Morgan denies ‘dogshot’ on Hooker

Ospreys winger Luke Morgan insists he did nothing wrong in the incident that injured Sharks centre Ethan Hooker.

Hooker is set for a lengthy spell on the sidelines after dislocating his shoulder when Morgan dived on him after he had scored a try in Saturday night’s 21-17 defeat in Swansea.

“Ethan’s injury was a massive blow for us,” said Sharks coach JP Pietersen. “After scoring a try, the rules say you are not supposed to dive on a player. The rules are there to protect players and sadly that did not happen.

“He dislocated his shoulder. He is a massive presence for us and to lose him after the first half was very disappointing and frustrating.”

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In a comment on Morgan’s post-match Instagram post, chrisvdm01 said: “You should be banned for as long as Ethan Hooker is out. Scumbag.”

To which Morgan responded: “And you should go bore someone else with a silly little comment like that.”

pdf7777 then chipped in with: “Falling on a player after he was clearly going to score is pure filth. Intended to hurt and succeed. Congrats.”

Morgan replied: “He clearly hasn’t scored until the ball is grounded, there for [therefore] because the ball wasn’t grounded means the ball is still in play and I am fully legal to make that tackle so you might want to think again about that one.”

Morgan later deleted his second comment.

Ethan Hooker goes coast-to-coast 😤🦈

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Depending on the severity of the dislocation, Hooker could be sidelined for three to four months.