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Alex McKinnon has reportedly hired a legal team as he weighs up whether to seek compensation over a tackle which left the one-time rising NRL star with a spinal injury.
McKinnon suffered a broken neck while playing for Newcastle in March last year, when he was on the receiving end of a dangerous throw from Melbourne prop Jordan McLean.
McLean was suspended for seven weeks over the incident.
Fairfax Media is reporting McKinnon is currently weighing up advice on whether to sue the NRL and the Storm for the tackle which prematurely ended his career, though it is understood the 23-year-old is reluctant to follow through on any legal action.
In 2006 former Wests Tigers player Jarrod McCracken was awarded $97,000 in a successful case after he argued his career was ended by a neck injury suffered in a tackle by Storm duo Stephen Kearney and Marcus Bai.
McKinnon’s recovery resulted in him standing unaided in January for the first time since the injury.
The backrower also began working for the Knights in a football-related role this year.
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