Jaeman Salmon has revealed how he was almost lost to the game during the 2020 COVID lockdown before a move to Penrith re-ignited his NRL ambitions.
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Salmon, who scored the match equalising try in last weekend's 16-15 defeat of Newcastle, had been touted as a future NRL star when he joined Parramatta from Cronulla as a teenage playmaker in 2018. However, after 17 NRL appearances with the Eels in the next two seasons, Salmon lost his passion for playing when the game was shut down due to COVID and he played just one match in 2020.“I was on the fringe at that stage - playing reserve grade and NRL - and then the whole NRL got cancelled,” said Salmon, who will make his 51st NRL appearance against South Sydney on Thursday night.
“I was sort of like, ‘this is bull...t’, or whatever, and I wasn’t really focused on playing footy for a couple of years. I didn’t really play NRL for about two years.” While the NRL resumed after a 10-week hiatus with strict COVID protocols in place, lower tier competitions were abandoned and Salmon did not play another game for 12 months after falling from favour at Parramatta.
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