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Loloahea gone for a month.
Warriors may not win another game this season.
Warriors may not win another game this season.
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Tom Trbojevic out for 6-8 weeks.
Te Maire Martin out for the season. Suffered a fractured glenoid. It will require surgery.
Feel sorry for the kid. It's never good suffering such a bad injury so early in your career.
Te Maire Martin out for the season. Suffered a fractured glenoid. It will require surgery.
Feel sorry for the kid. It's never good suffering such a bad injury so early in your career.
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Dean Whare torn ACL, out for the season.
He's so injury prone.
He's so injury prone.
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Did he do it at training while trying to come back?
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Yep pretty sure it is poor guy.
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Whare suffered a serious injury last year but otherwise he's been relatively healthy.
It's unfortunate news, I rate him as one of the best passers in the game.
It's unfortunate news, I rate him as one of the best passers in the game.
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James Tedesco fractured shoulder blade, out indefinitely.
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Knights, Tigers, Warriors. Fight!
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Tedesco out for 4-6 weeks.
Huge blow for the Tigers.
I can see another losing streak. Their next 4 games are Bulldogs, Knights, Broncos, Roosters.
Realistically, I can only see them winning one of those games and that's against the Knights.
Huge blow for the Tigers.
I can see another losing streak. Their next 4 games are Bulldogs, Knights, Broncos, Roosters.
Realistically, I can only see them winning one of those games and that's against the Knights.
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Elijah Taylor to fullback!
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Taylor is a good pick up for the Tigers but that said, it doesn't matter who they pick up, the team will always be rubbish while they have Farah and that administration involved.
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Sione Lousi ruled out for the season and will undergo knee surgery after suffering his second ACL injury in 3 years
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That's another pretty lousy injury.
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Tim Moltzen forced into early retirement due to chronic injuries.
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Aaron Gray out for a month due to a knee injury.
Medial ligament.
Medial ligament.
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INJURED Maroons ace Billy Slater has opened up about the pain of his latest shoulder setback, admitting he may never play in the NRL again.
It has been eight weeks since Slater underwent a second bout of shoulder surgery and the Storm superstar has pledged to do everything possible to resurrect his decorated NRL career.
But as he prepares to join Camp Maroon this week to help in a mentoring capacity, Slater provided a candid insight into the personal struggle he is waging to lace up the boots again.
The Innisfail wizard is one of the greatest players of his generation, having amassed 278 first-grade games, 25 Tests, 27 Origin matches and 172 NRL tries in a first-grade career spanning 14 seasons.
The Storm are providing the best medical expertise to help Slater return to the field for a swan song in 2017.
In his heart, Slater, who turns 33 next month, desperately wants to play again ... but his head tells him there are no guarantees.
“I cannot say I will definitely be back,” Slater told The Sunday Mail.
“I’m not going to say right now I will definitely retire, but yes ... there’s a chance I won’t play again.
“It is a pretty serious injury and the fact that I have done my shoulder twice is quite concerning for my life in general.
“If I get to six months down the track and I feel I’m in a position to play again, I will push on and pursue that route.
“But at the moment, I honestly can’t give that guarantee.
“I don’t want to finish like this, but to be honest, there is more important things in life than football.”
Slater is doing his best to find solace in the additional hours he is spending with his wife and kids, but even his private world presents confronting experiences.
He is currently unable to raise his left arm above shoulder height. That prevents him picking up his children. Even driving a car is problematic for one of Australian sport’s most gifted athletes.
“It’s been hard to deal with. Frustrating,” Slater says.
“At the moment, I can’t even do basic things that people take for granted.
“For example, I can’t change gears in the car with my left hand. I can barely raise my arm. I’m not even allowed to pick up my kids in the air which is frustrating.
“I have always been an active person and to be in this state for the best part of 12 months is pretty hard to deal with.
“Just waking up and not having to go to training is hard. For 14 years, I have been told what to wear, where to be, what to eat, how to train and all of a sudden I don’t know what to do with myself.
“I don’t even go into the Storm much at the moment. There’s really not much I can do in the gym ... so I stay away and just rest.”
Slater underwent his first bout of shoulder surgery before Origin III last year and there were suggestions the operation was botched.
There was speculation Slater would explore legal options, but the Test star is refusing to apportion blame, even if he never felt totally comfortable after the first procedure.
“We’re not too sure what happened with the first operation,” he said. “But after I had a scan after round one (this year), we found it was torn again and it had to be repaired.
“I don’t know where it all went wrong. I feel within myself things weren’t right the whole time after the first op. I just thought the pain was part and parcel of coming back from shoulder surgery and I had to put up with it for a bit.
“The whole pre-season I felt I wasn’t 100 per cent, but I was a bit naive and thought this is the way the recovery goes. I figured I had to play with some pain but clearly something was wrong.”
Slater will get a glimpse of the future when he walks into Camp Maroon this week.
