NRL: Warriors expect Shaun Johnson to miss at least one game with ankle injury

Shaun Johnson suffered an ankle injury late in last night's win over Wests Tigers. Photo / Getty Images.

The Warriors expect halfback Shaun Johnson to miss at least one game with an ankle injury while the severity of hooker Issac Luke's shoulder problem remains unclear ahead of next Saturday's clash against the Sydney Roosters.

Luke dislocated his shoulder 15 minutes into the second-half of last night's 26-4 win over Wests Tigers at Mt Smart Stadium, before forward Adam Blair and Johnson both suffered ankle injuries in the final quarter while being dragged down in awkward tackles.

The club today confirmed that Johnson and Luke will have scans tomorrow, but Warriors assistant coach Tony Iro is resigned to the fact they will be without their first-choice No 7 for at least one match.

"Shaun's probably the most serious of the lot. We won't know until we get scans back," Iro told Radio Sport.

"Obviously he's going to miss some time regardless, but we get Mason Lino back and he's done a good job for us while Shaun's been out this season so he'll get the job done."

Blair was walking around post-match without any pain and despite initially appearing to be in a bad state had no doubts he would be fit to take the field again at home against the Roosters.

The 32-year-old twisted his leg while being tackled by Tigers hooker Elijah Taylor, and Johnson found himself in a similar position shortly after when he was caught by his opposite Luke Brooks.

"It just got caught underneath and I'll be right," said Blair.

"A couple of days (rest) and then I'll be back on Tuesday. Sometimes you get caught in awkward positions and just get a bit of a shock and I think it was that more than anything.

"I needed to get off and take precautions and make sure it's all good."

Luke's status remains vague although he refused to rule himself out of next week's match despite having his arm in a sling as he left the team's sheds.

The 30-year-old was only cleared to play on Friday after suffering what was eventually diagnosed as a minor lateral collateral ligament knee problem in last week's loss to Melbourne.

Club medical staff were pleasantly surprised the rare nature of his knee injury was less severe than initially reported, and Luke hopes to be able to make a similarly swift recovery this week.

"I was only confident after the captains run yesterday for today's game so we'll just take it day by day," Luke said of his shoulder concern.

"(The knee is) alright. The doctor's diagnosis was a bit gangsta but it's a pretty uncommon injury.

"When they found out what it was they freaked out because no one does that kind of injury. It's either ACL or PCL or MCL and I did an LCL. It pulled up well."

The five-tries-to-one win put the Warriors back into second spot on the premiership ladder level with competition leaders St George Illawarra on 14 competition points.

They will look to continue their momentum and aim to claim their second win over the Roosters this season following their round four 30-6 win in Sydney.

The 10th ranked Roosters will today hope to bounce back against Manly at Allianz Stadium after going down 24-8 to the Dragons in last week's Anzac Day clash.

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