{"id":377492,"date":"2026-04-13T15:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/377492\/"},"modified":"2026-04-13T15:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-13T15:09:10","slug":"knights-injury-woes-continue-with-star-set-to-be-sidelined-for-a-month-with-rare-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/377492\/","title":{"rendered":"Knights injury woes continue with star set to be sidelined for a month with rare injury"},"content":{"rendered":"

Newcastle Knights’ injury woes will continue with a fresh batch of players set to be sidelined after their loss against the Wests Tigers<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Damaging second rower Dylan Lucas<\/a> will be sidelined for a month, or maybe longer, with the Newcastle Herald reporting he has suffered a “severe throat injury” when he copped an elbow during the match.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It all but rules out Lucas for a State of Origin<\/a> berth, who was playing superbly for the Knights and was a smokey for selection in the NSW Blues<\/a> extended squad.\u00a0<\/p>\n

It is a rare injury, with only a few larynx injuries recorded at the NRL<\/a> level.<\/p>\n

Most notably, Andrew Fifita<\/a>, who in 2021 fractured his larynx from a blow to the throat and was subsequently placed in an induced coma for treatment.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The NRL Physio\u00a0has provided an outline for a recovery period for Lucas, where the injury can usually range anywhere between two and 12 weeks, with extra precaution necessary for dealing with the player’s airway considerations.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Knights veteran Tyson Frizell<\/a> is also set to miss this week’s clash with the Sydney Roosters<\/a> with a rib injury.\u00a0<\/p>\n

With injuries plaguing the start of their season, including Kalyn Ponga<\/a>, Fletcher Sharpe<\/a> and Dylan Brown<\/a> missing games early in the season, the Knights sit at a respectable sixth on the ladder, with four wins and two losses.<\/p>\n

Brown is expected to be named to return from an MCL injury sustained against Manly in Round 2, a timely boost after missing key personnel in Lucas and Frizell.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The Knights will travel to the Eastern Suburbs to face the Roosters at Allianz Stadium on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Newcastle Knights’ injury woes will continue with a fresh batch of players set to be sidelined after their…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":377493,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-377492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-new-zealand","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377492","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=377492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/377492\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/377493"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=377492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=377492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=377492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}