BRYCE Cartwright has suffered a nightmare start to his switch to Parramatta by breaking his jaw in a freak training accident yesterday.<\/p>\n
Cartwright, who has had a wretched run with injury and form slumps in his three seasons on the Gold Coast, had been training well and was looking forward to a fresh start.<\/p>\n
But the talented former City representative forward copped a stray boot at training during a drill and was immediately taken to hospital.<\/p>\n
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"It's shocking luck for the bloke but the one good thing is that it happened in the pre-season and he shouldn't miss too many weeks of the competition," Eels coach Brad Arthur told WWOS.<\/p>\n
"He had been looking good and we were actually planning to play him in our first trial on Thursday to give him a hit out.<\/p>\n
"They are still doing tests to determine the full extent of the damage."<\/p>\n
Cartwright, 26, is expected to be out for between four and six weeks.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"