Although it is considered a last resort and the worst case situation, John Cartwright has not ruled out a knee operation for Jordan Abdull, the half-back for Hull FC.
After sustaining a knee injury during preseason training, the 28-year-old is presently undergoing rehabilitation in an attempt to strengthen the injury before the Challenge Cup and Super League seasons begin next month.
In order to address the problem, the player has stepped away from full training and is now collaborating with the club’s medical team.
Although Abdull has made some progress, the club is still cautious about the issue and is making every effort to make sure the player’s health and conditioning are optimal before he returns full training. Initially, it was believed that the process would be finished around Christmas and into the New Year.
Cartwright, who just returned to Hull FC on a three-year contract starting in the 2025 season, told Hull Live in an exclusive update that the team is attempting to treat the problem without resorting to surgery, which would keep Abdull out for a “while.”
“That’s an option,” Cartwright said when asked if Abdull would need knee surgery. “That would rule him out for a while, though. We’re trying to rehab him and get him right. In the long term, that would be in his better interests to have an operation, but at the moment we’re just trying to rehab him.”
Cartwright also gave an update on the rest of his squad, who returned to training this week after their Christmas break.
has seen the likes of Jack Charles make good progress from a hamstring tear and Davy Litten, who is out until April with an MCL injury, recover from a nasty gym accident on his finger.
Elsewhere, Nick Staveley is progressing well off the back of a ruptured ACL, and Brad Fash is on track after an ankle injury ended his 2024 season.
Our injuries have capped right down from where we left,” Cartwright added. “We had some minor niggles, but we’ve got most of those guys back now.
We just had bodies creaking at the end of a very long block of hard training. The ten days off that we’ve had have really freshened them up.
We had the majority of guys out training today, and we’re hopeful that by the start of the second week of January, we’ve got just about everyone back on the field.”
