Leeds Rhinos prop Mikolaj Oledzki is about to be out for as much as eight weeks after fracturing his cheekbone.
He suffered the harm within the Rhinos’ 6-0 defeat at home to St Helens on Friday.
Oledzki additionally injured his eye socket and would require surgical procedure, however that may solely happen as soon as some facial swelling has gone down.
The England worldwide then faces between six and eight weeks out relying on the success of the surgical procedure.
The 26-year-old was a part of England head coach Shaun Wane’s get-together earlier this month, however he’ll hope to get better effectively forward of the three-match sequence with Australia which begins on 25 October.