Huddersfield Giants forward Sam Hewitt was taken to hospital on Friday night with a suspected broken jaw, head coach Luke Robinson has confirmed. The Giants suffered yet another Super League defeat on Friday night as they surrendered a 10-point half-time lead to lose 30-10 at Wigan Warriors.
It was a costly night in more ways than one for Huddersfield, too, with the West Yorkshire outfit having a number of fresh injury issues to contend with. Tom Burgess missed the game through illness, Robinson confirmed, with the veteran pulling himself out of the contest the night before.
However, Adam Swift dropped out of the warm up at the Brick Community Stadium, while Joe Greenwood and Sam Hewitt left the fray in the first half and couldn’t return. Greenwood failed a HIA but Hewitt, who was making his return from a head knock, appeared to fracture his jaw in a collision with Junior Nsemba.
The back-rower was taken to hospital with Robinson speaking on his injury fears after the game.
“Burgess was out due to illness last night,” the Huddersfield head coach said when addressing injuries and absentees. “Swifty had to pull himself out of the warm up with a tight abductor.
“It looks like Sam Hewitt has potentially broken his jaw, we’ll find that out now when he goes to hospital.
“Joe Greenwood couldn’t come back on with a head knock, we lost two to head knocks and it really affected our ability to make substitutions in that second half.”
On Hewitt, he added: “He didn’t actually fail an HIA, it’s just we think he’d broken his jaw.”
Huddersfield have had more than their fair share of injuries this season and Robinson will be hoping the issue isn’t quite as bad as first feared.
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The head coach also gave an update on the future of Matt Frawley, who is coming to the end of his loan from Leeds Rhinos. Frawley joined Huddersfield on a month-long deal in June and has played four games for the club since.
However, it remains to be seen if he will pull on the claret and gold of Huddersfield again.
“We tried at the beginning of the year to play without a genuine half when Cluney was out at the beginning of the year and it didn’t work out too well for us,” Robinson said when asked about his Frawley plans. “Since he’s come on loan, we’ve picked up some victories and he’s been instrumental in that so he’s someone who we’d love to keep on board.
“Obviously that’s something the club will be having with Leeds about whether that’s something we can continue or not. From my perspective he’s made a big difference so I’d like to keep him.”
