Newcastle recruit and Dubbo product Connor Watson will carry an ongoing ankle cartilage problem into the season but Knights high performance staff say they are managing the issue and are confident it will have no impact on his performance.
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Watson will this week be named in the halves alongside Mitchell Pearce for Saturday night’s trial against Parramatta at Maitland and only has to get through unscathed to win the battle for the number six jumper for the season-opener against Manly on March 9.
Watson has carried the injury for 18 months and the damaged articular cartilage occasionally “catches” in his ankle
“It is nothing he is not coping with,” Knights high performance boss Tony Ayoub said.
“He’s going well but he is a young bloke and we just want to make sure we manage him right. Since he has been here, it has improved quite a lot and we have really focused on getting his range of movement up.”
