{"id":70537,"date":"2021-05-12T22:49:19","date_gmt":"2021-05-12T22:49:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=70537"},"modified":"2021-05-12T23:57:17","modified_gmt":"2021-05-12T23:57:17","slug":"knights-lose-ponga-for-magic-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=70537","title":{"rendered":"Knights lose Ponga for Magic Round"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/newcastle-knights\" title=\"Newcastle Knights\" target=\"\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Newcastle Knights<\/a> have been dealt a massive blow ahead of Magic Round with star playmaker Kalyn Ponga ruled out for tomorrow night&#x27;s clash in Brisbane against the Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRLKnights\/status\/1392611254984839171?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/NRLKnights\/status\/1392611254984839171?s=20<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Knights confirmed Ponga&#x27;s omission this morning in a media release, and announced that youngster Tex Hoy is set to step up at fullback.<\/p>\n<p>Ponga is reportedly expected to miss two matches after suffering an adductor injury.<\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old missed the first four weeks of the 2021 season after undergoing shoulder surgery in the off-season, but since his return he&#x27;s unsurprisingly played a key role for the Knights, scoring four tries in five games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1392610519756906499\" rel=\"nofollow\" class=\"embed-social embed-twitter\" data-show-caption=\"false\" data-conversation=\"none\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/nrlphysio\/status\/1392610519756906499<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The news is a huge boost for Michael Maguire&#x27;s Tigers, ahead of their must-win match.<\/p>\n<p>Struggling in second-last spot on the ladder with just two wins to their name, <a href=\"https:\/\/wwos.nine.com.au\/nrl\/2021-team-lists-round-10-guide-squads-club-by-club-tigers-baffling-doueihi-switch-bulldogs-make-brutal-call-on-kyle-flanagan-storm-injuries\/6e3f8bd7-9251-46b0-ac9d-65df0a816960\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" title=\"Maguire has made some intriguing moves for the clash\">Maguire has made some intriguing moves for the clash<\/a>, shifting bright spark Adam Doueihi into the centres, and putting Moses Mbye at No.6 with Luke Brooks in the halves.<\/p>\n<p>The Knights aren&#x27;t fairing much better just outside the top-eight in 10th spot on the ladder.<\/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 Newcastle Knights have been dealt a massive blow ahead of Magic Round with star playmaker Kalyn Ponga ruled out for tomorrow night&#x27;s clash in <a class=\"mh-excerpt-more\" href=\"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=70537\" title=\"Knights lose Ponga for Magic Round\">[&#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\/70537"}],"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=70537"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70537\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":70538,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70537\/revisions\/70538"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=70537"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=70537"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=70537"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}