{"id":495995,"date":"2026-03-19T01:13:07","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T02:13:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=495995"},"modified":"2026-03-19T03:22:06","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T03:22:06","slug":"concern-for-dragons-player-as-ambulance-called-to-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=495995","title":{"rendered":"Concern for Dragons player as ambulance called to training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nine.com.au\/sport\/nrl\/st-george-illawarra-dragons\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Dragons\">Dragons<\/a> young gun Loko Pasifiki Tonga has been rushed to hospital by ambulance with a suspected neck injury aftr an incident at the team&#x27;s training centre on Thursday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p>Pasifiki Tonga left the field in a neck brace with members of staff captured in a photo gathered around the ambulance as he was moved, using a stretcher, into the vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>The photo was published on X.<\/p>\n<p>The Dragons confirmed that he was taken to hospital for precautionary scans. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p>&quot;He was conscious and communicating with medical staff at all times,&quot; the club said.<\/p>\n<p>\ufeff&quot;The club will provide an update on his condition once further information becomes available.&quot;\ufeff<\/p>\n<p>The Dragons did not provide details on how Pasifiki Tonga was injured.<\/p>\n<p>The 20-year-old was named on the extended bench for the side&#x27;s upcoming round three battle against the Parramatta Eels on Sunday afternoon. \ufeff<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>MORE TO COME&#8230; \ufeff<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><img data-id=\"e84d3e78-416e-4fb3-bd7d-649922e86d87\" src=\"https:\/\/prod.static9.net.au\/fs\/e84d3e78-416e-4fb3-bd7d-649922e86d87\" alt=\"Image of the unidentified Dragons player leaving the training facility.\" data-width=\"1206\" data-height=\"804\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mh-excerpt\"><p>Dragons young gun Loko Pasifiki Tonga has been rushed to hospital by ambulance with a suspected neck injury aftr an incident at the team&#x27;s training <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=495995\" title=\"Concern for Dragons player as ambulance called to training\">[&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":495997,"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\/495995"}],"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=495995"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495995\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":495998,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/495995\/revisions\/495998"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/495997"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=495995"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=495995"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=495995"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}