Reece Walsh has sent an injury scare through the Broncos after limping off the training paddock ahead of Sunday’s NRL finals clash with Canberra.
The star fullback clutched at his calf and sat out for 20 minutes.
Initially appearing to be OK to resume, he kicked once then slowly walked off the field and went inside to be assessed while teammates finished the session.
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Concern around Walsh comes a day after the Raiders were struck by a similar headache with veteran prop Josh Papalii.
The beloved forward rolled his ankle at training on Friday and has been wearing a moon boot in a bid to be fit.
Meanwhile, captain Adam Reynolds will take another week off as he makes his way back from a hamstring injury.
Broncos winger Gemahat Shibasaki, who made his debut for Queensland this year, was dropped for the 30-14 win over Melbourne last week after being affected by alcohol at training following a boozy night out.
He did his time and trained at his familiar centre position on Tuesday. He will replace winger Jesse Arthars who was with the reserves at training. Deine Mariner will switch back to his familiar wing slot.
Shibasaki has enjoyed a breakout season and is a huge man. He will be crucial as he marks dangerous Raiders centre Matt Timoko.
It is in defence where Shibasaki has shone this season. He did a great job marking NSW gun Stephen Crichton in the State of Origin decider.
Before the team was announced, half Ben Hunt said the players would welcome him back in a heartbeat if coach Michael Maguire went that way.
“He’s had an exceptional year. He knows he made a huge mistake last week and we have moved on now,” Hunt said.
“We are in the finals. We will move on and back whatever decision Madge (Maguire) makes whether that is Gehamat in or not.
Maguire had the senior players’ backing to drop Shibasaki initially. There is a booze ban of sorts at the Broncos, like there was in 2006 ahead of the club’s last title win.
“There is no straight line in the sand that we are not drinking but it is an (unwritten law) that ‘we are off the drink boys’,” Hunt explained.
“No one has come out and said it but I think it is common knowledge that we are in the finals and it is time to knuckle down and go after it.”
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