djdeep4172
Kennel Enthusiast
- Joined
- Sep 29, 2014
- Messages
- 3,647
- Reaction score
- 6,814
Luckless Bulldogs star Kieran Foran has ruled out the possibility of retirement despite the injury-prone five-eighth being ruled out of the 2020 NRL season due to a shoulder injury.
Foran underwent reconstructive surgery on Tuesday which revealed “new and additional damage” that wasn’t detected during the MRI scan, meaning the 29-year-old Kiwi internaitonal will require fiurther surgery and require up to 12 months of rehabilitation.
However, Foran remains defiant he will play on despite a terrible run of injuries that has meant he has earned about $115,000 for every game played for the Bulldogs.
“I’m not about to roll over and put an end to it, that’s for sure,” Foran told the Sydney Morning Herald. “I feel like my best years are still to come, that’s the most frustrating thing.
“Giving up for me at this stage is not an option. Until it’s taken from me, and I’ve got no option but to give up, then I will give up. You would probably have to take me off in a wheelchair for that to happen.
“I’m not going to roll over lightly, that’s for sure. I’m strong in my beliefs. I believe I still have good footy in me and I believe I can still compete at this level. Until I have no option but to walk away, I’m going to keep fighting my way back.”
Unfortunately the Bulldogs, as the rules stand, are only eligible to receive $350,000 in salary cap relief as Foran’s latest injury was sustained on international duty with New Zealand.
It’s a situation that Canterbury chief executive Andrew Hill will take up with the NRL.
Foran underwent reconstructive surgery on Tuesday which revealed “new and additional damage” that wasn’t detected during the MRI scan, meaning the 29-year-old Kiwi internaitonal will require fiurther surgery and require up to 12 months of rehabilitation.
However, Foran remains defiant he will play on despite a terrible run of injuries that has meant he has earned about $115,000 for every game played for the Bulldogs.
“I’m not about to roll over and put an end to it, that’s for sure,” Foran told the Sydney Morning Herald. “I feel like my best years are still to come, that’s the most frustrating thing.
“Giving up for me at this stage is not an option. Until it’s taken from me, and I’ve got no option but to give up, then I will give up. You would probably have to take me off in a wheelchair for that to happen.
“I’m not going to roll over lightly, that’s for sure. I’m strong in my beliefs. I believe I still have good footy in me and I believe I can still compete at this level. Until I have no option but to walk away, I’m going to keep fighting my way back.”
Unfortunately the Bulldogs, as the rules stand, are only eligible to receive $350,000 in salary cap relief as Foran’s latest injury was sustained on international duty with New Zealand.
It’s a situation that Canterbury chief executive Andrew Hill will take up with the NRL.