'It means a lot to all the players in here and it means a lot to me. We’ve got some pride to put back on Wednesday and I’m pretty keen to get back into this arena'.
The Eels forward was on the end of a hip-drop tackle from former NSW teammate Payne Haas which ruled him out for eight weeks and saw Haas suspended for a match in an incident Campbell-Gillard labelled a"freak accident" on Tuesday.
Campbell-Gillard's immediate fear was serious damage to his hip, which he soon got the all-clear, before assessing a torn tendon muscle in his left groin. "I don’t wish it upon anyone, it was one of the worst pains you could possibly get," Campbell-Gillard told NRL.com."It was every movement you made it hurt and one of the only attachments that goes to your pelvis. It was a sh**t injury but injuries happen. It was just a freak accident.
"As soon as I did it I pretty much told them to rule me out for at least six weeks because I had done the right side of my groin two years ago so I knew if it was the same thing I went through I'd be looking at that time out.Campbell-Gillard remarkably managed to avoid surgery, told because he had"good groins", and flew home with the Eels the following day. He had almost a week of rest before entering rehabilitation.
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