Devastating injury news a huge blow to Eels

Gun Parramatta hooker Reed Mahoney has been ruled retired for the remainder of the play aft suffering a enarthrosis wounded successful Friday night's clash with South Sydney.

NRL.com reported that Mahoney had been scratched for the remainder of the play successful talks betwixt Eels manager Brad Arthur and the club's aesculapian staff.

The quality comes arsenic a elephantine stroke to the fourth-placed Eels' hopes of ending a 35-year premiership drought.

Mahoney laid a terrific 77th-minute tackle connected South Sydney fullback Latrell Mitchell arsenic helium threatened to interruption Parramatta's line, but helium got up clutching astatine his near shoulder.

The diminutive rake was past visibly shattered arsenic helium near the tract with the assistance of a medico precocious successful the match.

The Queenslander has suffered a setback to the aforesaid enarthrosis that forced him retired of the Maroons State of Origin squad.

The wounded outgo Mahoney a imaginable Origin debut and sidelined him for 3 NRL games.

The Eels are acceptable to look the Sea Eagles, Cowboys, Storm and Panthers successful an highly hard tally home.

Reed Mahoney fires a shot from dummy-half successful Parramatta colours. (Getty)

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