Cameron Murray will eye a return to contact coaching by the top of subsequent week as he bids to beat a problematic wrist harm and begin the NRL season for South Sydney.
Injured throughout final 12 months’s Pacific Championships, Murray has been on a modified coaching program since returning to the Rabbitohs within the pre-season.
The 27-year-old Souths captain had not anticipated the harm to be a problem at first of the season, however he’s but to renew full contract coaching.
He’ll miss two pre-season matches in opposition to Manly and St George Illawarra, with fellow stars Cody Walker and Campbell Graham additionally sidelined.
Murray is then rated a 50-50 probability to face the Dolphins within the Rabbitohs’ season opener at Suncorp Stadium on March 7.
“It’s getting higher, I’m nonetheless within the body, however I’ve a bit to tick off,” Murray informed AAP.
“I must progress into some contact stuff and see the way it pulls up from there. I most likely have to start out by the again finish of subsequent week.
“I didn’t assume a wrist would take six months to heal, particularly should you don’t break any bones.
“I had by no means handled a wrist harm earlier than … However I’m nonetheless within the image.”
Walker can be thought-about a 50-50 probability to play in opposition to the Dolphins, as he battles to beat a calf harm.
And Graham can be no certainty to play, having suffered a damaged hand at Rabbitohs coaching after lacking your entire of 2024 with a sternum difficulty.
South Sydney would have hoped their luck may flip in 2025 with Wayne Bennett’s return, after a horror harm run final season.
However as an alternative it has been a case of the identical outdated issues.
Whereas Graham didn’t play a sport final season, Latrell Mitchell was solely accessible for 11 matches and Alex Johnston suffered a season-ending Achilles tendon rupture.
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Prop Tevita Tatola additionally missed many of the season, whereas Jai Arrow battled shoulder points for almost all of the 12 months.
Murray additionally missed six weeks with a hip-flexor difficulty, however stated he had vowed to not get within the doldrums over the harm toll this season.
“I strive to not assume an excessive amount of about it, as a result of should you assume an excessive amount of about it you simply drive your self loopy,” Murray stated.
“We have now had sufficient time over-thinking issues, victimising ourselves.
“The one method to recover from one thing like that’s simply management what you may.
“In case you are unfortunate sufficient to select up an harm simply take care of what it’s worthwhile to do along with your rehab to get again on the market.
“You may say: ‘Why is that this taking place to us?’. Or you may say: ‘That is taking place to us, how will we come again from it?’.”
