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Dylan Walker expected to miss the first month of 2018 NRL season with various injuries
Michael Carayannis and Christian Nicolussi, The Daily Telegraph
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MANLY have been rocked by news that star centre Dylan Walker is set to miss at least the first month of the 2018 NRL season.
Walker needs to undergo a mini shoulder reconstruction and the 23-year-old is not due back on the field until April.
Walker was due to have surgery once Manly were bundled out of week one of the finals. But he was picked in the Prime Minister’s XIII game and the Sea Eagles allowed him to play in order to push his case for a Kangaroos recall.
Walker then suffered a badly broken leg last month in the PM’s game that was so severe he feared his career may be over.
The injury has left Walker needing crutches, meaning he has been unable to undergo shoulder surgery.
He also dislocated his ankle which left him in a moon boot, and, at the time of the injury the on-ground physio told him not to look at it because of the damage.
It is expected that Walker will be operated on early next month, before rehabilitation to try and have him back on the field as soon as possible.
Walker, Daly Cherry-Evans and Frank Winterstein played in every game for Manly this year.
Meanwhile, Manly are close to agreeing to a two-year extension with coach Trent Barrett. The Gold Coast had sounded out Barrett, who is contracted until the end of next season, as a potential replacement for Neil Henry.
Lyall Gorman could also be announced as the Eagles’ chief executive as early as next week.
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