BREAKING NEWS: The head coach of the St George Illawarra Dragons has terminated his employment with the team today……….

Luckless enforcer Nelson Asofa-Solomona suffered a hamstring injury against the Rabbitohs and is in doubt for the Storm’s Round 9 clash with the Titans.

Asofa-Solomona only returned from injury for his first game of the season against the Roosters, but now faces another stint on the sidelines two weeks into his comeback.

The Storm will also be sweating on the fitness of star winger Xavier Coates after he scored a hat-trick and suffered a hamstring injury in the first half against the Rabbitohs.

Coates went off just before halftime with a hamstring issue after producing a sizzling hat-trick as the Storm shot out to a 32-4 lead.

“Unfortunately he’s been ruled out of this match with a hamstring issue,” Fox Sports reporter Jake Duke said.

“They are confident that it’s not as bad as first thought, but given his history with hamstring injuries, ruled out of this one.”

“If we had to, we would have put him back on but we thought it was safer to leave him off,” Bellamy said. “He’s had a couple of other niggles the last few weeks so that’s probably put a bit of pressure or fatigue on his hamstring.

“Sounded like he might be a chance [next week] but I’ll have to see how he progresses throughout the week.”