Scans confirm extent of Fitzgibbon injury

Newcastle forward Lachlan Fitzgibbon will be out of action for at least four weeks, after suffering ligament damage to his elbow on Saturday.

Fitzgibbon sustained the injury early in Saturday's loss to the Warriors, although played out the remainder of the game before being sent in for scans.

"Everyone saw Lachy got caught awkwardly diving on a loose ball early in the game on Saturday night,” Head of Physical Performance Balin Cupples told the club's website.

“Unfortunately, he dislocated his elbow. And surrounding that, post follow ups with scans and specialists over the last few days, no fracture but he has done a little bit of damage to his surrounding ligaments.

“At this stage he’ll be in a brace for 3-4 weeks and then a potential return to play at 4-5 weeks off the back of that.

“He did extremely well to get through the game off the back of the injury. A moderate recovery for him, which isn’t great but we'll make sure Lachy does the work.”

Winger Edrick Lee has had surgery on his broken arm, and is looking at returning to the Knights' side in time for the finals.

“Eddie had a successful surgery,” Cupples said.

“He’s been back in treatment wise and he’s been spending plenty of time with the physios.

“Eddie will follow up with a specialist early next week to build back into his weighted rehab type gym stuff.”