Roosters star takes break after diagnosis

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Star Roosters guardant Angus Crichton has been diagnosed with bipolar upset and taken an indefinite interruption from rugby league.

Crichton's father, Charlie, provided a connection to Nine connected Thursday.

"I tin corroborate contiguous that Angus is nether due nonrecreational enactment and attraction for medically diagnosed bipolar disorder, which helium has been dealing with for immoderate time," helium said.

"He is afloat supported by his family, his absorption and the Sydney Roosters nine arsenic helium works towards recovery.

"While nary timeline has been acceptable for his instrumentality to rugby league, we volition proceed to spot his aesculapian squad and cognize those wrong the rugby league assemblage volition respect his close to privateness during this time."

Crichton, a New South Wales Blues and Australian representative, saw respective specialists earlier being diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Roosters skipper James Tedesco had comforting words for Crichton during the week.

"We've conscionable been supporting him. He's going done immoderate things astatine the moment. We can't truly spell into detail, but we're supporting him, and hopefully helium tin beryllium backmost astatine training," Tedesco said.

"He's an important portion of our team. He was 1 of the champion backrowers successful the crippled past year.

"We miss him, and we privation him retired determination playing with us."

Crichton has played 141 NRL games for the Rabbitohs and Roosters, switching clubs aft the 2018 season.

The 27-year-old has played 11 State of Origin games and made 5 appearances for the Kangaroos.

He was among the Kangaroos' astir influential players successful their triumphant World Cup run successful England past year.

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