Young Narooma star Lilly-Rose Bennett has suffered a horrific injury playing for the Narooma She-Devils league tag side on Sunday as her side awaits the results of a tribunal hearing.
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Bennett, who won a gold medal at last year’s Youth Commonwealth Games, broke both her tibia and fibula in a tangle with a Bombala defender.
Bennett was expected to be part of the St George Illawarra Dragons setup for this year’s NRL Women’s Premiership season.
The Devils have cited the defender involved in the awkward tag, but refrained from calling it deliberate or malicious. The defender was reportedly distraught after the incident.