Inglis could miss Broncos showdown
Melbourne superstar Greg Inglis could miss Friday night's blockbuster NRL clash with the Broncos with knee and shoulder injuries.
The Storm travel to Brisbane to face their fellow round one victors on Friday night at Suncorp Stadium, which is expected to be sold out.
Inglis starred in Melbourne's 17-16 victory over St George-Illawarra at Olympic Park last Friday night, kicking the winning field goal as well as scoring the opening try.
Now tipping the scales at 107kg, the powerful Inglis flung aside Dragons five-eighth Jamie Soward and steamrolled the remaining defence on his way to the tryline.
He immediately sought treatment on his knee, however played a starring role as the Dragons took the match into golden point extra time after a late converted try.
Storm physiotherapist Mary Toomey said the injury was concerning because of the amount of swelling.
Inglis will undergo a MRI scan to ensure there's no structural damage.
"He came down on his knee very heavily during the game and it's swelled up quite a lot post game and it's still pretty swollen and sore," she said.
"He's certainly hobbling around on it a bit so we're just checking, because it's swollen so much it's hard to tell if there's any real structural damage there."
Toomey said his shoulder appeared to be badly bruised.
It would be a massive blow if the Storm were to lose Inglis ahead of the round two match, with no ready-made back-up available at five-eighth.
In other injury news Storm representative forward Dallas Johnson is likely to play despite suffering bone bruising to his hip.
"He's walking better today than he was yesterday and the day before," Toomey said.
"Dallas is tough, we had a big debate about why he couldn't train because he wanted to so I would expect that he'll be OK for the game."
Young centre Willie Isa is recovering from a corked thigh and while he didn't complete training, is tipped to be right for Friday night.
Meanwhile Storm medical staff have sought the assistance of the Australian Ballet in treating prop Brett White, who had off-season surgery on his feet to treat "turf toe".
The injury, prevalent in American football players and dancers, results in pain at the base of the big toe, located at the ball of the foot, which restricts explosive power.
"He had a scan last week which revealed he had bone bruising around the toe he had operated on," Toomey said.
"It means we've had to back him off training again.
"We're following up a couple of leads to try and get a little more advice about anything we can do to try to manage it.
"We're talking to the Australian Ballet physios about their experience and anything else we might be able to do to help."
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