Kitione Kautoga suffered an ankle injury, sidelining him for up to eight weeks, ending his season.
The Parramatta Eels have confirmed forward Kitione Kautoga has suffered an ankle syndesmosis injury.
The forward was substituted out of Parramatta's loss to the Penrith Panthers shortly before halftime on Sunday afternoon after appearing to have been the recipient of a hip drop tackle from centre Izack Tago.
Kautoga has now been confirmed by the Eels to be out for up to eight weeks, effectively ending his season on the spot.
The NRL has exactly eight weeks remaining in the regular season as of Round 20 - when the Eels clash with the Canberra Raiders this weekend - so Kautoga would need the blue and gold to mount an unlikely finals campaign...