      her brain. She had bleeding all around her spinal cord. She had injuries to
       her brain itself, her brain was very swollen and soft. She had a skull
       fracture and a broken bone in her skull. She had some bleeding in the back
       of her neck right where your neck kind of attaches to your head. . . . She
       also had multiple bruises of her chest, abdomen, back and buttocks and
       genitalia and also multiple bruises to her arms and legs. She had a bite
      Jan 2nd, 2020

Jan 2nd, 2020

Manly star Jake Trbojevic is pushing back on a recovery timeline in order to be fit to take the field in round 1 of the NRL season.

The Kangaroos lock underwent a shoulder reconstruction in November and was given a return date a few weeks into the 2020 season.

However, on Thursday the 25-year-old said he was pushing his physiotherapy as hard as possible to open the season against Melbourne at Lottoland on March 5.

Manly forward Jake Trbojevic. (Getty)

"I had surgery a couple of months ago so hopefully I will get it right for round 1 but if not it will be earlier in the year, so it's going well," he said.

"You want to try and push for round one, but realistically it might be a