Join now and get your first month for just $1.<\/a><\/p>\nWalsh, who already had his leg heavily strapped, went down in agonising pain and Nicoll-Klokstad was sent to the sin bin when replays showed he put his weight on Walsh\u2019s leg in the tackle. <\/p>\n
\u201cHe can\u2019t walk,\u201d Cooper Cronk said on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n
Walsh was hobbling around in pain but stayed on the field only to throw an intercept pass to Warriors flyer Alofiana Khan-Pereira, who ran the length of the field to score. <\/p>\n
Watch Reece Walsh suffer his injury in the video above<\/p>\n
\u201cWalsh is injured, he\u2019s come back in for one big play and it\u2019s cost him big time,\u201d Cronk said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cDoesn\u2019t that just sum Reece Walsh. Courageous, tough. Wants to fight and compete on everything, and goes all in on the big play over the top.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Broncos fullback then came from the field with a suspected high ankle sprain \u2014 he will undergo scans but his NRL season is over and he is now in doubt for the Kangaroos\u2019 World Cup campaign.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s coming off. He can\u2019t put any weight on that leg,\u201d commentator Dan Ginnane said on Kayo Sports.<\/p>\n
\u201cThat might be it for Reece Walsh this year.\u201d<\/p>\n
Walsh was Australia\u2019s best player in last year\u2019s post-season Ashes series win and was the frontrunner to keep the No. 1 jersey despite a mixed year for the Broncos. <\/p>\n
The injury carnage continued when Warriors halfback Luke Metcalf injured his hamstring while kicking a conversion in the first half. <\/p>\n
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Metcalf immediately clutched at his right hamstring and was inconsolable in the tunnel and in the changeroom with ice strapped to his leg. <\/p>\n
The Warriors defeated Penrith last week and have emerged as a premiership contender with their imposing forward pack. With playmaker Tanah Boyd sidelined with an ACL injury, the Warriors need Metcalf to recover in time for finals to mount a premiership push. <\/p>\n
\u201cOh no! The hamstring. He knew straight away that something was up,\u201d commentator Dan Ginnane said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWhat is going on with goalkickers and injury. Two at Souths and now Metcalf all in the space of a week.<\/p>\n
\u201cMetcalf, please no. This would be cruel. Absolutely cruel. He is snakebit Luke Metcalf. You can see that devastation just washing over him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cScenes of devastation here for Luke Metcalf,\u201d Cronk said.<\/p>\n
In the past fortnight Rabbitohs duo Ashton Ward and Jayden Sullivan both suffered injuries while kicking conversions. <\/p>\n
Yvonne Sampson said: \u201cWatching Luke Metcalf grab at that hamstring when he took that conversion attempt was one of the more cruel things we\u2019ve seen for someone who doesn\u2019t need another injury.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cMy heart sunk,\u201d Warriors great Shaun Johnson said. \u201cIt\u2019s been a pretty horrid run for him.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cExtremely sad for both of them.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Warriors took a 20-0 lead into halftime against the Broncos and kept piling on the points to claim a dominant victory \u2014 they are equal with Penrith on 36 points but remain in third position, just 10 points difference separating the two teams.<\/p>\n
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