Rebels sweat on Veainu and Jones

 

Jones missed the narrow defeat against the Waratahs on Saturday due to a delayed concussion.

 

While the Club expect Jones to be available, they will prioritise his wellbeing alongside teammate Telusa Veainu, who sustained a head knock in a Man of the Match performance for Melbourne Unicorns in Round Five of the Dewar Shield.

 

“We are confident that Luke and Telusa will be available for selection this week, but as each concussion presents differently we will follow our concussion protocols before making that final decision,” Rebels’ head of athletic performance Bryce Cavanagh said.

 

Australian Under-20s fullback Jonah Placid, who made his Rebels debut last month, has suffered a setback in training and will miss four to five weeks with a groin strain, ruling him out of the 2015 Oceania Junior Championship to kick off on the Gold Coast this Friday.

 

“Jonah will stay here in Melbourne for the next three weeks, where he is working closely with our rehabilitation coordinator Alex Rigby, before joining up with the Australia Under-20s side mid-May ahead of June’s Junior World Rugby Championships in Italy,” Cavanagh said.

 

“We believe working with Alex, who has formulated Jonah’s rehab program with exceptional detail, is the best thing for him in prior to joining the national squad.”

 

Prop Laurie Weeks is edging closer to a return, with the trip to Brisbane to face the Reds on May 15 being his target.