Younger, stronger, fitter Maroons will slog their guts out while quasi-coach Slater watches on as the injured elder statesman he never thought he would be.
But there is only one ‘R’ word he is contemplating, and it’s resurrection ... not retirement.
“No doctor has told me ‘You can’t come back’,” he said.
“The surgeon was happy with the (second) operation and he is confident I will be a position to play football again.
“But it’s not for me to make that decision right now. It’s a decision I will make towards the end of the year. If my shoulder feels good, knowing the way I am, I will be pushing to play again.
“It won’t be a decision I make alone. I will consult doctors. I will talk to medical staff at the Storm. I will talk to my wife because her thoughts matter and I want to live an active life with her.
“Ideally, I’d love nothing more to come back and finish on a high and injury free. I look at (former Roosters fullback) Anthony Minichiello and three or four years before he actually retired, he had a bad back injury and people were saying he was finished.
“‘Mini’ gives me that inspiration that I can make it back, but I have a long way to go before I give any guarantees.
“My main priority is to have an enjoyable life after football.”
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It has been eight weeks since Slater underwent a second bout of shoulder surgery and the Storm superstar has pledged to do everything possible to resurrect his decorated NRL career.
But as he prepares to join Camp Maroon this week to help in a mentoring capacity, Slater provided a candid insight into the personal struggle he is waging to lace up the boots again.
The Innisfail wizard is one of the greatest players of his generation, having amassed 278 first-grade games, 25 Tests, 27 Origin matches and 172 NRL tries in a first-grade career spanning 14 seasons.
The Storm are providing the best medical expertise to help Slater return to the field for a swan song in 2017.
In his heart, Slater, who turns 33 next month, desperately wants to play again ... but his head tells him there are no guarantees.
“I cannot say I will definitely be back,” Slater told The Sunday Mail.
“I’m not going to say right now I will definitely retire, but yes ... there’s a chance I won’t play again.
“It is a pretty serious injury and the fact that I have done my shoulder twice is quite concerning for my life in general.
“If I get to six months down the track and I feel I’m in a position to play again, I will push on and pursue that route.
“But at the moment, I honestly can’t give that guarantee.
“I don’t want to finish like this, but to be honest, there is more important things in life than football.”
Slater is doing his best to find solace in the additional hours he is spending with his wife and kids, but even his private world presents confronting experiences.
He is currently unable to raise his left arm above shoulder height. That prevents him picking up his children. Even driving a car is problematic for one of Australian sport’s most gifted athletes.
“It’s been hard to deal with. Frustrating,” Slater says.
“At the moment, I can’t even do basic things that people take for granted.
“For example, I can’t change gears in the car with my left hand. I can barely raise my arm. I’m not even allowed to pick up my kids in the air which is frustrating.
“I have always been an active person and to be in this state for the best part of 12 months is pretty hard to deal with.
“Just waking up and not having to go to training is hard. For 14 years, I have been told what to wear, where to be, what to eat, how to train and all of a sudden I don’t know what to do with myself.
“I don’t even go into the Storm much at the moment. There’s really not much I can do in the gym ... so I stay away and just rest.”
Slater underwent his first bout of shoulder surgery before Origin III last year and there were suggestions the operation was botched.
There was speculation Slater would explore legal options, but the Test star is refusing to apportion blame, even if he never felt totally comfortable after the first procedure.
“We’re not too sure what happened with the first operation,” he said. “But after I had a scan after round one (this year), we found it was torn again and it had to be repaired.
“I don’t know where it all went wrong. I feel within myself things weren’t right the whole time after the first op. I just thought the pain was part and parcel of coming back from shoulder surgery and I had to put up with it for a bit.
“The whole pre-season I felt I wasn’t 100 per cent, but I was a bit naive and thought this is the way the recovery goes. I figured I had to play with some pain but clearly something was wrong.”
Slater will get a glimpse of the future when he walks into Camp Maroon this week.
Younger, stronger, fitter Maroons will slog their guts out while quasi-coach Slater watches on as the injured elder statesman he never thought he would be.
But there is only one ‘R’ word he is contemplating, and it’s resurrection ... not retirement.
“No doctor has told me ‘You can’t come back’,” he said.
“The surgeon was happy with the (second) operation and he is confident I will be a position to play football again.
“But it’s not for me to make that decision right now. It’s a decision I will make towards the end of the year. If my shoulder feels good, knowing the way I am, I will be pushing to play again.
“It won’t be a decision I make alone. I will consult doctors. I will talk to medical staff at the Storm. I will talk to my wife because her thoughts matter and I want to live an active life with her.
“Ideally, I’d love nothing more to come back and finish on a high and injury free. I look at (former Roosters fullback) Anthony Minichiello and three or four years before he actually retired, he had a bad back injury and people were saying he was finished.
“‘Mini’ gives me that inspiration that I can make it back, but I have a long way to go before I give any guarantees.
“My main priority is to have an enjoyable life after football.”
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