{"id":680740,"date":"2026-07-08T17:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680740\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T17:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T17:10:13","slug":"leigh-leopards-dealt-crushing-tesi-niu-blow-as-adrian-lam-confirms-three-more-magic-weekend-injuries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/680740\/","title":{"rendered":"Leigh Leopards dealt crushing Tesi Niu blow as Adrian Lam confirms three more Magic Weekend injuries"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Adrian Lam has confirmed that Tesi Niu could miss the remainder of the season with the knee injury that he sustained at Magic Weekend, as he also revealed that Leigh Leopards picked up three more injuries in that win over Warrington Wolves.<\/p>\n

Niu was helped from the field after a hip drop tackle from Sam Powell<\/a> that subsequently landed the Wire man a three-match ban but whilst Powell will miss three matches, Niu could miss the remainder of the season with what Lam has described as a bad injury.<\/p>\n

Speaking to the media today (Wednesday) ahead of the Leopards\u2019 game against Castleford on Saturday, the Leigh boss confirmed it will be a long-term injury.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe all know that he\u2019s hurt his knee there through that incident but injury wise it looks at the moment that he\u2019s ruptured his MCL and there\u2019s a fair bit of damage to his cartilage. We\u2019re getting to the bottom of exactly what the time frame is there but it could be the rest of the season,\u201d Lam explained.<\/p>\n

He also confirmed more information will come to light in the coming hours: \u201cIt doesn\u2019t look good at the moment. It does look long-term. It does look like it may be the season but we\u2019ll get a little bit more information about that over the next 24 hours.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Leigh Leopards injury list revealed<\/p>\n

As well as losing Niu to what could be a season-ending injury, Leigh also saw three forwards pick up issues with Joe Ofahengaue certain to miss the game against Castleford, whilst both Robbie Mulhern and Aaron Pene are doubts.<\/p>\n

Lam said: \u201cWe\u2019re going to give Robbie Mulhern and Aaron Pene until captains run to be available but both of those have got niggly calves and achilles there.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Joe) Ofahengaue has got a 1B calf strain\/tear. That\u2019s going to be two or three weeks for Joe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Jacob Alick-Wiencke, who missed Magic Weekend, is also set for another two weeks on the sidelines with an MCL strain but there is a positive in that Jack Hughes returns from suspension whilst new signing Lazarus Vaalepu could also feature.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re going to need them,\u201d Lam admitted, adding: \u201cIf we\u2019re without two or three of our big forwards, if Pene doesn\u2019t play and Mulhern doesn\u2019t play and Joffa doesn\u2019t play, that\u2019s a big loss for us as a club.\u201d<\/p>\n

He also confirmed that Josh Charnley will return to offer options in the back line but long-term absentees AJ Towse and Keanan Brand still remain out.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think AJ (Towse) is training back on field with us there but he\u2019s still four or five weeks away and Keenan\u2019s six plus.\u201d<\/p>\n

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