Hard-running Vodafone Warriors prop Bunty Afoa is set to miss the 2020 NRL season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in a training session last week.
The 23-year-old will have surgery next month and isn’t expected to return to the field this year.
Afoa has played 64 NRL games since his debut in 2016.
INJURY LIST
Bunty Afoa | Left knee | Season return
Gerard Beale | Patella fracture, left knee | Early season return
Peta Hiku | Right shoulder | First round return
Karl Lawton | Left shoulder | Early season return
Nathaniel Roache | Left knee ACL | Mid-season
Jazz Tevaga | Left ankle | Return round 4-5
