The Canberra forward was unable to start the Raiders' upset qualifying final win over Melbourne after a piece of grit was lodged in his eye | app85
The NRL is expected to ban the electric sparkler device which caused Canberra centre Joey Leilua to suffer an extraordinary eye injury after a pre-game pyrotechnics mishap at AAMI Park.HeraldThere was no intention for it to be used at Lottoland for Manly's against-all-odds win over the Sharks on Saturday night, but it was potentially going to be used for other finals games later in the series.
Raiders coach Ricky Stuart did his best to downplay the incident after one of the most significant wins in the club's history, the second time they've beaten Melbourne in the space of a month at AAMI Park.
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