Jaw fracture all but ends Joseph Suaalii's Super Rugby season

The injury news is a blow to Wallabies coach Joe Schmidt ahead of the British & Irish Lions series in July and August.

Australia's Joseph Suaalii looks for the gap in their Autumn Nations Series win over England. Pic: David Rogers/Getty Images

Wallabies back Joseph Suaalii has almost certainly played his last Super Rugby match of the season for the NSW Waratahs after a scan revealed a jaw fracture that will require reinforcement surgery and sideline him for at least four weeks.

The high-profile signing from rugby league was always going to miss this Friday's clash with the Crusaders after sustaining a concussion last week but medical checks also revealed the "small, undisplaced fracture".