{"id":575289,"date":"2026-05-09T20:10:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:10:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/575289\/"},"modified":"2026-05-09T20:10:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-09T20:10:15","slug":"ex-super-league-man-stretchered-off-in-nrl-win-as-fears-aired-over-playing-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/575289\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Super League man stretchered off in NRL win as fears aired over playing future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMGL0906.jpg\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>Former Super League Grand Finalist, Siosiua Taukeiaho, could have potentially played the final game of his career after a nasty injury in the NRL earlier today.<\/p>\n<p>Taukeiaho, who plays for the Manly Sea Eagles in the NRL, started on the bench in this morning\u2019s game against Brisbane Broncos, a game that Manly would go on to win 32-4.<\/p>\n<p>After taking to the field in the the 18th minute, the ex-Catalans Dragons man took an awkward hit shortly after the half-time break, and as a result he needed to be stretchered from the field.<\/p>\n<p>Taukeiaho was actually injured in the act of scoring, and as the scrambling defenders attempted to make the tackle, the forward\u2019s lower leg suffered the consequences.<\/p>\n<p>Given the initial severity of the injury, and the fact that the former Dragon is now 34 and off-contract at the season\u2019s end, it could mean that he has played his final professional game, something that he won\u2019t want to be the case.<\/p>\n<p>The commentators suggested as much, and that would be a big blow givne how well he has returned to the NRL after a two-year stint in Super League,\u00a0 however he did only compete in one of those seasons.<\/p>\n<p>Taukeiaho was part of Catalans\u2019 Grand Final squad in 2023, and he has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.seriousaboutrl.com\/rugby-league-news-playing-on-a-broken-foot-former-catalans-dragons-forward-reveals-2023-grand-final-injury-as-turbulent-perpignan-exit-explained-110151\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">since revealed that he played that game on a broken foot,<\/a> slamming Catalans for their lack of care when players got injured.<\/p>\n<p>He returned to the NRL top flight in 2025, and the former Sydney Roosters man has featured for Manly on 25 occasions since then.<\/p>\n<p>Leeds Rhinos star\u2019s controversial charge, inconsistent Hull FC and Challenge Cup semi-final predictions \u2013 <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/WPhtR_hBoQw?si=2u-9DyYmKeJrfG_B\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Graphic footage: Siosiua Taukeiaho was taken to hospital after suffering a suspected lower leg (tibia) fracture.<\/p>\n<p>Video shows contact mechanism into lower leg causing clear bony deformity \u2013 likely significant fracture. Hopefully no open\/compound fracture to limit risk of\u2026 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ePG0F4HWEF\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/ePG0F4HWEF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 NRL PHYSIO (@nrlphysio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/2053072003335442578?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">May 9, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/1768085712_213_srl-logo.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Former Super League Grand Finalist, Siosiua Taukeiaho, could have potentially played the final game of his career after&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":575290,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[5903,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-575289","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-rugby","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575289","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=575289"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/575289\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/575290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=575289"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=575289"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=575289"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}