‘It could have been fatal’ – one year on from his life-threatening injury, Matty Lees is ready to take his Grand Final opportunity

Matty Lees still remembers the darkest moments as if they were yesterday. The innocuous collision in a game against Leeds last September, and the stinging abdominal pain that followed. The frantic rush to get him to hospital as it became apparent that what was initially thought to be a strained oblique muscle was much, much…