{"id":410729,"date":"2026-05-04T04:15:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:15:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410729\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T04:15:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T04:15:09","slug":"doueihis-origin-dream-likely-dashed-as-tigers-cop-double-injury-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/410729\/","title":{"rendered":"Doueihi’s Origin dream likely dashed as Tigers cop double injury blow"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Wests Tigers<\/a> might have lost by 42 points to the Cronulla Sharks<\/a> on Sunday afternoon in the Shire, but that may not even be the biggest problem for Benji Marshall’s side.<\/p>\n

Instead, the club are dealing with a major double injury blow, with two of their more in-form players both failing to see out the game.<\/p>\n

Adam Doueihi<\/a>, who has been widely discussed as a State of Origin<\/a> candidate, went down with a shoulder injury while scoring a try during the first half, while second-rower Samuela Fainu<\/a> also failed to finish the game, picking up a foot injury.<\/p>\n

Marshall said both players need scans, and while Fainu currently has no estimation on return timeline, Doueihi is facing at least a month on the sidelines after his shoulder dislocated.<\/p>\n

\u201cHis shoulder dislocated and they put it back in, so he’ll get a scan tomorrow,\u201d Marshall said during his post-match press conference.<\/p>\n

\u201cI’m unsure of the time, but we’ve had a couple of those, so it’s probably around four weeks, maybe six.<\/p>\n

\u201cSamuela has a foot issue, so he’s gonna get a scan tomorrow, so not sure on that one.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doueihi’s four-week return to play timeline, in what could be a best-case scenario, means he will be out well after Game 1 of the State of Origin<\/a> series, which is now just three weeks away, to be played on Wednesday, May 27 in Sydney.<\/p>\n

Doueihi has never played Origin before, but with other injuries to New South Wales players, his versatility and form, it was believed he was a good chance of landing one of the spots on the six-man bench.<\/p>\n

His injury is a horror blow for the Tigers too, who have relied on Doueihi to control the side.<\/p>\n

It was clear exactly how much they missed with him sidelined against the Sharks, although there were other injury problems heading into the game, including the loss of fullback Jahream Bula<\/a> to a shoulder problem and Apisai Koroisau<\/a> to suspension.<\/p>\n

Both players will remain out next week when the joint-venture travel to Melbourne and play the struggling Storm on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Jock Madden<\/a> is now expected to partner another Blues<\/a> candidate in Jarome Luai<\/a> in the halves for the game.<\/p>\n

Fainu will likely join three-quarters of the Tigers spine on the sidelines, although his return should be offset by the return of English second-rower Kai Pearce-Paul<\/a> from a head knock.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Wests Tigers might have lost by 42 points to the Cronulla Sharks on Sunday afternoon in the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":224697,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-410729","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\/410729","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=410729"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/410729\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/224697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410729"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=410729"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=410729"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}