The good news for Danny Levi is he didn't lose any teeth. The bad news is he'll undergo surgery on a broken jaw and will miss eight to 10 weeks.
It's a big blow for Levi and the Canberra Raiders after the Samoa international joined the club and claimed the starting hooker role.
But the Raiders pointed to last year, when Zac Woolford formed a hooking partnership with Tom Starling in the Green Machine's charge to the finals.