JOE Ofahengaue is definitely out of Sunday’s match against the Titans at Suncorp Stadium – and how long he could be missing from the Broncos’ line-up is unclear.

The Bronco forward made a strong start to his Queensland State of Origin career last night, shining with almost 100 running metres in just 32 minutes off the bench.

However his night came to an end when he sustained a nasty gash just below his right knee.

It required a surgical clean out last night, and because of the nature of the injury, the timeline will depend on how he heals.

“It is a really strange injury – it is not a common rugby league injury to get a deep laceration on a patella,” said Broncos’ Head of Performance Paul Devlin this afternoon.

“They got him straight into hospital to minimise the infection.

“Dr Peter Meyers cleaned out the wound and stitched it up to stop anything else getting in there.

“Everything seems to be working fine and there doesn't seem to be any underlying problems that “would keep him out for a long time.

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“He is on intravenous antibiotics aimed at minimising as much as we can any possible infection.

“He won't be available this week but we really won’t know until that wound heals up and we can check the function around the area.

“He could be back next week in the best-case scenario, so we are positive about it, or it could be a number of weeks after that.”