28 Jun 2010

Locke looks to have escaped serious injury

8:43 am on 28 June 2010

The Warriors' th ree try hero Kevin Locke appears to have escaped serious injury after hitting the goalpost scoring his spectacular NRL match-winner against the Sydney Roosters yesterday in Christchurch.

Locke had an x-ray and the teams says there doesn't appear to be serious damage but the the injury's still being assessed and he stayed in Christchurch last night.

The speedy little winger had already scored two tries when he managed to touch down his own kick a split second sandwiched between a defender and the goalpost.

The last minute try gave the Warriors a 20-18 win lifts thems to ninth, level with four other sides on 18 points, and two away from fourth.