After weeks out injured, David Fusitu’a returned with a bang against Huddersfield Giants on Friday night crossing for two of Leeds Rhinos’ nine tries.
He also took some bone crunching carries and bounced off plenty of tacklers.
The winger had been out for nearly 10 weeks.
His future is still uncertain however with his contract expiring at the end of 2023.
On this, Rohan Smith said:
“Updates will be given when there’s updates, but Fusitu’a has done a really good job with Fuss. He’s in better shape than he was. He was in good shape when he got hurt, but he’s in better shape now
“He came back fit and ready and after, what was that, like 12 weeks or 10 weeks or something, to come back and play like that game one on a long shows the credit to him for the way he’s done that. That’s not easy to do and a lot of times players are just trying to get through that first game. He was into it from the start.”
Meanwhile, on his brilliant carries, Smith added:
“He’s always been a great ball carrier. I’ve coached against Fus first in 2013 and he was one of the elite players of his age group in the NRL. He was in the elite wingers in the NRL at various times. So helping Foots to be consistent now is the challenge and the opportunity, but that was a terrific start for him. a terrific start for him.”
