chose to ignore a tackle that would have been automatically on report in any NRL club game.
Sing didn't see the final scoreline but he was feeling more pain than his teammates after being taken to hospital for facial x-rays after leaving the game two minutes into the second half.
The Cowboys winger had an unhappy night, denied a first-half try when held back from the ball before suffering his serious injury soon after halftime in an accidental head clash with NSW five-eighth Brad Fittler.
"It looks like a broken jaw," said Queensland coach Michael Hagan, a diagnosis later confirmed by Maroons team doctor Roy Saunders.
Saunders said Sing went straight to hospital for x-rays.
"They will confirm if he has a fractured jaw," said Saunders, who seemed in little doubt the news would be bad.
"There's a lot of bumps and bruises and corks."
Sing may have gone to hospital but Queensland's dressing room resembled a casualty ward.
Halfback Scott Prince was nursing two corks and a sternum injury, Mick Crocker was putting on a brave face despite suffering a rib cartilage injury while Bronco Dane Carlaw was battling a painful shoulder.
Prince wasn't sure if he would be able to back up against Manly this weekend.
Winger Billy Slater was another player packed in ice but was confident of backing up the the Storm against the Bulldogs.
Slater was a hero in Brisbane three weeks ago after scoring one of Origin's super tries when Queensland levelled the series with a 22-18 win.
That night he had the football on a string.
Tonight it was more like a cake of soap on a string, slipping from his grasp several times.
The Storm flier was not complaining about a nasty tackle early in the game when he was lifted above the horizontal and slammed into the ground by Nathan Hindmarsh and Craig Fitzgibbon.
"Big hits like that take a bit out of you but that's no excuse for dropping a few balls I shouldn't have," said Slater, the toast of Queensland last month.
"I haven't seen the tackle yet, but I copped a whack on the back of the head.
"The game is over now. If they decide to put it on report, so be it.
"It is out of my hands, so I'm not going to worry."
Neither did the officials who chose to ignore a tackle that would have been automatically on report in any NRL club game.
