Heamasi Makasini was dropped from the Wests Tigers squad due to injury and performance issues, confirmed by his moon boot.
It has been revealed injury played as much a role in Heamasi Makasini's axing from first-grade for the Wests Tigers' Round 8 clash with the Canberra Raiders as anything else.
Makasini, alongside Patrick Herbert was left out of the 22-man squad by Benji Mrshall when teams were named for the coming weekend on Tuesday afternoon.
Herbert held onto a spot in the matchday squad by being named in jersey 18, while Makasini was left out entirely.
It came after he made a number of errors during the Tigers' Round 7 loss to the Brisbane Broncos, however, it has now emerged he has bone bruising after he arrived at training on Wednesday morning wearing a moon boot.