The Eels are reeling after slumping to their fifth defeat of the season and losing representative front-rower Reagan Campbell-Gillard to injury in agonising scenes.
Not only did Parramatta suffer a 26-16 loss to Brisbane in Darwin on Friday night, Campbell-Gillard is expected to be sidelined after doing the splits while being tackled by Payne Haas.
Haas was not penalised for the tackle, but Paul Gallen asked on Nine's post-game show if it should be considered a hip-drop tackle after another game marred by the ugly move.
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Campbell-Gillard stumbled from the field and had to be helped into a seat in the Parramatta sheds by four people.
"Reagan Campbell-Gillard off with left leg injury," tweeted renowned sports physiotherapist Brien Seeney.
"Significant stretch mechanism with weight of both tacklers causing wishbone-like effect.
"Hopefully more hurt than injured, but video brings concern for stretch groin strain/MCL sprain.
"Fingers crossed minor in nature."
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Parramatta back-rower J'maine Hopgood and Brisbane five-eighth Ezra Mam were sin-binned for performing hip-drop tackles during the Broncos' win.
"Is that a hip-drop?" Gallen said of Haas' tackle on Campbell-Gillard.
"He drops his hip, lands on his knee. Is that a hip-drop?
"Most tackles you could say there's some sort of hip-drop involved.
"That one's an accident … Can you penalise someone for that and charge someone for a hip-drop with that tackle? I don't think so."
Gallen grimaced as vision rolled through of Campbell-Gillard being helped into a chair in the Parramatta sheds.
"He looks in some pain there," Gallen said.
"That's not good."
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