The Roosters’ premiership hopes have been rocked with the two playmaking stars now facing lengthy recoveries that will stretch well into 2025.
Brandon Smith is feared to have ruptured his ACL in the second brutal blow to the Sydney Roosters’ premiership hopes as he joins star halfback Sam Walker in staring down a lengthy recovery that will stretch well into 2025.
Whitehead was sin-binned and placed on report for what was deemed a hip drop tackle by referee Todd Smith, with Robinson dismissing Whitehead’s attempts to check-in on Smith after full-time and saying “the hip drop’s been pretty common in his game for a long time.” The news on Smith is particularly galling for the Roosters given he had initially been thought to have damaged his medial cruciate ligament, an injury that typically requires a lay-off of four to six weeks.
Sandon Smith is expected to replace Walker in the halves alongside Luke Keary for the Roosters’ finals run.
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