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Warriors star Johnson suffers serious injury
Warriors star Shaun Johnson has been taken to hospital after suffering a serious leg injury while scoring a try in the NRL clash against Manly in Auckland.
The New Zealand Test halfback was reaching out to ground the ball on the line to open the scoring for the home team in the 26th minute when his left leg was caught under a Sea Eagles defender.
Johnson immediately clutched at the leg and was assisted from the field.
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He was taken to hospital but the exact nature of the injury is still not clear.
Manly went on to win the match 32-12 despie a horror injury toll that saw the Sea Eagles have no fit players on the bench after Luke Burgess, Steve Matai, Tom Symonds and Ligi Sao were all hurt at different stages.
