Billy Walters is set to return from an ACL injury, playing for South Logan before rejoining Brisbane in Round 18.
After 287 long days on the sidelines, Brisbane's cult hero is finally coming home.
Billy Walters, the hooker who captured the hearts of Broncos fans during last year's premiership charge, is on the verge of completing his comeback from a horror ACL injury, according to The Courier Mail, and his timing could not be better for a Brisbane outfit whose title defence is hanging by a thread.
The plan has Walters lacing up for a feeder club, South Logan, against Norths Devils in the Queensland Cup on Sunday week, designed to blow off the rust before a much-anticipated NRL return against the Cronulla Sharks in Round 18.
It's been a brutal road back for the 32-year-old, given the nickname 'The Difference' by his Broncos teammates, who last featured in the top grade in September last year in the first round of the finals against the Canberra Raiders, the day he snapped his ACL during Brisbane's epic 29-28 extra-time triumph.