{"id":552215,"date":"2026-03-20T06:16:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:16:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552215\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T06:16:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T06:16:13","slug":"souths-suffer-double-blow-in-latest-injury-setback","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/552215\/","title":{"rendered":"Souths suffer double blow in latest injury setback"},"content":{"rendered":"

Campbell Graham’s frustrating run with injury has continued, with the South Sydney winger ruled out of the clash against Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n

Graham has been left nursing a shoulder issue since last Friday’s loss to the Sydney Roosters, and has not recovered in time to play on Saturday night.<\/p>\n

Souths are set to be without Campbell Graham this weekend with a shoulder injury.\u00a0Photo by Bradley Kanaris\/Getty Images<\/p>\n

Souths are hopeful the winger will return to play on Good Friday against Canterbury after next week’s bye, but Moala Graham-Taufa will start in his place in Gosford.<\/p>\n

His absence is one of two injury blows for the Rabbitohs, with Euan Aitken also set to miss the date with the Tigers while battling a cork injury that has left him unable to run.<\/p>\n

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Graham has endured a horror run in recent years, injured in the opening round of 2023 before playing through pain that entire campaign.<\/p>\n

He missed the whole of 2024 following pre-season surgery on the injury, before a calf issue early last year eventually led to an operation on his back.<\/p>\n

Graham had only spoken earlier this week about hoping he had turned a corner, with the body holding up well aside from general soreness after games.<\/p>\n

“Footy comes with injuries and that’s just part of the game we play,” Graham told reporters on Wednesday.<\/p>\n

“There were some tough times for sure, some long days, long weeks and long months. I’m lucky I am at a club where they give great care.<\/p>\n

“I want to give a shout out to the medical staff who put me physically and mentally in a good place.”<\/p>\n

Graham-Taufa will play his sixth NRL match, replacing Graham, after debuting for the Roosters in 2021.<\/p>\n

“He’s not tall, but big,” Bunnies coach Bennett said.<\/p>\n

“They have done a great job with him at the Warriors, he’s highly skilled.<\/p>\n

“He’ll get his opportunity tomorrow. I haven’t seen a lot of him to make comment, but we’re happy to have him here.”<\/p>\n

The other big in is Jamie Humphreys, after the Rabbitohs’ first-choice halfback missed the opening two rounds through suspension.<\/p>\n

After they were ravaged by injuries last year, Humphreys will now at least have the chance to steer a South Sydney team that are somewhat closer to full strength.<\/p>\n

The 24-year-old spent part of his summer in Melbourne working with AFL clubs on his kicking, after going from a cut-price deal to claiming Souths’ No.7 jersey last year.<\/p>\n

“It was a great initiative by him and showed a real commitment by him,” Bennett said.<\/p>\n

“Combinations are everything in the game. We’re only two weeks into the season but it’s good to have him back.”<\/p>\n

Bennett also confirmed Souths expect to have hooker Brandon Smith back from a calf injury after the bye.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Campbell Graham’s frustrating run with injury has continued, with the South Sydney winger ruled out of the clash…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":552216,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-552215","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\/552215","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=552215"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/552215\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/552216"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=552215"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=552215"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=552215"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}