Inglis and fellow international centre Brent Tate topped a long casuality list.

Indigenous All Stars team officials confirmed after the game that Inglis had suffered a high ankle sprain. He will be out for at least 4-6 weeks, possibly as long as three months.

NRL All Stars coach Wayne Bennett said it was more precautionary that Tate, who has already had two knee reconstructions during his career, did not take the field in the second half.

"What he's done is not serious as far as we can tell it is not something we see as long term," Bennett said.

Greg Inglis is treated for an ankle injury during the NRL All Stars game. Picture: Adam HeadSource: The Courier-Mail

"It is a tough place for him. He's been there too many times now."

Any doubts about the validity of the contest were put to rest when the match turned ugly as the NRL All Stars stormed to a 36-28 win over the Indigenous side.

Indigenous All Stars lock, Greg Bird and giant NRL forward, Jared Warea-Hargreaves were chief villains in the brawling department, as the NRL outfit claimed the inaugural Arthur Beetson Trophy.

Beetson, who died on the Gold Coast last year following a heart attack, wouldn't have minded the fire and brimstone.

He played in some of the toughest game's in the code's history.

Most of the drama happened in the first quarter, with two all-brawls and a blow-up between former Cronulla teammates Bird and Paul Gallen, with Bird penalised.

Kiwi international Warea-Hargreaves wears his heart on his sleeve and made it clear he was passionate about playing for the NRL All Stars.

But some of his roughhouse tactics incensed the Indigenous players, who felt they fell in the "cheap shot" category.

The biggest fear of the 16 NRL club coaches is that someone will be injured, and Cowboys boss, Neil Henry had his heart in his mouth when Tate sat out the second half following concerns over the knee which required a reconstruction at the end of 2010.

New South Sydney coach Michael McGuire no doubt felt the same way when Inglis was carried from the field with an ankle injury after scoring a try in the 68th minute.

Indigenous trainer Wendell Sailor said Inglis knew straight away it was serious. "He's shattered," Sailor said.

Titans prop, Luke Bailey was knocked senseless tackling club teammate Jamal Idris while St George Illawarra hooker Nathan Fien was treated following a collision with NRL All Stars teammate Josh Dugan.

The game started with the expected razzle dazzle, and although there were some big hits, there was no hint of the mayhem to come.

"We don't need this," Indigenous skipper Johnathan Thurston could be heard saying to his players during the second and ugliest fracas.

The first incident blew up in the 17th minute after Indigenous forward Sam Thaiday had the ball stolen and Bird and Warea-Hargreaves were in the middle of it.

Bennett instigated the first power play in league history in the 27th minute with Thaiday and Corey Paterson the players rested by Indigenous coach Laurie Daley.

Unfortunately the cards didn't fall Bennett's way, with the Indigenous side denying them possession for most of the five minutes they were down to 12 men, so much so Matt Bowen scored a try from a well-placed Thurston chip kick.