Dragons suffer huge pre-season injury setback

Talented Dragons guardant Billy Burns has undergone ankle country aft a dense collision astatine training.

Burns severely rolled the ankle past week during a interaction session, suffering large ligament damage.

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Club medicos decided country was the champion people of action, giving Burns' ankle a cleanout arsenic it had suffered erstwhile damage.

The erstwhile Panthers guardant volition instrumentality it casual for the adjacent fewer weeks but is hoping to beryllium acceptable successful clip for the trials.

Billy Burns of the Dragons is tackled during the circular 20 NRL lucifer betwixt the St George Illawarra Dragons and the South Sydney Rabbitohs. (Getty)

The Parkes-born guardant joined the Dragons this twelvemonth aft 2 seasons astatine Penrith and the 23-year-old is held successful precocious respect by Dragons manager Anthony Griffin.

The wounded is simply a setback successful his mentation for 2022 - but hopefully not a large one.

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