JOSH Dugan has confirmed the worst possible news for Dragons fans, revealing he has a broken jaw after a high speed collision with Greg Inglis in Origin III.

The star centre revealed via Twitter on Thursday morning that scans had confirmed the nasty injury, with Dugan booked in for surgery on Friday, with a plate to be inserted to fuse his jaw back together.

Scans showed a broken jaw, surgery to put a plate in tomorrow! Will be doing everything I can to get back ASAP for the dragons 🐲✌🏽️ — Josh Dugan (@Josh_Dugan) July 14, 2016

Dugan did not speculate on a recovery time but said: “Will be doing everything I can to get back ASAP for the dragons.”

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The 26-year-old had to be taken from the field to be assessed in the second half of NSW’s thrilling Origin victory after he was hit high by Inglis who turned side on and made contact with Dugan as he kicked the ball.

He was unable to return to the field.

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Inglis was penalised for the hit and has since pleaded guilty to a grade two shoulder charge. He’ll be sidelined for the next three weeks and won’t return for the Rabbitohs until their round 22 clash with Melbourne.

Asked in the post-match press conference how Dugan had pulled up, NSW coach Laurie Daley didn’t waste words with his reply.

“Could be serious,” Daley said, in what shapes as a massive blow to the Dragons as they attempt to pull their season out of a hole in the run to the finals.