{"id":174479,"date":"2025-09-28T05:33:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174479\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T05:33:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T05:33:08","slug":"no-shouting-about-it-but-storm-star-in-miracle-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/174479\/","title":{"rendered":"No shouting about it but Storm star in miracle return"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shawn Blore (R) is set for the NRL grand final after an unlikely recovery from a fractured larynx. (Joel Carrett\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

Shawn Blore thought his injury woes were finally behind him when he arrived in Melbourne, only for the second-rower to be rocked last month when told his NRL season was over due to a fractured larynx.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Instead, the 25-year-old is lining up for his second successive grand final after helping the Storm down Cronulla to book their spot in the title decider next Sunday.<\/p>\n

Blore suffered the potentially life-threatening injury when he was hit while making a tackle a month ago against the Sydney Roosters and, unable to speak, was rushed to hospital.<\/p>\n

He avoided being put into an induced coma or surgery but was told by doctors he would be sidelined for the remainder of the year – devastating news after previously recovering from back-to-back ACL injuries and a broken wrist when he was at Wests Tigers.<\/p>\n

“I remember when I did it and I was in hospital, the doctor that was with me told me my season was over and I was very sad hearing that news,” Blore told AAP.<\/p>\n

But Storm doctor Jason Chan, who had already nursed another Melbourne forward Tom Eisenhuth through the same injury in 2019, gave him a glimmer of hope.<\/p>\n

“That was all I needed, I was sweet after that, just ripped into the rehab and I was good to go,” said Blore, who joined the Storm ahead of the 2024 season.<\/p>\n

“It was still very sore, there was still a fracture in there, but it was probably a blessing in disguise.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“That was three or four weeks I was able to recover my body and rest and work on things that I probably haven’t worked on in a long time.”<\/p>\n

The former Penrith junior star’s voice remains raspy and he’s set to undergo speech therapy but has been given no guarantees it will make a full recovery.<\/p>\n

“I don’t know if that’s going to help at all but hopefully it does as I don’t want to sound like this – it sounds shocking,” he said.<\/p>\n

Despite being limited to a liquid diet for a week, Blore was back to his best in the 22-14 victory on Friday night, making 25 tackles.<\/p>\n

With halfback Jahrome Hughes coming through his return from a fractured forearm unscathed, Melbourne are set to be at full-strength for the grand final.<\/p>\n

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\n Returning with an arm brace, Jahrome Hughes got through the preliminary final unscathed. (Joel Carrett\/AAP PHOTOS)<\/p>\n

They are missing Nelson Asofa-Solomona through suspension but in his absence Stefano Utoikamanu has stepped up as the team’s main enforcer.\u00a0<\/p>\n

After their tight loss to Penrith last year, Blore said the team was better prepared mentally.<\/p>\n

“I feel like now our team’s in a better mindset going into this one,” he said.<\/p>\n

“We know what it takes, we know what we have to do, we know what we have to fix.<\/p>\n

“To be able to get that opportunity again to have another chance at it, it’s amazing.\u00a0<\/p>\n

“I feel like we’re really going to lean into the week and just embrace it and really try to grab it with both hands and don’t let go.”<\/p>\n

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