Source: Radio New Zealand
Luke Metcalf is helped off the field against Brisbane Broncos last June. Tertius Pickard/www.photosport.nz
NZ Warriors star Luke Metcalf has been named for an early return to action, when his team take on Wests Tigers at Go Media Stadium on Friday night.
Metcalf, 27, suffered a season-ending knee injury last June and was originally slated for a return about rounds 8-10, but that was advanced to rounds 7/8 two weeks ago.
That prognosis has leapt forward spectacularly – about a month – and coach Andrew Webster has named him at five-eighth for the round-four encounter against Wests.
Metcalf was leading Dally M Medal standings – the NRL’s Most Valuable Player award – when he tore his anterior cruciate ligament against Brisbane Broncos.
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