{"id":534767,"date":"2026-03-12T04:28:11","date_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:28:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/534767\/"},"modified":"2026-03-12T04:28:11","modified_gmt":"2026-03-12T04:28:11","slug":"billy-smith-in-doubt-for-roosters-rabbitohs-clash-after-e-bike-incident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/534767\/","title":{"rendered":"Billy Smith in doubt for Roosters-Rabbitohs clash after e-bike incident"},"content":{"rendered":"

Roosters centre Billy Smith is in doubt for Friday\u2019s clash against arch rivals South Sydney after being involved in an e-bike incident on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Sources not authorised to speak on the matter told this masthead Smith was e-biking in the Moore Park precinct, doubling with teammate Egan Butcher, when they were involved in an accident.<\/p>\n

\"Roosters<\/p>\n

Roosters centre Billy Smith.Credit: Getty Images<\/p>\n

While Butcher has walked away relatively unscathed, a witness said Smith suffered a head injury. He was being assessed by the club doctor on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The club is yet to determine whether Smith will be fit to line up against the Rabbitohs. It continues a luckless run for the 26-year-old, who has managed just 46 games during an injury-interrupted career.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m completely fine, I\u2019m all good,\u201d Smith said when contacted by this masthead.<\/p>\n

Roosters players regularly move between their training sessions at Kippax Lake Oval and club facilities inside Allianz Stadium using e-bikes and scooters. Members of Trent Robinson\u2019s side were spotted returning to their club headquarters on foot on Thursday afternoon after completing their pre-game captain\u2019s run.<\/p>\n

\"Billy<\/p>\n

Billy Smith on an e-bike, with Egan Butcher, in a photo posted by the Roosters earlier this week.Credit: Instagram<\/p>\n

Under NRL rules, the Roosters\u2019 initial 22-man squad for Friday\u2019s local derby must be trimmed to 19 players at 8pm on Thursday, 24 hours out from kick-off.<\/p>\n

Outside back Junior Pauga, who was dropped after last week\u2019s loss to the Warriors<\/a> for returning centre Rob Toia, looms as the most likely replacement should Smith be ruled out.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Roosters centre Billy Smith is in doubt for Friday\u2019s clash against arch rivals South Sydney after being involved…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":534768,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-534767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nrl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-national-rugby-league","tag-nationalrugbyleague","tag-nrl","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534767","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=534767"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/534767\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/534768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=534767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=534767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=534767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}