Melbourne Storm hopeful of good news on injured star Maurice Blair MELBOURNE are confident that what looked like a possible career ending neck injury to Maurice Blair is not as serious as it first appeared. Blair's head was driven into the turf at Canberra Stadium as he landed awkwardly whilst taking a run in the 11th minute of the Storms 68-4 win over Canberra. Play was stopped for five minutes while the utility was assessed which resulted in Blair leaving the field on a stretcher and in a neck brace. Despite what looked like a horrible injury, Storm coach Craig Bellamy was hopeful of Blair's condition was not career threatening. "Our doctor seems to think it's not too serious," Bellamy said following the match. Melbourne star Maurice Blair has his head driven into the turf. He's at the hospital as we speak having scans It looked terrible didn't it? I only actually caught it the once but it looked bad. The doctor seems to think he will have some sort of damage but nothing too serious so he's hopeful of that... fingers crossed it won't be too bad. Melbourne utility Maurice Blair lands head first. The Storm are awaiting results on scans which are expected to come later on Monday. The 28-year-old is off contract for next season and has been linked to a move to the Gold Coast Titans for 2014.