Grim update on $800k star after 'serious' injury

Canterbury has been dealt a bitter stroke connected the eve of the NRL season.

The Bulldogs person mislaid planetary guardant Luke Thompson to a superior ankle injury, which helium sustained astatine grooming connected Tuesday.

Thompson had to assisted from the tract aft going down conscionable hours earlier the archetypal NRL teams of the 2023 play were owed to beryllium named.

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Bulldogs shot main Phil Gould aboriginal tweeted a grim update connected the 27-year-old.

"Unfortunately Luke Thompson's wounded is rather serious," Gould said.

Luke Thompson of the Bulldogs. (Photo by Jason McCawley/Getty Images) (Getty)

"Prognosis is for minimum six months recovery. Possibly longer depending connected country type.

"Very bittersweet for Luke and the club."

Making matters worse for Thompson is the information helium is disconnected contract, and present faced with the world of missing much than fractional the NRL season.

He's reportedly earning $800,000 connected his Canterbury declaration this season, but faces an uncertain aboriginal if helium can't marque it onto the tract to play for a caller deal.

Thompson played 161 Super League games for St Helens successful England, earlier moving to Belmore successful 2020.

He has lone managed 38 NRL games successful 3 seasons successful the bluish and white, but loomed arsenic a cardinal subordinate of rookie manager Cameron Ciraldo's squad this year.

In airy of the wounded connected Tuesday, Ciraldo named Jayden Tanner to marque his NRL debut connected the seat for the Bulldogs.

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