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Montoya ruled out for rest of NRL season

by Steve Zemek , 4 years ago

3 minute read

Canterbury outside back Marcelo Montoya will miss the remainder of the NRL reason due to a knee injury.

MARCELO MONTOYA of the Bulldogs takes on Josh Mansour of the Panthers during the NRL match between the Bulldogs and the Panthers at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia.
MARCELO MONTOYA of the Bulldogs takes on Josh Mansour of the Panthers during the NRL match between the Bulldogs and the Panthers at ANZ Stadium in Sydney, Australia. Picture: Mark Metcalfe/Getty Images

Canterbury centre Marcelo Montoya has been ruled out for the rest of the NRL season due to a knee injury.

Montoya will be sidelined for up to three months and won't take the field again this year after he was diagnosed with tears to his posterior cruciate ligament, lateral ligament and medial meniscal ligament.

The club said he would have surgery and could require a reconstruction on his left knee.

"The results of the scans will see Montoya require an arthroscope to repair the lateral ligament and medial meniscus and at that time the surgeon will also assess the PCL and make a call on whether it requires reconstructing," the club said in a statement.

The Fijian Test representative has made 44 NRL appearances for the Bulldogs since debuting in 2017.

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