{"id":158641,"date":"2025-09-21T10:58:09","date_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:58:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/158641\/"},"modified":"2025-09-21T10:58:09","modified_gmt":"2025-09-21T10:58:09","slug":"cleary-provides-update-on-panthers-injury-worries-after-semi-final-win-nrl-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/158641\/","title":{"rendered":"Cleary provides update on Panthers injury worries after semi-final win &#8211; NRL News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/penrith-panthers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Penrith Panthers<\/a> head coach <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/coaches\/ivan-cleary\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Ivan Cleary<\/a> has confirmed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/liam-martin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Martin<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/casey-mclean\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Casey McLean<\/a> should be fit for next weekend&#8217;s clash with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/brisbane-broncos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brisbane Broncos<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers handed out a beatdown to the Bulldogs on Sunday afternoon at Accor Stadium in the second semi-final, but it wasn&#8217;t without worry.<\/p>\n<p>New South Wales <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/rugby-league\/teams\/nsw-blues\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Blues<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/state-of-origin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">State of Origin<\/a> forward <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/liam-martin\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Liam Martin<\/a> left the field during the second half appearing to be in trouble with a shoulder injury that has plagued him at times this year.<\/p>\n<p>He was taken straight to the dressing room for assessment and was seen hunched over in the tunnel. He eventually returned to the bench, and Cleary said it was a case of being winded more than anything else.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Marto is okay. He just got crunched by Kikau and is more winded than anything,&#8221; the Panthers coach said during his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n<p>McLean also left the field late in the contest, but Cleary said a potential hip injury should be fine, while there were also no concerns for the impressive outside back&#8217;s shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Casey has a bit of a hip pointer. He thinks it&#8217;s fine, but hopefully he will be alright,&#8221; the coach said.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers have seven days to recovery before clashing with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/brisbane-broncos\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brisbane Broncos<\/a> at Suncorp Stadium in next Sunday&#8217;s preliminary final.<\/p>\n<p>        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n        &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"&#13; &#13; Penrith Panthers head coach Ivan Cleary has confirmed Liam Martin and Casey McLean should be fit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":158642,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-158641","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-nrl","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-national-rugby-league","11":"tag-nationalrugbyleague","12":"tag-nrl","13":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158641","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158641"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158641\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/158642"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158641"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158641"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158641"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}