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Suaalii was injured attempting to make a tackle on international teammate Filipo Daugunu when he accidentally caught the knee of teammate Andrew Kellaway.
Daugunu stayed beside Suaalii to ensure his safety while play continued.
McKellar spoke of the high level of care Suaalii received in the aftermath of the concussion as Reds and Waratahs medical teams worked together to treat the player.
The Waratahs lost their unbeaten home record against the Reds in Sydney on Friday.Credit: Getty Images
“You just want him to be OK, don’t you?” McKellar said. “We’ve got access to vision and the analyst told me pretty quickly that he’d got a knee to the head. The medical staff were on there quickly and gave him the support that he needed.
“He’s with his mum and dad now back home, so he’ll be OK. Obviously he just gave everyone a fright; you don’t want to see any player down on the ground, knocked out.”
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The Waratahs raced to a 14-0 lead after a strong start to the game, before yellow cards to tighthead props Dan Botha and Taniela Tupou enabled Queensland to claw their way back into the match, reeling in the home side to run out 28-21 winners.
Waratahs captain Jake Gordon, who recently committed to another two years in Australia, said he was pleased with the Waratahs’ progress this season after they finished on the bottom of the Super Rugby ladder last year.
“There’s always a lot of expectation here,” he said. “We came last last year. I’m not using that as an excuse. I still think if we play close to our best, we’re going to win a lot of the games finishing the year.
“I’ve seen massive growth. Consistency, like Dan’s [McKellar] talked about, we’re chasing that for sure. I think what you’ve seen is definitely some growth this year. If we closed a few more opportunities tonight, we’d be sitting here with a different story.
“I actually think for the majority, we were really in the game, I don’t think we dropped off. We just didn’t nail a few opportunities. But yeah, definite growth … [but] still a lot to go.”
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Suaalii was injured attempting to make a tackle on international teammate Filipo Daugunu when he accidentally caught the knee of teammate Andrew Kellaway.
Daugunu stayed beside Suaalii to ensure his safety while play continued.
McKellar spoke of the high level of care Suaalii received in the aftermath of the concussion as Reds and Waratahs medical teams worked together to treat the player.
The Waratahs lost their unbeaten home record against the Reds in Sydney on Friday.Credit: Getty Images
“You just want him to be OK, don’t you?” McKellar said. “We’ve got access to vision and the analyst told me pretty quickly that he’d got a knee to the head. The medical staff were on there quickly and gave him the support that he needed.
“He’s with his mum and dad now back home, so he’ll be OK. Obviously he just gave everyone a fright; you don’t want to see any player down on the ground, knocked out.”
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The Waratahs raced to a 14-0 lead after a strong start to the game, before yellow cards to tighthead props Dan Botha and Taniela Tupou enabled Queensland to claw their way back into the match, reeling in the home side to run out 28-21 winners.
Waratahs captain Jake Gordon, who recently committed to another two years in Australia, said he was pleased with the Waratahs’ progress this season after they finished on the bottom of the Super Rugby ladder last year.
“There’s always a lot of expectation here,” he said. “We came last last year. I’m not using that as an excuse. I still think if we play close to our best, we’re going to win a lot of the games finishing the year.
“I’ve seen massive growth. Consistency, like Dan’s [McKellar] talked about, we’re chasing that for sure. I think what you’ve seen is definitely some growth this year. If we closed a few more opportunities tonight, we’d be sitting here with a different story.
“I actually think for the majority, we were really in the game, I don’t think we dropped off. We just didn’t nail a few opportunities. But yeah, definite growth … [but] still a lot to go.”
Watch all the action from the 2025 Super Rugby Pacific season on Stan Sport, the only place to watch every match live and on demand.
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