After making a successful return to action in Saturday night's win over the Dolphins, Warriors forward Mitch Barnett revealed he feared a neck injury suffered in Round 3 would force him into early retirement.
The 29-year-old was hospitalised following the injury which occurred against the Cowboys back in March, and his recovery was further complicated due to previous fusion surgery on his neck in 2020."I didn’t really know what I was doing for about 4-5 weeks, everything was on the table and everything was up in the air.Mitch Barnett
"But that’s everything with your neck. I have had one fusion already, you can’t have two to two separate vertebrae, otherwise you are forced into retirement.Saturday night was Barnett's first game back since injuring his neck in Round 3. ©NRL Photos "But I'm very fortunate that I can still play and I am back. My neck is fine. Just a bit of pain management for now until I get back into the grind of things."
Barnett played 50 minutes off the bench in the 30-8 victory over the Dolphins in Auckland, carrying the ball 15 times for 147 metres and adding some much-needed experience to a bench missing Jazz Tevaga and Dylan Walker. It was one of several impressive individual performances for the Warriors, at what shapes as being crucial point of their season.
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