The ACT Brumbies will be hoping Rory Arnold's Super Rugby career is still alive after the in-form lock limped off Canberra Stadium on Saturday night.
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The potential of losing Arnold will be another blow for the Brumbies, who are already without David Pocock, Rob Valetini and Lachlan McCaffrey.
Arnold left the field in the 18th minute of the Brumbies' round 12 triumph over the Auckland Blues, holding on for an impressive 26-21 win.
Brumbies coach Dan McKellar said it was too early to tell the severity of the injury.
"It could be a high ankle sprain, we're not sure yet," McKellar said.
Injuries were the only potential bad part of an otherwise strong Brumbies' performance, snapping a three-game losing run against the Blues.
Prop James Slipper also came off the field with a head knock in the first half, but returned and scored a try in the win, which helped put the Brumbies into equal first on the Australian conference ladder.
"Slips should be okay as long as he doesn't have any symptoms next week" McKellar said. "We have a longer turn around [before the Sunwolves] so that should help him."
HOOKER BECOMES LEAD SCORER
Hookers shouldn't be scoring tries but rising Brumbies star Folau Faingaa is scoring tries for fun.
The Brumbies' rake is rewriting the rule book and has shown up every single Super Rugby winger to become the leading try-scorer this season.
"It's brilliant, the wingers will be filthy," McKellar said. "He's got a lot of responsibility on the back of the ball, he needs to make a lot of decisions and he does that well."
A hat-trick by the hands of Faingaa turned the match on it's head after the Brumbies stumbled to a slow start on Saturday night.
The trailing Brumbies turned down two easy shots at goal in the first half in a bid to chase down a 10-point deficit to the domineering Blues.
Faingaa converted the first line out in the right-hand corner to finally put some points on the Brumbies' scoreboard. And the rest is history.
Scoring three tries off three scrums, the 23-year-old put down his eighth try in the past six games at Canberra Stadium.
The Brumbies have scored the most points from line outs this year and the tactic worked wonders again as they overcame the Blues 26-21.
AT A GLANCE
Brumbies 26 def Blues 21
