- GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING
- A footy star has opened up on the reason why he had 40 stitches in his leg
- Jeremy King shared a horror picture of his leg on Instagram showing the wound
Jeremy Marshall-King has taken to Instagram to reveal to his followers the gruesome injury he sustained during Redcliffe’s clash against Penrith in Round 6.
The 29-year-old had suffered a deep cut to his right quad during that game which later required stitches.
However, the injury reopened during the Dolphins’ Round Nine defeat by the Roosters, with Marshall-King playing just 63 minutes of that match.
He would subsequently be sidelined for a month after the cut became infected, and only returned for the Dolphin’s clash 56-0 victory against the Dragons at the beginning of the month.
He then revealed he had to go back into hospital to receive surgery.
‘Everyone thought it was just a little scratch but it was two cuts on my leg that were pretty deep,’ Marshall-King said to The Courier Mail.
GRAPHIC CONTENT WARNING
Jeremy Marshall-King has taken to Instagram to reveal to his followers the gruesome injury he sustained during Redcliffe’s clash against Penrith in Round 6
Marshall King has been absent for a month after needing surgery to clean out and stitch up this horror wound that became infected
Marshall-King revealed he had to have 40 stitches on both the inside and outside of his leg during a surgical procedure
‘It got infected at one point and probably didn’t heal enough when I came back.
‘I reopened it and had to go back in and get surgery.
‘They had to clean it out because it got infected and I had over 40 stitches in my quad – inside and outside.’
King, who began his NRL career playing for the Wests Tigers, moved to the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2018.
The 29-year-old would later move to the Dolphins where he has made 41 appearances for the Queensland outfit.
For King, though, it was worth the wait to be back on the footy pitch. He’s made an impact on the pitch too, running over 100m in his last two games, helping the Dolphins secure back-to-back wins.
‘It wasn’t nice but I had to get it done. It’s great to be back,’ he said.
‘Ot is a little setback in my footy this year but it is good to be back playing and getting the wins.’
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