But Rose, who along with his brothers Matt and Trent is promoting the December 16 fight<\/a> through their company No Limit Boxing, gave Gallen a dose of reality.<\/p>\n "When I told the Roses about it, I actually got a phone call off George Rose and this is what made me toughen up a bit," Gallen told Wide World of Sports.<\/p>\n "George says to me, 'Gal I think you've done the same thing as what I did'. I said, 'Ah yeah. How long were you out for?' He goes, 'I played the next week!' So I thought, 'Ah shit, I'm going to go and get a second opinion here'.<\/p>\n "So I started ringing a few of the physios I came into contact with at rep teams over the years and they said, 'Yeah so and so did it, and so and so did it'."<\/p>\n Gallen didn't stop there.<\/p>\n "I rang a couple of ex-players," he said.<\/p>\n "Anthony Watmough did one in a State of Origin game and didn't even come off the field and didn't miss a week. Dean Halatau, who lives close by – I had a coffee with him. He did his and he didn't miss a week.<\/p>\n "So when I spoke to those guys and got told some of their stories I thought, 'Well maybe I better suck it up and go and ask the doctor if I actually do need the surgery'. And he said, 'No mate, you don't need it. You've lost a bit of strength but it's more about aesthetics and the way it looks. If you're comfortable you don't have to have it'. So I didn't have the surgery."<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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