Watson’s 558-day road to Origin debut
Watson’s 558-day road to Origin debut
He’s the Swiss Army knife who is ready to do anything for the Blues next week, but there was a time a year ago when many people wondered if Connor Watson would be able to even get back to a footy field after his dazzling array of tools were wiped out by a shocking knee injury that threatened to end his career.
A ruptured patella tendon in his left knee suffered in the pre-season kept him out of the NRL for a staggering 558 days, but after months of rehab and proving people wrong, the Roosters star got to make some phone calls to the only people who really matter after he found out on Sunday that he’d be making his Origin debut.
