Jan 19th, 2018

Jan 19th, 2018

Brisbane captain Darius Boyd has suffered another setback to his hamstring injury that has forced him to rejoin the rehabilitation group this week.

Boyd had been on the comeback trail after tearing his hamstring late last year, forcing him to miss most of last year's NRL finals series and the World Cup.

However it is understood the Broncos star has been ordered to scale back his workload as he attempts to prepare for the upcoming NRL season.

Brisbane coach Wayne Bennett admitted the latest issue was in a different part of the leg and that Boyd would be out of action for up to three weeks.

"He's just having a little bit of a problem with his hamstring but it's a different one that he had at the end of the season," Bennett told foxsports.com.au

"It's a different muscle in the back of his leg. Same leg but different muscle. He'll be two or three weeks and then he should be right.

"It's not serious. It's not a bad tear but there's just a bit of a strain there."

Asked whether he was concerned the injury would develop into a chronic problem for Boyd, Bennett said: "Not at the moment we're not. We hope it's not but who knows."

The Broncos open their NRL season against St George Illawarra on Match 8.

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