During a stunt for Nitro Circus, Bryan Fletcher bounces into the harbour, breaking his ribs on impact.

FORMER NRL star Bryan Fletcher has been rushed to hospital after breaking three ribs in a stunt for the Matty Johns show, The Daily Telegraph can reveal.

Fletcher and his TV sidekick Nathan Hindmarsh were filming with the Nitro Circus at Darling Harbour when the former Roosters and Rabbitohs star landed awkwardly from a 20-metre jump.

He was taken to St Vincents Hospital for x-rays that found him to have a punctured lung and three broken ribs. He was treated with morphine for the pain and required to stay overnight.

Fletcher is expected to appear on Friday night’s show.

Hindmarsh and Fletcher are renowned for their comedy and clowning about on the Matty Johns Show.

“It’s all part of the fun and games,” Hindmarsh told The Daily Telegraph, “Fletch will get over it.

“We’re just glad he’s OK because there was a concern he’d punctured his lung.”

The cheeky smile on Fletcher’s face from his hospital bed suggested it could have been joke to promote the show.

“It’s definitely not a gee-up,” Matty Johns said.

“He’s as high as a kite on morphine, so he’s happy.”

And if it’s any consolation to Fletch, he helped break a world record by a metre.

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