Mar 7th, 2018

Mar 7th, 2018

Knights cult hero Nathan Ross has revealed he had three different surgeries in three straight weeks to get himself right for what he hopes will be his best ever season.

Ross carried painful finger, eye and elbow injuries throughout 2017, refusing to take a break to have the problems attended to until the season ended.

Despite all his problems, Ross missed just four games and finished the Knights’ top try scorer with 10 touchdowns.

“It was a tough year but I wanted to try battling through it and not let the boys down,” Ross says.

“Now I have had my body fixed up and am feeling great. I’m looking to take my game to the next level now.”

Ross had a finger reconstruction after breaking the digit several times.

Then he had a delicate eye operation to remove a pterygium - a painful growth over the eyeball that made it difficult for him to see the ball at times.

And finally, he had surgery on his elbow to remove surgery to bones spurs and release a painful nerve.