{"id":116990,"date":"2021-08-20T00:58:39","date_gmt":"2021-08-20T00:58:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=116990"},"modified":"2021-08-20T02:01:02","modified_gmt":"2021-08-20T02:01:02","slug":"fifita-injury-triggers-desperate-prop-search","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=116990","title":{"rendered":"Fifita injury triggers desperate prop search"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Sharks have sent out an SOS for a front-rower for the run-in to the finals following the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/paul-gallen-explains-how-cronulla-sharks-doctors-saved-andrew-fifita\/d20eecd9-88f1-4d4c-97d6-e4db43b9d88f\" title=\"season-ending injury to veteran prop Andrew Fifita\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">season-ending injury to veteran prop Andrew Fifita<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The club is short of middle forwards for the crucial last few rounds as teams battle for finals spots.<\/p>\n<p>One player the <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/cronulla-sharks\" title=\"Sharks\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Sharks<\/a> are considering is young North Queensland prop Emry Pere.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e1b013c9-147d-4a07-8c8f-a7c979fb3af5\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e1b013c9-147d-4a07-8c8f-a7c979fb3af5\" alt=\"Cowboys prop Emry Pere.\" data-width=\"3170\" data-height=\"1782\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A 22-year-old from New Zealand, Pere played two games for the Cowboys last year but has been unable to force his way into the struggling club&#x27;s top 17 this season.<\/p>\n<p>Pere went to Benji Marshall&#x27;s old school &#8211; Keebra Park on the Gold Coast &#8211; before joining the Cowboys in the National Youth Competition in 2016.<\/p>\n<p>A former Junior Kangaroo, he has plenty of size and would be a handy late addition to the Sharks, who have been out-muscled by rival packs in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>He is signed to the Cowboys until the end of next season but the Sharks are looking at a possible loan agreement.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/andrew-fifita-to-undergo-surgery-tomorrow-for-fractured-larynx-induced-coma\/7c4ae7ed-8e31-49da-b92e-83432131ffbf\" title=\"Fifita underwent surgery on his throat earlier in the week\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Fifita underwent surgery on his throat earlier in the week<\/a> after being placed in an induced coma following a heavy knock in the loss to the Knights.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/strong><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/login.nine.com.au\/login?client_id=wwos&amp;redirect_uri=https%3A%2F%2Fwwos.nine.com.au&amp;newsletter=true\" title=\"clicking here!\"><em><strong>clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Sharks have sent out an SOS for a front-rower for the run-in to the finals following the season-ending injury to veteran prop Andrew Fifita. <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=116990\" title=\"Fifita injury triggers desperate prop search\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116990"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=116990"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":116992,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116990\/revisions\/116992"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=116990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=116990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=116990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}