{"id":401863,"date":"2024-06-11T01:56:42","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T01:56:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=401863"},"modified":"2024-06-11T05:08:18","modified_gmt":"2024-06-11T05:08:18","slug":"it-could-be-bennett-fears-stars-career-is-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/?p=401863","title":{"rendered":"'It could be': Bennett fears star's career is over"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queensland<\/a> enforcer Tom Flegler may have played his last game in the NRL as Dolphins<\/a> coach Wayne Bennett<\/a> reveals the forward's career is in jeopardy.<\/p>\n

Flegler was a marquee buy for the Dolphins in the off-season, signing a lucrative four-year deal, reportedly worth $3 million as he made the switch from the Brisbane Broncos<\/a><\/p>\n

Bennett confirmed that Flegler is currently fighting to save his career after suffering a nerve injury to his shoulder in round five against the Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n

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The injury was initially tipped to put the 24-year-old out for one match, however, he is yet to make a return to the field. \ufeff<\/p>\n

When asked if Flegler's career could be over, Bennett replied: "It could be, it's pretty serious.<\/p>\n

"We don't think he will play this year and next year is another issue.<\/p>\n

"Nerves are a very difficult thing for doctors to treat, so we're hoping Tom gets back on the field, but we don't know when that could be.<\/p>\n

"The nerve just hasn't come back to where it should be.<\/p>\n

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"Hopefully his career is OK, but there is a real chance Tom may not play again."<\/p>\n

Flegler \ufeffhas featured three times in the Origin arena with the Queensland Maroons, but after just four games with the Dolphins, his career took a turn.<\/p>\n

According to The Courier Mail, the Dolphins have provided Fleger with red-light therapy, a treatment aimed at increasing blood flow and accelerating rehabilitation.<\/p>\n

He has also had \ufefftwo nerve conduction tests in the past two months.<\/p>\n

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Flegler's test results have indicated that the nerve in his shoulder is not dead, but it hasn't responded sufficiently for him to return to play.<\/p>\n

Should the nerve\ufeff fail to heal, Flegler will need to undergo nerve-transfer surgery in a last ditch attempt to revive his career.<\/p>\n

The worst-case scenario for the young gun is early retirement, but the Dolphins remain confident it will not come to that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Queensland enforcer Tom Flegler may have played his last game in the NRL as Dolphins coach Wayne Bennett reveals the forward's career is in jeopardy. […]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":401867,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401863"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=401863"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401863\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401868,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/401863\/revisions\/401868"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/401867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=401863"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=401863"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sportinfo.pro\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=401863"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}