NRL hope shattered – Injury spoils Ratuva Jr’s rugby league season, remains with Warriors

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Iliesa Ratuva Jr and Tui Kamikamica after a club game in Australia. Picture: qrl.com.au

ILIESA Ratuva Jr’s hope of participating in this year’s NRL competition was cut short after a pec injury (chest muscle strains or tear).

He was in the Warriors’ 30-member roster for this season.

“The Warriors have a spot to fill after a pec injury to Ratuva Jr. Ratuva Jr has been released from his 2021 deal but will be part of new coach Nathan Brown’s roster in season 2022,” The Daily Telegraph reported.

“We’re back to 29 at the moment,” Warriors recruitment guru Peter O’Sullivan, who hailed Ratuva Jr as “one of the best athletes I’ve come across in my time in footy” said.

“We’re not in a rush to fill that final spot. “If the right player comes along we will do it, if the right player doesn’t come along we will go from within.

“With Karl Lawton going down with a ruptured Achilles, hooker is probably an area we would look at.”

Born on February 15, 1999 in Sigatoka, Fiji, the 22-year-old signed a deal with the Vodafone Warriors until the end of the 2022 NRL season.

The former Cuvu College student was originally brought to New Zealand from Fiji to play rugby union for the King’s College.

The former lock and flanker switched to rugby league and was groomed as a winger.

The 1.96cm, 110kg flyer spent time in the Melbourne Storm’s system in 2018.

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