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Canberra have approached the NRL for salary cap dispensation for Corey Harawira-Naera as the back rower's painstaking wait for a medical clearance enters its sixth month.
Harawira-Naera hasn't played or trained since suffering seizures while playing against South Sydney in late-May. The New Zealand International has conducted a series of meetings with medical experts but is yet to gain a clearance to mount a comeback.
He is scheduled to hold another meeting with doctors later this month...
Almost six months have passed and Corey Harawira-Naera still can't make sense of the incident that threatens his career.
"I don't think we will ever get to the bottom of why it happened," he says.
It's a reference to those disturbing images that left him convulsing on the Accor Stadium turf. In a clash against South Sydney in May, the Canberra forward suffered what appeared to be a delayed reaction to a head knock, one that he describes now as an "out-of-body experience".
After suffering a seizure, the game was delayed for 10 minutes. Players from both sides crowded around to spare the fans, watching at the ground or on...
Ever wanted to spend an afternoon spinning yarns with Jarrod Croker?
Plenty will get the chance to do just that when the Canberra Raiders great is honoured with a testimonial at Thoroughbred Park on December 1.
Tickets are going for $300 a pop - or $3000 for a table - for an event dubbed "Toasting a Legend", but billed on social media as "Roasting a Legend".