Rising North Queensland forward Ethan Lowe’s career could be in jeopardy after being ruled out of the finals with a spinal cord injury.

Lowe had been struggling with neck soreness after the Cowboys went down to Melbourne at AAMI Park last Saturday night.

“Ethan Lowe’s season is finished,” coach Paul Green said.

“Unfortunately, he has injured his spinal cord. As you can imagine, it is pretty serious and pretty sensitive.

“Outside of that, I can’t comment too much. It’s really devastating.”