{"id":270296,"date":"2023-02-12T06:07:48","date_gmt":"2023-02-12T07:07:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=270296"},"modified":"2023-02-12T14:59:19","modified_gmt":"2023-02-12T14:59:19","slug":"storm-sweat-on-gun-after-terrible-injury-scare","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=270296","title":{"rendered":"Storm sweat on gun after 'terrible' injury scare"},"content":{"rendered":"

T\ufeffhe Melbourne Storm<\/a> are sweating on Justin Olam after the powerhouse centre left the field during a trial on Sunday clutching at his right arm.<\/p>\n

The Storm said in a statement the 29-year-old had suffered a suspected fractured arm and would undergo scans.<\/p>\n

The Raiders are also waiting nervously for scans after rising fullback Xavier Savage suffered a jaw injury in a trial against the Bulldogs on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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Olam, named in the centres in the 2021 Dally M team of the year, grabbed his right arm after tackling Roosters second-rower Siua Wong\ufeff in Geelong, before leaving the field while using his jersey as a sling.<\/p>\n

"The Storm can't have him injured at this time of the year," Fox League commentator Shane Flanagan said of Olam, who was already playing with a strapped right arm.<\/p>\n

"Justin Olam … he is one tough cookie, as well," Flanagan added.<\/p>\n

"He wouldn't be going off the field if it wasn't a major injury.<\/p>\n

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"So, not a great start for him and not a great start for the Melbourne Storm.<\/p>\n

"Hopefully it's not as bad as it looks."<\/p>\n

Flanagan said it was a "terrible sign" for Melbourne.<\/p>\n

The injury scare follows a horrid 2022 campaign for Melbourne's backline, which was impacted by setbacks to Ryan Papenhuyzen, Marion Seve, Xavier Coates and George Jennings.<\/p>\n

The Roosters defeated the Storm 32-24 in Sunday's trial.<\/p>\n

The second round of the pre-season challenge will see the Roosters meet the Sea Eagles in Gosford on Friday, before the Storm face the Warriors in Christchurch on Sunday.<\/p>\n

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T\ufeffhe Melbourne Storm are sweating on Justin Olam after the powerhouse centre left the field during a trial on Sunday clutching at his right arm. […]<\/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\/270296"}],"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=270296"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270296\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":270300,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/270296\/revisions\/270300"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=270296"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=270296"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=270296"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}