Kieran Foran ruled out of Warriors NRL clash with Canterbury Bulldogs

  • 23/06/2017
Kieran Foran helped off  the field against the Titans (Getty)
Kieran Foran helped off the field against the Titans (Getty)

Warriors standoff Kieran Foran has been ruled out of Friday night's NRL clash with the Canterbury Bulldogs at Mount Smart Stadium.

The Warriors were optimistic Foran would be able to play after he left the field with a thigh injury in the club's 34-12 win over Gold Coast on June 10.

However, along with wing Manu Vatuvei, he is one of the two players dropped out of the 21 as required 24 hours before the game.

Foran was given every chance to play but will now aim to line up against his old Manly side in Perth on Saturday, July 1.

It means Ata Hingano, who replaced Foran and scored a try against the Titans, is set to start at standoff tomorrow night.

The New Zealand side is facing Canterbury-Bankstown at Mount Smart Stadium for the first time since 2012.

The last time the two teams met at Mount Smart was in the third round in 2012 when the Bulldogs prevailed 32-18.

Since then they've played six times at five different grounds - Westpac Stadium (2013 and 2016), Eden Park (2014), Waikato Stadium (2014), ANZ Stadium (2015) and Forsyth Barr Stadium (2017).

Both sides come off a bye last week, having gained pressure-relieving wins in round 14, with the Vodafone Warriors disposing of the Gold Coast Titans 34-12 and the Bulldogs upsetting the St George Illawarra Dragons 16-2.

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