Canberra's Lee played on with broken arm Canberra youngster Edrick Lee has been praised for his toughness after playing on with a broken arm during Monday night's NRL thrashing of Brisbane. Lee's worst fears were confirmed on Wednesday, with X-rays revealing a fracture in his right arm which is likely to sideline the exciting winger for three months. Lee, who has scored seven tries from ten games this year, suffered the injury with 15 minutes remaining in the second half of the 30-18 victory. But he bravely battled on, earning the respect of seasoned teammates who were unaware of his efforts. "Pretty courageous effort to keep playing a game of footy with a broken arm," halfback Josh McCrone said on Wednesday. I was on the bench when they were checking it all out so I knew he had a bit of an issue there but I'm a bit surprised it was that bad. Tough young utility back Jack Wighton was similarly in awe. He's definitely a tough person. He didn't even let it on," he said. Lee, who will have surgery on Thursday, said he was shattered by the injury. "As soon as it occurred, I thought it was just a normal knock to the arm," he told RaidersTV. I didn't really think it was a broken arm (so) I just played on. I didn't think of it too much. At the end, when all the adrenaline stopped, that's when it became sore. ..." to get this injury mid-way through the season, I am shattered." The predicted recovery time for Lee is 12 weeks, but he hasn't given up hope of returning later in the season to help the Raiders' finals push. "The doctor says to take it week by week," he said. They say the minimum is 12 weeks and we'll go on from there. The injury will give Sandor Earl an opportunity to return to first grade, after he'd been squeezed out following the emergence of Lee and Wighton and the return of centre Jarrod Croker from injury. Earl will leave the Raiders at season's end to link with French rugby side Pau.