Aidan Ross receives medical treatment during the Chiefs' match against the Hurricanes. Photo / Photosport
As if the Chiefs hadn't already suffered enough, prop Aidan Ross has been ruled out for the rest of the Super Rugby season.
The 22-year-old was taken from the field after sustaining a nasty leg injury after teammate Angus Ta'avao landed on him in the Hamilton-based club's 25-13 loss to
the Hurricanes in Wellington last week and was later ruled to have a broken ankle.
As a result, Ross will join fellow forwards Dominic Bird (shoulder), Fin Hoeata (shoulder), Atu Moli (quad haematoma), Mitchell Brown (knee) and winger Tim Nanai-Williams (shoulder) on the sidelines for the remainder of the campaign.
"I think it's just a bit unlucky," coach Colin Cooper said of the Chiefs' continuing injury woes. "If you look at Rossy, it was just a tackle an one of our players fell on him. It's just the way the game is – it's a fast game, it's a physical game – and, yes, our expectation of front rowers is to do more than push."
With Ross out, now all six of the props originally contracted by the Chiefs are out injured. Along with Ross and Moli being out for the rest of the campaign, Kane Hames was yet to play a match this season and was going through concussion protocols; Mitchell Graham was battling back from a leg injury; Nepo Laulala was recovering from a broken arm and Sefo Kautai was recovering from a foot injury.
