which will sideline Cleary for eight weeks. Cleary, who would have been one of the first players chosen by new Blues coach Michael Maguire, has played just 118 minutes since Round 3 after coming from the field just before halftime in Friday night’s 16-10 defeat of the Bulldog
Cleary left the ground in the first half of Penrith’s win over the Bulldogs on Friday night after re-aggravating a hamstring injury which has already kept him out of four games this season. It’s a shattering blow to the Panthers but also the Blues’ chances of denying three straight State of Origin series