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The Canberra Raiders will reportedly apply for salary cap dispensation as the wait for Corey Harawira-Naera to return to training continues.
While the club took to social media in October to confirm he would be back on the field in 2024, News Corp is now reporting he is yet to receive the green light from doctors to return to the field.
It's believed he has another meeting with doctors this month with the hope he will be able to train again after that.
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...