{"id":421821,"date":"2026-05-11T06:06:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421821\/"},"modified":"2026-05-11T06:06:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-11T06:06:09","slug":"storm-provide-injury-update-on-sua-faalogo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/421821\/","title":{"rendered":"Storm provide injury update on Sua Fa&#8217;alogo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/melbourne-storm\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Melbourne Storm<\/a> has provided an update on star fullback <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/sualauvi-faalogo\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sua Fa&#8217;alogo<\/a> following a nasty head clash in their recent encounter against the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/wests-tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Wests Tigers<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>While making a tackle, Fa&#8217;alogo clashed heads with teammate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/jahrome-hughes\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jahrome Hughes<\/a>, coming off second best and left the field in the first half.<\/p>\n<p>Scans have revealed that there was no fracture present in the facial area, clearing him of any serious injury.<\/p>\n<p>With the injury being limited to just soft tissue, he will be cleared and available for selection this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>It is a massive bonus for the Storm, who looked to be back to their best after snapping a seven-game losing streak against the Tigers.<\/p>\n<p>As one of the brightest attacking spectacles in the competition, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">NRL<\/a> will also be relieved by Fa&#8217;alogo&#8217;s availability, with the talented fullback no-doubt drawing in fans to watch him play at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/magic-round\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Magic Round<\/a> this weekend.<\/p>\n<p>The skillful speedster can tear through opposition defensive lines with ease, making him a great threat with ball-in-hand.<\/p>\n<p>In the side&#8217;s 44-16 win over the Tigers, the Storm spine stepped up when Fa&#8217;alogo left the field, with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/cameron-munster\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cameron Munster<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/players\/harry-grant\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Harry Grant<\/a> and Hughes all putting in quality displays.<\/p>\n<p>The Storm will face the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerotackle.com\/nrl\/teams\/parramatta-eels\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Parramatta Eels<\/a> on Saturday, looking to continue their strong form and build momentum into the crucial Origin period, which may see them without some stars.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Melbourne Storm has provided an update on star fullback Sua Fa&#8217;alogo following a nasty head clash in&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":421822,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[111,139,69,213],"class_list":["post-421821","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\/421821","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=421821"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/421821\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/421822"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=421821"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=421821"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=421821"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}