Broken hand as Bryce Cartwright’s season goes from bad to worse

BRYCE Cartwright’s nightmare season at the Titans has suffered another setback with the Gold Coast recruit today breaking his hand in a freak training mishap.

Bryce Cartwright broke his hand during a training mishap and now faces an even longer stint on the sidelines. Picture: AAP

BRYCE Cartwright’s nightmare season at the Titans has suffered another setback, with the Gold Coast recruit yesterday breaking his hand in a freak training mishap.

A disappointed Cartwright underwent surgery last night to have a pin inserted in his hand after colliding with a Titans teammate during a contact session at training yesterday morning.

The silver lining for Cartwright is that the injury is not season-ending, with the 23-year-old expected to miss only a fortnight in his quest to fight his way back into the Titans’ NRL squad.

Bryce Cartwright broke his hand during a training mishap and now faces an even longer stint on the sidelines. Picture: AAP

The former Panther is currently languishing in the Intrust Super Cup with feeder-club Tweed and hasn’t played first grade since the Titans’ 34-14 loss to the Roosters in late May.

Titans coach Garth Brennan confirmed the injury when contacted by The Courier-Mail.

“It’s a freak injury Bryce has had,” Brennan said.

“We were doing some contact work on our backs in the gym, it’s a session we do every week and I think his hand smacked into someone’s head.

“We have a QScan office in our building so we took him there straight away for a scan and it showed a break.

“He’ll be having an operation. Thankfully it’s not a season-ending injury.

Bryce Cartwright in action for the Tweed Heads Seagulls.

“It hasn’t been a great year for Bryce, he had a good game last week for Tweed and was just starting to get some confidence back.”

The development came just 24 hours after Brennan challenged Cartwright to improve his attitude if he wants a long-term future at the Titans.

Bryce Cartwright has had a poor year with his new club, failing to impress for the Titans. Picture: Getty

“The truth is we aren’t shopping Bryce, but his management have been looking around,” Brennan said.

“At the end of the day, that’s not my problem. It’s up to Bryce to play good football and if he’s playing good footy and wants to have a crack, then there is a place for him at the Titans.

“But I don’t play favourites at this club. I don’t care who you are or what you have done, I just pick the best team I can on form.”

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