The stunning process NRL star Campbell Graham had to endure as he rebuilt his body before footy return
The stunning process NRL star Campbell Graham had to endure as he rebuilt his body before footy return
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NRL star Campbell Graham has revealed he 'feels like a footy player again' after being forced to rebuild his battered body following a serious sternum injury. The Rabbitohs centre, 25, hasn't played since round 27 of 2023. That season Graham required 29 painkilling injections to feature in 21 games - and while he ended up South Sydney's player of the year, the World Cup winner with the Kangaroos felt something wasn't right.
![[Specialists informed Graham the large volume of painkilling injections he took in 2023 was the likely reason for an infection which caused part of his sternum to die]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/06/94583341-14332239-Specialists_informed_Graham_the_large_volume_of_painkilling_inje-a-1_1738044179156.jpg)
A wrestling session early last year confirmed Graham's worst fears. Specialists informed 'Stretch' the high volume of painkilling injections he took in 2023 was the likely reason for an infection which caused part of his sternum to die. 'They removed the dead bone from my sternum, took a bone graft from my left hip, then put the fresh bone into the sternum, and covered it with a couple of plates,' Graham told the Sydney Morning Herald.
![[The 2021 World Cup winner with the Kangaroos then had dead bone removed from his sternum and worked on his return date]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/04/94583353-14332239-image-a-32_1738040376936.jpg)
NRL star Campbell Graham has revealed he 'feels like a footy player again' after being forced to rebuild his body following a serious sternum injury (pictured, in 2023 against the Eels). Specialists informed Graham the large volume of painkilling injections he took in 2023 was the likely reason for an infection which caused part of his sternum to die.
![[After more than 500 days sidelined, the Rabbitohs star is on track to return in round one this season against the Dolphins (pictured, in the 2021 NRL Grand Final versus the Panthers)]](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2025/01/28/06/94583483-14332239-After_more_than_500_days_sidelined_the_Rabbitohs_star_is_on_trac-a-2_1738044179474.jpg)
The 2021 World Cup winner with the Kangaroos then had dead bone removed from his sternum and worked on his return date. After more than 500 days sidelined, the Rabbitohs star is on track to return in round one this season against the Dolphins (pictured, in the 2021 NRL Grand Final versus the Panthers).
