Long has scored five tries in 12 Super League appearances for Hull in 2010

Hull FC may have to face being without skipper Sean Long for the rest of the season after he was ruled out for eight weeks with his dislocated elbow.

The former St Helens and Great Britain scrum-half was led off in pain late on in the 10-8 win over Catalans Dragons at the KC Stadium last Friday night.

And scans have now revealed the full extent of the injury, meaning that he is sidelined for at least two months.

The earliest possible date of a return is the clash with Leeds on 3 September.

But that is Hull's final game of the league campaign - and if they fail to make the last eight (they currently have an eight-point cushion on ninth-placed Wakefield), then their season would be over.

The Black and Whites' recent upturn in form, which has seen them win four of their last five games to go fourth in Super League XV, has coincided with 33-year-old Long's return after a lengthy spell out with an ankle problem.

Long, who joined Hull from St Helens prior to the season, has endured a rough time with injuries in his brief career at the KC Stadium, missing seven of the club's 20 games already.

And the 33-year-old scrum-half suffered his latest injury attempting to tackle Catalans back Carlaw during last Friday's 10-8 win for the Black

"He's going to be off for an extended period," Hull coach Richard Agar told BBC Radio Humberside. "He was on oxygen and in a fair bit of pain."

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