Latrell blasts NRL as Fergo exposes 'joke'

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Calls for the NRL to supply amended aesculapian assistance for recently-retired players has intensified aft erstwhile premiership-winning winger Blake Ferguson called retired the league for denying him cover.

In a societal media post, Ferguson claimed the NRL rejected his petition to wage for costs associated with aesculapian procedures connected his nose, which has been breached 8 times, due to the fact that he's been retired of the crippled excessively long.

The existent CBA states players lone person 12 months to person "any surgeries and rehabilitation paid for that volition assistance hole the injuries they suffered during their careers."

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Ferguson, 32, played 249 NRL games for 4 clubs crossed a 12-year career and past played successful the NRL successful 2021, going connected to play for English Championship broadside Leigh Centurions earlier moving backmost to Australia to play for Thirlmere Roosters successful a section league.

"After 15 years successful the @nrl system, playing 249 games for 4 NRL teams winning a expansive final, 7 games for @arlkangaroos, 9 games for @nswblues, winning the Harry Sunderland medal (players' subordinate for Kangaroos) and breaking my chemoreceptor implicit 8 times you'd deliberation they would hole it arsenic I dedicated my beingness and assemblage to the game," Ferguson wrote successful an Instagram communicative connected Wednesday night.

"But nary I person been told due to the fact that I went to Japan and England and it has been implicit 12 months (since his past NRL game) that I'm not eligible for the aesculapian attraction to hole it.

"What's the spell deadset (sic) idiosyncratic struggles to slumber astatine nighttime and puts bums connected seats for yas and you wanna conscionable propulsion a idiosyncratic to the kirb (sic) erstwhile they are retired. Absolute joke."

In a abstracted post, Ferguson wrote: "Surely I tin beryllium compensated for ruining my face. This wouldn't person happened if I conscionable played for ya section footy team. You deliberation this came from walking successful the parkland connected an day @rlplayers @arlkangaroos @nrl @nswblues."

Ferguson's station received enactment from different NRL players, with Josh Addo-Carr, Sandor Earl, Latrell Mitchell and Andrew Fifita among those to stock his post.

Mitchell added to the post: "Regardless of however agelong you're retired of the crippled you should beryllium compensated for your dedication.

"What I've witnesser arsenic a young fulla coming successful to a strategy with you bred showed a batch of professionalism. Love ya bra. Bums successful the spot for a crippled that forgets their biggest assets."

Ferguson's communicative adds value to a pressing contented for the players who person called for a longer clip play aft retirement.

Speaking to AAP earlier this year, the precocious retired Fifita said helium had already had genu country and had his chemoreceptor reconstructed, but has been told helium needs to spell nether the weapon 4 much times.

"I've got 12 months to get it done, and I consciousness similar I'm rushing to get it each sorted," helium said.

"I find having 12 months is simply a spot of a s--- go, but I consciousness similar that's wherefore it's important what the RLPA is doing.

"I've ever heard from past players who said however important it was to get your assemblage checked (before retirement) truthful you tin get each the worldly you need."

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