{"id":4117,"date":"2025-07-18T21:09:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-18T21:09:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/4117\/"},"modified":"2025-07-18T21:09:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-18T21:09:09","slug":"brian-too-never-broken-by-season-of-injury-woes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/4117\/","title":{"rendered":"Brian To’o ‘never broken’ by season of injury woes"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brian To’o running with the ball on Friday night. (Steven Markham\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

Penrith ace Brian To’o says pushing through injuries is part of his job description, vowing not to become broken even if he’s bruised and busted by his latest leg injury.<\/p>\n

Superstar winger To’o left the Panthers’ 30-10 defeat of South Sydney on Friday night after clashing knees with Rabbitohs hooker Peter Mamouzelos in the second half.<\/p>\n

He consulted a doctor at full-time and will be monitored over the weekend before the Panthers determine his availability for next week’s clash against Wests Tigers in Parramatta.<\/p>\n

The winger remains hopeful of lining up as the resurgent Panthers look to make it seven wins in a row.<\/p>\n

“There are good signs so far,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It was a bit of a touchy feeling; (the collision) was definitely on the right spot.”<\/p>\n

Friday night’s injury was an aggravation of a knee issue suffered earlier in a season of fitness setbacks for the affable NSW winger.<\/p>\n

A hamstring issue prevented To’o from lining up for Penrith in the Las Vegas season opener and he has struggled for continuity ever since.<\/p>\n

The 26-year-old has played only eight NRL games in 2025 and was under an injury cloud for the second and third State of Origin games with hamstring and knee problems, respectively.<\/p>\n

\"BrianBrian To’o was forced off after clashing knees with Rabbitohs hooker Peter Mamouzelos. (Steven Markham\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

On both occasions, he ultimately took the field to prove one of the Blues’ best in losing efforts.<\/p>\n

To’o said it was his job to push through the pain as the Panthers look to lock in a finals spot with a favourable fixture over the coming weeks.<\/p>\n

“I’ll always back myself to keep going,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It’s part of the job, you’ll always be busted and bruised, but never broken.”<\/p>\n

On Friday night, Keaon Koloamatangi (ankle) and Peter Mamouzelos (head knock) became the latest in a long line of Souths players to fall victim to injuries this season.<\/p>\n

To’o was relieved the Panthers have a mostly clean bill of health on the home stretch of the regular season, having lost key players in recent years at around this time.<\/p>\n

Nathan Cleary notably needed time on the sidelines to recover from a shoulder injury ahead of last year’s finals, with Jarome Luai also nursing a shoulder problem late in the 2023 campaign.<\/p>\n

Other than To’o, the only Panthers under injury clouds for round 21 are Liam Martin, who is expected to shake off a wrist injury, and out-of-favour hooker Soni Luke (biceps).<\/p>\n

“We’ve been unlucky the last couple of years with injuries late in the season. It’s good to know,” To’o said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brian To’o running with the ball on Friday night. (Steven Markham\/AAP PHOTOS) Penrith ace Brian To’o says pushing…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":4118,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,1348,3355,3359,3353,761,762,44,3356,3354,3357,158,85,3358,1346],"class_list":["post-4117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-breaking-news","tag-daily-news","tag-global-news","tag-inkl","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-news","tag-news-app","tag-news-headlines","tag-news-today","tag-nrl","tag-sports","tag-today-news","tag-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117","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=4117"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4117\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4118"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}