{"id":660968,"date":"2026-05-10T02:15:32","date_gmt":"2026-05-10T02:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/660968\/"},"modified":"2026-05-10T02:15:32","modified_gmt":"2026-05-10T02:15:32","slug":"nrl-news-2026-manly-veteran-siosiua-taukeiaho-stretchered-off-with-leg-injury-vs-broncos-taken-to-hospital-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/660968\/","title":{"rendered":"NRL news 2026: Manly veteran Siosiua Taukeiaho stretchered off with leg injury vs Broncos, taken to hospital, video"},"content":{"rendered":"

Manly<\/a> veteran Siosiua Taukeiaho<\/a> was stretchered off the field in “concerning scenes” and could miss up to a year after suffering a fractured tibia and fibula during his side’s 32-4 win over reigning premiers Brisbane<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Taukeiaho was at his bustling best in the middle of the field on Saturday night, running for more than 120 metres in his stint off the bench.<\/p>\n

The 34-year-old then crossed for a rare try early in the second half, running onto a flat pass from Nathan Brown and forcing his way over the line.<\/p>\n

READ MORE: ‘Very strange’: Legend stunned by Bronco’s brain fade<\/a><\/p>\n

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Siosiua Taukeiaho crosses for a try.\u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

However, in the process of planting the ball down, Taukeiaho got his legs tangled up with a couple of Broncos defenders and immediately screamed out in agony. <\/p>\n

“He’s hurt himself in doing so … he holds the ball and gets it down, momentum has dragged him into the in-goal area,” Greg Alexander<\/a> said on Fox League.<\/p>\n

Watch the 2026 NRL season live and free on Nine and 9Now<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Replays showed a very awkward landing for Taukeiaho and it appeared as though the knee of Cory Paix accidentally came down on his lower-leg.<\/p>\n

Word quickly filtered through that it was a suspected fractured tibia for Taukeiaho as he was attended to by Manly’s medical staff with a green whistle.<\/p>\n

The front-rower was then stretchered from the field as fans and head coach Kieran Foran looked on with clear concern for Taukeiaho’s wellbeing.<\/p>\n

“That’s ugly … these are concerning scenes, the green whistle is coming out and this is not good, this is a dour moment,” lead commentator Dan Ginnane said.<\/p>\n

“He’s been a wonderful player. You don’t want to draw too harsh a conclusion but at his age and his contract, this is obviously a serious injury.<\/p>\n

“If that is the end, what a way to go out – scoring a try, putting your body on the line.”<\/p>\n

The two-time Roosters premiership winner was then taken to a nearby hospital and will undergo surgery, placing him on the shelf indefinitely.<\/p>\n

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Siosiua Taukeiaho is stretchered from the field.\u00a0Fox League<\/p>\n

“It’s not good, I’ve just spoken to the doc,” Foran told Fox League post-game.<\/p>\n

“It’s a pretty bad break in his leg, he will be going in for surgery hopefully overnight.”<\/p>\n

Taukeiaho’s four-pointer helped extend the lead for the Sea Eagles, who pushed further ahead when Tolu Koula raced away for a long-range try with 20 minutes remaining.<\/p>\n

Reuben Garrick put the icing on the cake for the home side in the dying stages as the Sea Eagles cement themselves in the NRL’s top-eight. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Manly veteran Siosiua Taukeiaho was stretchered off the field in “concerning scenes” and could miss up to a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":660969,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[568],"tags":[64,63,761,762,158,85],"class_list":["post-660968","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\/660968","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=660968"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/660968\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/660969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=660968"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=660968"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=660968"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}