Super League<\/a> returns, and will be without Hanley.<\/p>\nThe news on him is better than expected though, and he won\u2019t be out of the fold for too long.<\/p>\n
Leigh Leopards receive positive Umyla Hanley news as coach delivers comprehensive injury update<\/p>\n
Speaking in his pre-match press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Papua New Guinean boss Lam provided a comprehensive injury update.<\/p>\n
On Hanley, he explained: \u201cWe got him scanned yesterday (Tuesday), so we\u2019re waiting to hear back on that, but that should be through by now.<\/p>\n
\u201cI think it\u2019s good news in the sense it\u2019s not long-term, but it\u2019s still maybe one or two weeks (out), we\u2019ll have to wait and see what the report that comes through this afternoon says.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s not serious as far as I\u2019m aware just on the feedback from our medical team, but we\u2019ll probably know the detail of it in the next hour or so.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s on the other side. The first one, he had a small fracture in the collarbone. There\u2019s no fracture this time, we\u2019ve just got to work out what the injury is, I presume it will be two weeks out.\u201d<\/p>\n
After a torturous start to the season on the injury front, which has contributed to a torrid run of results, the Leopards are finally starting to look a bit healthier.<\/p>\n
Only Andy Badrock remains a long-term absentee, as Lam detailed: \u201cFrankie Halton is coming back from his failed HIA, and AJ Towse is in consideration this week.<\/p>\n
\u201cKeanan (Brand) rolled his ankle again last week, so that\u2019s set him back two or three weeks. It was in training, just an accident, but that was the bad luck we\u2019ve been talking about! He should be back in a couple of weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re hoping for Bailey (Hodgson) to be ready for the Catalans game (in Round 10) and Davey Armstrong maybe that week or the week after. They\u2019re not too far off.<\/p>\n
\u201c(Andy) Badrock is out for three-to-four months, he\u2019s had a shoulder reconstruction. That\u2019s a minimum.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s unlucky for him, we had big plans for him this year, but it wasn\u2019t to be.\u201d<\/p>\n
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