NRL Casualty Ward: Tino nears return to full training

"If not the first trial, Corey will right for the start of the season," Flanagan said. "He might have to get a few games under his belt [in reserve grade] coming back from 12 months out.

"He is back, he's doing all the right things. He played Origin so there's a football player there, we just have to get him healthy and fit."

Allan's last appearance in the NRL was the Rabbitohs' 2023 semi-final loss to the Storm. He joined the Dragons in 2024 but suffered an ACL injury in pre-season training and missed the entire season.

Centre Val Holmes is progressing well and has transitioned into team training after suffering a broken fibula in the Cowboys' semi-final loss to the Sharks. He will be available for the club's first trial. 

Titans skipper Tino Fa'asuamaleaui has completed a two-week training camp with renowned sports reconditioning and athletic coach Bill Knowles and has been progressing through a modified training program as part of his rehab plan.

The Titans reported on January 6 that Fa'asuamaleaui is expected to integrate fully back into the squad in mid-January.

The 24-year-old ruptured his ACL in Round 3 against the Bulldogs and took no further part in the season.

Meanwhile, the Cowboys suffered a cruel double blow just before Christmas with back-rower Heilum Luki and outside back Tom Chester both suffering ACL injuries at training.

The Cowboys confirmed that star back-rower Luki would have surgery in January and miss the entire 2025 season.

Townsville local Chester has endured a terrible run of injuries in recent years, with an ACL injury also cutting short his season in 2023. Since making his debut in 2022, the outside back has featured in 12 games for North Queensland. 

Champion forward Jason Taumalolo had surgery in early December to repair a Lisfranc injury suffered playing for Tonga in the Pacific Championships, with a return to play timeline to be determined in January upon his return to training.

Halfback Jake Clifford has undergone mild surgery for a hernia, but is not expected to miss any football. Clifford is currently engaged in a three-way contest with Tom Duffy and Jaxon Purdue for the Cowboys number seven role. 

Storm superstar Cameron Munster believes he will be fit for the Round 1 clash with Parramatta on March 9 at AAMI Park as he continues his recovery from hip surgery.

Munster had surgery on both his hips following Melbourne's NRL grand final loss to Penrith and missed Australia's victorious Pacific Championships campaign.

The Origin five-eighth is undergoing rehabilitation to strengthen his glutes, groins and hips and won't start running until February.

“I’m pretty frustrated. I’ve been inside for a while and I want to be able to get back out there and run, but I’m optimistic," Munster said in early December.

"I won’t be able to run until February. I’m doing everything I can to fast track it but [the fitness staff] are not going to push as hard as I want to go.”

“I will be ready to go by round one - which is me pencilling myself in.

"I’ll be hopefully running and doing full contact by February, hopefully even get a trial game in but we’ll see where we are at.”

At the Panthers, champion No.7 Nathan Cleary is racing the clock to be fit for the trip to Las Vegas in Round 1 after off-season shoulder surgery.

Cleary sustained the injury in the closing stages of Penrith's Round 24 clash against Melbourne and missed three matches before returning for the opening week of the finals against the Roosters.

Hamstring and shoulder injuries restricted Cleary to just 13 games in 2024 but he defied the pain to lead his club to a historic fourth straight premiership.

Cleary's teammate Paul Alamoti suffered a suspected dislocated elbow during Tonga's loss to the Kangaroos in the Pacific Championships final in November and is expected to miss the opening rounds of the season.

Clive Churchill Medal winner Liam Martin was ruled out of Australia's Pacific Championships campaign after succumbing to injuries picked up throughout the NRL season.

Martin played through the Panthers' grand final win with shoulder and rib problems revealing after the game he had painkillers every week from Round 4 to cope with the pain from a debilitating shoulder injury.

Rabbitohs captain Cameron Murray underwent surgery in November for a wrist injury sustained while in camp with the Kangaroos.

Murray suffered the injury during training in the lead-up to Australia's 22-10 defeat of New Zealand in Christchurch, ruling him out of the final against Tonga.

South Sydney officials said the operation had been a success.

The Test and Origin forward's wrist was immobilised in a cast for a six-week period, after which a rehabilitation program has been implemented. He could miss the opening weeks of the 2025 season as he continues his recovery.

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Brisbane Broncos

• Kotoni Staggs (quad, Pre-Season Challenge)

Canberra Raiders

• Zac Hosking (calf, TBC)
• Corey Harawira-Naera (seizure/medical, indefinite)

Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs

• Ryan Sutton (knee, Round 1)
• Kurt Mann (fractured clavicle, Round 1)

Cronulla Sharks

• Jesse Ramien (ankle, Round 1)
• Kade Dykes (knee, Round 1)
• Toby Rudolf (shoulder, TBC)
• Jesse Colquhoun (knee, TBC)

Dolphins

• Jeremy Marshall-King (knee, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Kenny Bromwich (elbow, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Tom Flegler (shoulder, TBC)
• Tom Gilbert (knee, Round 1)
• Trai Fuller (knee, TBC)
• Connelly Lemuelu (shoulder, Pre-Season Challenge)

Gold Coast Titans

• Tino Fa'asuamaleaui (knee, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Reagan Campbell-Gillard (shoulder, Round 2)

Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

• Jason Saab (ankle, Round 1)
• Aaron Schoupp (shoulder, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Jake Arthur (foot, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Lachlan Croker (knee, Round 4)

Melbourne Storm

• Jahrome Hughes (neck, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Cameron Munster (groin, Round 1-2)
• Nelson Asofa-Solomona (suspended, Round 3)
• Jonah Pezet (knee, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Dean Ieremia (achilles, TBC)

Newcastle Knights

• No injury concerns

North Queensland Cowboys

• Coen Hess (knee, Round 1)
• Zac Laybutt (knee, Round 4-5)
• Heilum Luki (knee, 2026)
• Tom Chester (knee, 2026)
• Jake Clifford (hernia, Pre-Season Challenge)

Parramatta Eels

• Dylan Brown (knee, Round 1)
• Mitch Moses (biceps, Round 1)
• Bailey Simonsson (knee, Round 1)
• Junior Paulo (lisfranc, Round 1)

Penrith Panthers

• Liam Martin (shoulder/rib, Round 1)
• Nathan Cleary (shoulder, Round 1)
• Dylan Edwards (shoulder, Round 1)
• Paul Alamoti (elbow, TBC)
• Blaize Talagi (shoulder, TBC)

South Sydney Rabbitohs

• Jack Wighton (calf, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Cameron Murray (wrist, TBC)
• Latrell Mitchell (suspension, Round 2)
• Campbell Graham (sternum, Round 1)
• Alex Johnston (Achilles, TBC)
• Jai Arrow (shoulder, Round 1
• Isaiah Tass (ankle, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Junior Tatola (foot, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Euan Aitken (pectoral, TBC)

St George Illawarra Dragons

• Lachlan Ilias (leg, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Corey Allan (knee, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Ben Murdoch-Masila (lisfranc, Round 3-4)

Sydney Roosters

• Sam Walker (knee, TBC)
• Brandon Smith (knee, TBC)
• Egan Butcher (knee, TBC)

Warriors

• Te Maire Martin (neck, 2025)
• Rocco Berry (shoulder, 2025)
• Jackson Ford (knee, 2025)
• Adam Pompey (knee, 2025)

Wests Tigers

• Jahream Bula (shoulder, Pre-Season Challenge)
• Adam Doueihi (knee, Round 1)
• Justin Olam (knee, Round 1)
• Api Koroisau (suspension, Round 2)