Titans forward suffers gruesome elbow dislocation
The Titans' injury woes have gone from bad to worse with young forward John Olive suffering a stomach-churning elbow injury.
Olive was attempting to make a tackle early in Gold Coast's clash with the Eels on Friday night when he put his left arm down to brace himself.
However his arm bent back horribly the wrong way, with his elbow appearing to dislocate.
The 20-year-old was in awful pain as he made his way from the field.
Gold Coast were already without controversial fullback Jarryd Hayne, while Ryan Simpkins (knee), Dan Sarginson (shoulder), Konrad Hurrell (hamstring), Chris McQueen (neck), Karl Lawton (shoulder) and Jarrod Wallace (knee) are also out injured.
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Fans reacted to the gruesome Olive injury on social media.
Oh my! That John Olive elbow injury looks painful #NRL
— Mark Gottlieb (@MarkGottliebFOX) August 17, 2017
John Olive. Don't watch a replay on a weak stomach.
— The Full 80 (@TheFull80) August 17, 2017
Feel sorry for John Olive. Arms just aren't supposed to bend that way. Sickening... #NRLEelsTitans
— Jay Dwight (@JayD1313) August 17, 2017
Yeah John Olive that's not where your elbow is meant to be. Somebody slap it back into place!
😲😵#NRLEelsTitans— Barry Harden-Upman (@TheBHU_NRL) August 17, 2017
One word for that injury of John Olive. OUCH!!!! #NRLEelsTitans
— Michael Robinson (@ozrobbo) August 17, 2017
Parramatta piled the misery on the under-siege Gold Coast with a 30-8 win.
Needless to say it hasn't been a great few days for the embattled Titans.