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Roosters hooker Sam Verrills made an extraordinary apology to Trent Robinson for letting down his teammates after playing with a scary semi-detached retina that threatened to permanently limit his vision.
His recovery from the left-field injury that joins a long list at the club could take anywhere from 4-8 weeks after he underwent successful surgery on Tuesday night to glue back down his retina.
The young rake has endured a wretched run, recently returning from last year s season-ending ACL rupture, only to have the eye issue emerge last week before the win over Newcastle.
Verrills cannot recall any on-field incident that led to the blurred vision he played through last week. His eye operation means rookie Ben Marshcke will slot back into the No.9 jersey against Parramatta on Friday.