From $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium to a St Marys demountable, the Roosters utility is back with a smile and stories aplenty after fearing injury might end his career.
Connor Watson was being carried up the stairs and sponge bathed one minute. Then swanning around the dressing rooms of Las Vegas’ $1.9 billion Allegiant Stadium the next.another minute later.
He’s back with a smile, and stories too. Like how his partner Kiana went above and beyond as “hygiene had to go out the window for a few weeks”.“It was so gross. When I did it, it was a wet day and I had to ring a mate to drive me home with the straight brace, ‘You’re going to have to carry me up the stairs’. One mate is holding my leg straight, two are carrying me up the stairs.“And they dropped me on the lounge and set me up, but I was still in my wet training gear.
Phil Gould and the Bulldogs came calling at one point, as did the Wests Tigers, and opportunities in Super League. But staying at the Roosters was always Watson’s priority, with an eventual two-year deal a significant show of faith and easing of pressure on the 27-year-old utility.“Especially when you’ve got your finance guy in your ear, ‘You need to get this sorted mate, you’ve got stuff to pay for’. When we worked out and it was going to happen, it definitely took a weight off my shoulders.
“There are those thoughts there but I love this sport and I want to keep playing it for as long as I can. The focus was always to get back … now it’s time to pay back.”
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