I'll be sidelined for a little while but it could have been worse I guess. If I needed surgery, I might have missed three months. As it stands, with a tear of the ligament, I'm looking at returning in about one month.

I've been having a lot of physio, icing it regularly, and I'll be in a protective boot for the next fortnight. The disappointing part for me is that I've only missed one match in three years. Considering my record over my career, that's pretty good. It's a frustrating setback because I've been playing consistently without injury for some time now. We're also two from five as a club, and I wanted to help us get out of that rut.

But to be brutally honest, looking at the form that I was in, I'm not sure my absence will be that big of a loss for our team.

I wasn't exactly setting the competition on fire. I was starting to find my feet a bit against Melbourne; I found my running game. But it's been guys like Robbie Farah and Aaron Woods who have been leading the way for us. I think Robbie's form is as good as it's been for some time. As long as those two play at the level that they have been, we'll be OK. The senior guys just have to lift.

I'm confident that whoever does play at five-eighth against St George Illawarra at the SCG on Sunday will do the job. I thought Braith Anasta was great at halfback against the Storm, giving us some control and a kicking game. I think we can take a lot out of how we played against Melbourne. We proved how we can play. We just have to learn how to play for 80 minutes, instead of 60 or 65.