Darius Boyd injured as New Zealand Warriors beat Newcastle Knights 28-12 The Warriors were pretty in pink after bouncing back from a 56-point defeat to the Panthers to defeat the Knights 28-12 at Mt Smart Stadium. ANOTHER game on the road and another defeat for Wayne Bennett's Knights. This one just hurts more. Certainly, the ramifications are greater. Fullback Darius Boyd suffered a possible fractured ankle or lower leg. Winger Akuila Uate damaged rib cartilage. This at a time when the search for back-to-back wins and consistency continues for Newcastle. It won't just be the Knights sweating on the seriousness of Boyd's injury. He is an automatic selection in the Queensland Origin side but Maroons selectors will be looking for a new winger today. The incident was innocuous enough. Another one of those instances where a player's leg gets caught awkwardly under a defender as he is tackled. Boyd bravely stayed on the field after treatment early in the second half but when Warriors prop Sam Rapira went straight past him to score under the sticks after 52 minutes to give the home side a 16-12 lead, you suspected all was not right. That was confirmed two minutes later when he did not even make an attempt to get under Shaun Johnson's bomb. Instead, Warriors fullback Kevin Locke was allowed to catch it uncontested and he drew Boyd before putting skipper Simon Mannering over. That was the end of Boyd for the afternoon. Effectively, it was the end of the Knights as well. The Warriors had turned a halftime 12-10 deficit into a 22-12 lead and, while there were anxious moments to come, they kept the visitors scoreless in the second half to complete an amazing turnaround in the space of seven days. This was the same Warriors side who were thrashed 62-6 by Penrith in their previous game. Their woeful defence against the Panthers was rarely evident as they took some of the heat off coach Matt Elliott with a committed performance. Armed with a new contract, backrower Feleti Mateo made a couple of errors with the football but was a constant threat with his off-loading. The Knights tactic of putting man mountain Manu Vatuvei under pressure with the high ball back-fired with the winger hardly putting a foot wrong all game. Darius Boyd is in doubt for Origin I. Knights coach Wayne Bennett rues mid-match injuries picked up by Darius Boyd and Akuila Uate after his side went down 28-12 to the Warriors. There was nothing wrong with the Knights' resolve. Two first-half tries to winger James McManus gave them their two-point advantage at halftime and they were made to fight hard for it. But Newcastle struggled to get a foothold after the break. Skipper Kurt Gidley showed why Laurie Daley wanted him in his Blues side. Gidley started at hooker, moved to right centre when Uate left the field early in the second half before playing the last 17 minutes at fullback.