LACHLAN Maranta has been hit with a staggering injury blow less than two weeks before the 2016 Trial Matches begin.

Maranta injured his left wrist at training last Thursday and received the bad news when he visited the specialist today.

He is booked in for surgery tomorrow (Wednesday) to repair a fractured bone that will require a recovery of 10 to 12 weeks.

Maranta said he had feared the worst.

"It was pretty evident I had done something," he said.

"I tried to strap it up and keep training but it was no good.

"This morning the doctor basically told me I had to get the surgery.

"I wasn't shocked going in - I had tried to be positive but in the back of my mind I knew I had done something."

The injury will rob Maranta of an appearance in the World All Stars team to play the Indigenous All Stars at Suncorp Stadium next month.

It will also cost him a chance to play in the World Club Series against Wigan in England and several of the early rounds of the 2016 NRL competition.

But Maranta said he was going to look on the bright side of things.

This injury could easily have happened just after the start of the season and cost him a lot more game time.

"All I can do now is make sure I get my rehabilitation right," he said.

"We have seven weeks until the season starts from now, so at least that should cover more than half of my recovery time.

"There is a bit of a silver lining there and I think that is the way you have to look at these things."

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