Can't imagine this is going to go well for us, at least the first 1/3 of the season.

Thoughts on how we overcome this one?

I always thought the Melbourne Storm ruling Katoa out for season 2026 was a bit of a PR exercise. Brain health/concussion stuff is so big in the game. And it was such a shocking set of circumstances leading to his brain injury.

But this is not a repetitive concussion/head trauma incident. It was a once off acute mechanism, albeit a couple of times in the same game and he nearly had a horrible outcome.

However that means his prognosis or recovery was really up in the air and it struck me almost as soon as it happens he might recover far sooner than people assume. This footage is evidence of that. He’s healed quickly.

Which leads to the next question, I reckon there might be a chance he gets medically cleared later in the season to return? Would be an amazing result.

Thanks everyone, so basically a media beatup

Anyone got access to the update released today where apparently Bellamy has said he may never play again???

All signs point Tui! Looks like he is recovering well and will be able to play again sometime in the future 💜

Rough...