The Canberra Raiders are optimistic strike centre Joey Leilua will pull off his second medical miracle of the season.
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He came back after having surgery on a career-threatening neck injury after just four months.
Leilua spent Saturday icing and getting treatment on his calf as he races the clock to be fit for the NRL grand final at ANZ Stadium next Sunday.
Canberra expected to know more by Monday after they have another day of recovery on Sunday.
The players will then take a day off before returning to the track on Tuesday.
Leilua limped off with 15 minutes remaining in the 16-10 win over South Sydney at a packed Canberra Stadium on Friday night.
But the Raiders camp were hopeful the 27-year-old would be right for the decider against the Sydney Roosters.
Winger Bailey Simonsson would likely come into Canberra's starting 13 if Leilua doesn't recover.
He'd play left wing, with Nick Cotric taking Leilua's place in the centres alongside Jordan Rapana.
The bigger decision would be who comes onto the bench to fill Simonsson's role.
Back-up hooker Siliva Havili would be one option or Raiders coach Ricky Stuart might opt for another forward option like Ryan Sutton.
Young centre Sebastian Kris is also a possibility.
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The NRL will investigate the Raiders' handling of a Josh Hodgson head knock suffered tackling Souths prop Liam Knight in the 11th minute, just as they do with all potential head injury assessments.
He stumbled slightly and there were calls he should've been taken off for an HIA.
Hodgson played on after the Canberra trainer cleared him and he set up the Raiders' opening try three minutes later, with a one-on-one strip, a grubber kick and a tackle all playing a role in his fellow co-captain Jarrod Croker scoring.
He then produced a miraculous try-saving strip when Cody Walker had the tryline beckoning.
Hodgson later said he'd been hit in the jaw.
Souths coach Wayne Bennett wouldn't be drawn on whether Hodgson should've been taken off.
"I saw it, but I'm not going to buy into the head knock opinions because I know what the rules are, the South Sydney doctors know what the rules are," he said.
"They live by those and I'm happy to do that. What other clubs do with their players is their prerogative and I'm not going to challenge that kind of stuff."
NRL GRAND FINAL
October 6: Canberra Raiders v Sydney Roosters at ANZ Stadium, 7.30pm. Tickets available from Ticketek.