{"id":119945,"date":"2021-08-27T02:51:50","date_gmt":"2021-08-27T02:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119945"},"modified":"2021-08-27T05:00:29","modified_gmt":"2021-08-27T05:00:29","slug":"tigers-star-confirms-devastating-injury-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119945","title":{"rendered":"Tigers star confirms devastating injury news"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/adam-doueihi\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Wests Tigers playmaker Adam Doueihi\">Wests Tigers playmaker Adam Doueihi<\/a> will miss at least the opening weeks of the 2022 season after confirmation he will have a second reconstruction on his left knee.<\/p>\n<p>Doueihi suffered the injury in <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/wests-tigers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"last week&#x27;s 50-20 loss to Cronulla\">last week&#x27;s 50-20 loss to Cronulla<\/a>, which was later confirmed as a partial ACL tear, despite initial hopes that it was nothing more than a bad knock.<\/p>\n<p>After meeting with specialists yesterday, Doueihi confirmed this morning that he&#x27;ll go under the knife for a second time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1431076626951860230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1431076626951860230?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>He had the same knee reconstructed in 2018.<\/p>\n<p>According to physiotherapist Brien Seeney, who tweets under the &#x27;NRL physio&#x27; handle, he&#x27;s likely to be sidelined for at least seven months, with the club expected to take a cautious approach given it&#x27;s the second reconstruction on the knee.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamDoueihi6\/status\/1431069346424508422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/AdamDoueihi6\/status\/1431069346424508422?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Although the 2022 schedule hasn&#x27;t been announced, the likely kickoff date in early March is just over six months away, meaning Doueihi will miss at least the opening rounds of the competition.<\/p>\n<p>The Wests Tigers remain a mathematical hope of making the finals this season, although they&#x27;ll need to beat both Penrith and the Bulldogs to have any chance.<\/p>\n<p>Counting against the club is a points differential of -162, easily the worst of any team in contention for the top eight, meaning they&#x27;re realistically looking to 2022 already. Coach Michael Maguire is expected to give <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/wests-tigers-jock-madden-talks-return-to-top-grade-the-mole-brad-fittler\/3977f50c-b05a-44bd-aed3-eeeadf162739\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"promising young half Jock Madden his NRL debut against the Panthers on Sunday\">promising young half Jock Madden his NRL debut against the Panthers on Sunday<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers have signed <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/jackson-hastings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Jackson Hastings\">Jackson Hastings<\/a> for 2022, and he&#x27;d be expected to partner <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/luke-brooks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Luke Brooks\">Luke Brooks<\/a> in the halves in the absence of Doueihi.<\/p>\n<p>The club has been forced to deny Brooks will be on the move next season, despite having been linked elsewhere.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>For a daily dose of the best of the breaking news and exclusive content from Wide World of Sports, subscribe to our newsletter by<\/em><\/strong> <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!\"><strong><em>clicking here!<\/em><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Wests Tigers playmaker Adam Doueihi will miss at least the opening weeks of the 2022 season after confirmation he will have a second reconstruction on <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=119945\" title=\"Tigers star confirms devastating injury news\">[&#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\/119945"}],"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=119945"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119945\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":119946,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119945\/revisions\/119946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=119945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=119945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=119945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}