Foran in doubt for Warriors

The Warriors will soon learn if Kieran Foran can play for the club again after suffering an injury in last Friday’s loss to the Rabbitohs.

Foran - set to join the Bulldogs next season - hurt his back when he was hit while kicking the ball and had to hobble off five minutes from fulltime in the Warriors’ seventh straight defeat.

The setback raised doubts whether the Kiwis standoff half would be fit for the Warriors’ final two dead-rubber round robin games against his former club, Manly, in Auckland next Sunday and Wests Tigers in Sydney on September 3.

Foran said after the South Sydney match - won 36-18 by the Rabbitohs - that he would get a medical assessment.

‘‘I landed awkwardly on the bottom of my back so just in a bit of pain at the moment,’’ he told the Daily Telegraph.

Foran played on for 10 minutes before he left the pitch.

Asked if he would be available for the two remaining games, he said: ‘‘I’m not too sure yet’’.

‘‘I will get the doctor to assess me when we get back to the hotel and then we’ll go from there.’’

It was the latest in a series of niggles for Foran during his 15-game one-season stint with the Warriors after hamstring and shoulder problems.

However, Foran has insisted his Warriors tenure has not been a failure for him, or the Auckland-based NRL club.

Speaking before the Rabbitohs game, the 27-year-old told Stuff: ‘‘It’s been a success in my eyes.

‘‘I know the results haven’t gone the way many would have liked and it would have been great to get some success on the footy field and charge into the finals.

‘‘That didn’t happen, but in my eyes coming here hopefully has been good for both sides, not just myself.

Foran said the Warriors had helped him a lot in ‘‘turning my life around’’

‘‘And hopefully I’ve left something here and put a bit of my experience into helping a few of the younger boys grow and develop.

‘‘You’d be naive to think it’s always going to be rosy and you’re always going to be playing in finals.

‘‘You’ve got to be realistic and it’s been difficult. We set ourselves a target of being there in September and playing finals footy.

‘‘To not get there is a bit disheartening for the group, but we’ve still got an opportunity to play some good footy this year and get into some form which the boys can take into next season.’’

A 14-point burst in the second half put the Rabbitohs game beyond the Warriors’ reach.