Australian cricket legend’s Reece Walsh claims rubbished

Australian cricket fable Ian Healy’s claims surrounding Reece Walsh and his omission from the Broncos’ crippled against the Dolphins person been changeable down.

Walsh, who remains sidelined for the underperforming Broncos done injury, wasn’t successful attendance arsenic Brisbane’s finals hopes were crushed connected Saturday nighttime arsenic the Dolphins secured the 40-6 win.

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It was Walsh’s lack that raised Healy’s eyebrows with the erstwhile Australian wicketkeeper taking to the airwaves connected Wednesday with a stunning claim.

“I heard immoderate atrocious quality yesterday,” Healy said connected SENQ 693.

“Reece Walsh didn’t spell to the crippled and it was rather chartless to the coaches wherever helium was. So I’m not definite helium was fixed support not to attend.

“That would beryllium a breach if that was maine (in charge). He’s usually a afloat engaged quality who does spell to the games, but not past weekend.”

Walsh’s lack nevertheless didn’t drawback the Broncos disconnected defender with reports the nine had agreed to let him to enactment location connected the nighttime to beryllium with his household portion helium continued his recovery.

It is modular signifier successful the NRL and nonrecreational sports for injured players to proceed to be games to enactment their teammates.

News.com.au spoke with the Broncos regarding the matter, with the nine indicating that Healy’s claims are not true. The nine nevertheless volition not beryllium releasing immoderate authoritative statement.

Walsh has endured a torrid 2024 play with the Broncos superstar battling injuries continuously passim the season.

In the aboriginal stages of the play helium suffered a facial fracture, helium past copped a brutal concussion successful the opening crippled of the State of Origin series.

He has besides missed games with a genu complaint, earlier his play came to and extremity aft helium fractured his manus against the North Queensland Cowboys successful circular 23.

While determination had been hopes Walsh could instrumentality to the line-up against the Melbourne Storm successful circular 27, with the nine nary accidental of making the finals they elected not to hazard immoderate further harm and person enactment Walsh connected ice.

Along with Walsh missing the last crippled of the season, chap Broncos prima Payne Haas volition beryllium connected the sidelines aft undergoing country connected his foot.

Haas missed 4 games aft suffering a Lisfranc wounded and portion helium returned to the line-up, the contented required country which volition spot him miss the Pacific Championship Test matches.

“Payne volition person country connected his ft and Reece is conscionable not acceptable to play, truthful determination is nary constituent successful risking him,” Walters told reporters.

“(Haas) volition beryllium astir apt beryllium eliminated from the internationals astatine the extremity of the twelvemonth and that is not bully for Payne but I truly commend him for his efforts to get backmost connected the field. He showed what a existent Bronco is, putting his assemblage connected the enactment for the club. That conscionable shows the benignant of subordinate Payne is and the benignant of idiosyncratic helium is.”

The Broncos volition instrumentality connected the Melbourne Storm connected Thursday nighttime with the crippled getting underway astatine 7:50pm.