‘Bleak’ future for injured Masoe
TWELVE months on from suffering a lifechanging spinal injury, rugby league forward Mose Masoe is still facing a bleak future, according to his coach.
On January 12 2020, the Samoan international sustained a career-ending injury playing for Hull KR in a pre-season friendly at Wakefield.
One of three artificial discs in his neck gave way during an innocuous tackle, pinching his spinal cord, and Masoe
“If we train at a higher intensity than you play in a game, that is going to help get us through those close matches.
“It will make us ready for when we face those crunch moments at the back end of games and get over the line.”
Watson led Salford to a Grand Final and Challenge Cup final in his final two years at the club. And he admits he has been impressed with the way his new squad have taken to his pre-season methods.
“A lot of the group know each other, which is really good. And the new additions that are here have settled in well,” he said.
“The people we have brought in are good people and are lifting the standards.
“They are not being quiet, they underwent emergency surgery that night before spending the next four days in intensive care. Initially told he may never walk again, the 6ft 6in father of four has confounded the experts by his recovery and now gets about with the aid of crutches, but major difficulties remain.
“We’ve all been inspired by the progress that he’s made but a year on it’s right to sit down and assess things and that’s what we’ve done,” Hull KR’s former Great Britain coach Tony Smith said.
“We’ve now got some more are talking and attacking things really positively and have made a good impression on the squad.
“It is not just the senior players, the young lads are talking too and that’s probably because they have played a lot of games over the last year and feel more part of the team.
“It is really pleasing and looks really promising.
“Players are always a bit nervy when a new coach comes in, but when they have people like Josh Jones and Luke Yates who have been training with myself, they can tell the others what to expect.
“That has been happening. They are leading the way on the training field because they know what we want from them on the training field.” information in terms of insurance coverage and their assessment of whether he’s going to be able to work again. While he’s made terrific progress, he’s still a long way from being in a position where’s he’s going to be able to provide for his family in the future.
“Physically, he may well have hit his peak and he may well regress. He is very grateful for the support he’s been given and feel a little embarrassed by coming out and saying the future could be bleak.”