{"id":43900,"date":"2021-03-12T09:01:32","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T10:01:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43900"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:59:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T13:59:41","slug":"knights-cop-huge-early-season-injury-blow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43900","title":{"rendered":"Knights cop huge early season injury blow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Knights have copped a massive injury blow early in the season with five-eighth Kurt Mann sustaining a serious knee injury against the Bulldogs.<\/p>\n<p>Shortly before the half-time break in Newcastle&#x27;s 32-16 win, Mann was involved in an awkward clash with Canterbury halfback Kyle Flanagan.<\/p>\n<p>The 28-year-old attempted to play but was soon heading up the tunnel for treatment minutes later.<\/p>\n<p>He was seen back on the sidelines in a knee brace early in the second half.<\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"269dd084-9651-437c-a7e5-53effb1b061c\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/269dd084-9651-437c-a7e5-53effb1b061c\" alt=\"Kurt Mann injured. (Getty)\" data-width=\"1396\" data-height=\"785\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&quot;They think it&#x27;s my medial (ligament). I think best case scenario is five weeks, so could be much worse but I&#x27;ll have a scan tomorrow and find out more then,&quot; he told Fox Sports.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I thought it was just a knee clash and so I tried to run on it but it felt a bit unstable.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>According to the NRL Physio, Mann could be sidelined for up to five weeks depending on the full severity of his injury.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1370285492122480640\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1370285492122480640<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>The Knights have copped a massive injury blow early in the season with five-eighth Kurt Mann sustaining a serious knee injury against the Bulldogs. Shortly <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=43900\" title=\"Knights cop huge early season injury blow\">[&#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\/43900"}],"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=43900"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43900\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43902,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43900\/revisions\/43902"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=43900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=43900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=43900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}