Canberra Raiders' Simi Sasagi faces a choice between off-season surgery or pursuing his World Cup dream with Samoa despite a shoulder injury.
A Canberra Raiders star is weighing up the prospect of living a childhood dream or needing to have off-season surgery to ensure he's fit for the Green Machine's revenge mission next year.
Simi Sasagi is prepared to sacrifice off-season surgery to play for Samoa at the World Cup - but the Raiders star has revealed the one factor that could convince him to go under the knife.
Raiders coach Ricky Stuart says Sasagi "shouldn't be playing" with a shoulder injury, but the 25-year-old has pushed through the pain to be a part of Josh Papali'i's NRL farewell.
Now the star centre is hoping to avoid off-season surgery in a bid to play for Samoa at the Rugby League World Cup despite the injury often threatening to derail his NRL season.