Jordan Rapana faced retirement fears after injury, but prepares for return to field.
Jordan Rapana wasn't upset by those forecasting his latest injury would send him into early retirement, because the Canberra fullback was thinking the same thing.
But, just five games since injuring his knee against Parramatta, Rapana is set to wear the No.1 again.
With Rapana turning 35 in August and admitting that rehabilitation doesn't get any easier with age, the big question is how much longer he can keep going.
"I was probably writing myself off," he said ahead of the Raiders' Magic Round clash with Canterbury in Brisbane on Friday.
"It was pretty sore. A lot of emotions (were) going through my head at the...