There are fresh concerns for the health of Cronulla captain Wade Graham, after he suffered his fourth head knock of the season while also hyperextending his knee in a cruel double injury blow.<\/p>\n
The unfortunate incident occurred midway through the first half of Cronulla's clash against Penrith when Graham found his head in an awkward position while attempting to go low in a tackle on winger Robert Jennings.<\/p>\n
Graham was taken off the field for an HIA, which he passed before it was ruled he hyperextended his knee.<\/p>\n
Rugby league great Phil Gould said Graham did himself no favours by putting his head in an awkward position, which he claims has cruelled the Cronulla captain as of late.<\/p>\n
"Bad technique, that's really bad technique," Gould told Nine. "Head-on, low tackle, head to the side. It's his technique that gets him in trouble.<\/p>\n
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"Those head-on tackles, I don't care what age your kid is, head-on tackles – don't let them tackle like that.<\/p>\n
"He's had a number of concussion issues and they've all been the same way – making tackles with poor technique down low."<\/p>\n
Tonight's incident is the fourth time this season he's been forced to leave the field for a further assessment due to a head knock<\/p>\n
Graham back in Round Three failed to finish a match against the Eels after suffering a head knock. Then in Round Five, he suffered another head knock which forced the 30-year-old to take a two-week lay-off.<\/p>\n
In Round Eight, he suffered another high hit against the Storm<\/a> but passed his HIA on that night despite not returning to the field.<\/p>\n While Graham again passed his HIA, former teammate Paul Gallen admits he's concerned with the mounting number of head injuries this season for Sharks skipper.<\/p>\n "I had no doubt he had a head knock there," Gallen told Nine.<\/p>\n "I think the reason his knee gave way was because things weren't working properly.<\/p>\n "He definitely got up and hyperextended his knee, but I think it was because he wasn't in total control of his body.<\/p>\n "Fingers crossed he has passed the HIA and there's no further issue with his head because has had a couple of bad ones this year. No doubt his knee is the issue at the moment."<\/p>\n 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> clicking here!<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"![\"Sharks](\"https:\/\/vms-network-images-prod.s3-ap-southeast-2.amazonaws.com\/2021\/06\/364021\/pickerImage.jpg\")
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