The Sharks hope Talakai will return in a week after suffering a bicep strain during the game against the Rabbitohs.
The Cronulla Sharks are hopeful Perth Bears-bound utility will only miss a single week on their run to the NRL finals.
Talakai failed to finish Sunday afternoon's game against the South Sydney Rabbitohs, which could well be the Sharks toughest over the final six weeks of the season given a tremendously straightforward run in where they play five of the bottom seven sides.
Talakai, who has been used at centre, second-row and in the middle third this year by Craig Fitzgibbon, is a critical cog in the machine for Cronulla, and when he came off with a bicep injury on Sunday, there were fears for his season.
It has been revealed however by the club that he has only suffered a strain, and they are hopeful he will be back for the Round 24 clash against the Canberra Raiders.