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The Panthers have suffered a horror blow ahead of their finals campaign, with Jarome Luai suffering a dislocated shoulder.

Burrowing his head down, Luai attempted to barge his way over the tryline before Eels backrower Bryce Cartwright landed on his arm awkwardly.

Almost instantly Cartwright signalled his opponent had suffered a shoulder injury and both commentators grimaced upon watching a replay of the incident.

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Fox League’s Jake Duke confirmed Luai’s shoulder had been popped back in to place but the extent of the injury remains unknown.

“It’s a blow for Penrith… oh boy, the weight of Cartwright came down on the back of his shoulder,” Michael Ennis said.

“Hurts to watch, you heard the call of ‘shoulder, shoulder’. The opponents were aware he was in trouble,” Andrew Voss said.

“This is a sad sight here for the Panthers, he is one of their main men… you’d have to worry.”

“It’s one of those lightning bolts you just don’t need in this position, you can correct your form but you can’t lose class players like that for the finals, that could be a massive blow,” Anthony Griffin said.

The Panthers now face the prospect of being without their starting five-eighth for the finals, with Jack Cogger slotting in to his place against the Eels.

Read on for the full NRL Casualty Ward.