The 22-year-old, who was in the hospital late last year with an infection that spread to his brain, was transported in an ambulance.
Dom Young, who was hospitalized following a crusher tackle during the Sydney Roosters’ NRL preseason victory against Manly, has stated that he is “all good.”
The Manly prop who made that tackle, Toff Sipley, will miss the opening game of the season in Las Vegas against South Sydney due to a three-game suspension.
Despite looking uncomfortable, Young managed to leave the field following Sipley’s shot, which caused him to hunch his neck awkwardly during the second half of the game on Saturday.
Young left Central Coast Stadium on a stretcher in the back of an ambulance while wearing a neck brace, while the Roosters stated that these precautions were necessary.
The English international has recently turned to Instagram to provide an update on his situation.
“I’m all right. I appreciate all the messages!” said Young, who was playing his debut game for the Roosters after moving from Newcastle in the offseason.
After being placed on report by referee Peter Gough, Sipley was charged with a grade two crusher tackle by the match review committee on Sunday.
With an early guilty plea, he will miss three matches, including Manly’s historic encounter in Las Vegas, as well as games against the Roosters and Parramatta.
Sipley would very definitely have been among the 17 players for the March 3 encounter at Allegiant Stadium, and defending the charge could cost him another game.
His absence will be a blow to a Sea Eagles team that struggled in the middle of the park last season and is already without the injured Matt Lodge for the long term.
“I thought it was accidental and didn’t look good,” Roosters coach Trent Robinson said of Sipley’s tackle.
“There was a lot of force at that point.”
Robinson declined to say if Sipley should have been punished for the shot.
“I don’t know what their (the referees) thought process is during the trial games…so I don’t really have an opinion on that apart from exactly how it was,” he was quoted as saying.
“It wasn’t intentional, but it was a lot of force on his neck.”
The Roosters anticipated that sending Young straight to the hospital on Saturday would boost his chances of receiving scan results by the time the team headed to the United States next week.
Young is one of a few top-tier outside back options for the Roosters’ encounter against Brisbane at Allegiant Stadium.
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Noah Martin, a Canberra development player, has been suspended for one game after hitting Parramatta’s Luca Moretti high during another Saturday trial.
Martin was sent to the sin bin for his shot, but he returned to score the final try in the Raiders’ 38-16 victory over Kogarah.
