Canberra Raiders star Corey Horsburgh had a rough 2024 season, but the prop says he returned to the NRL in 2025 fitter, and in his own words, more mature.
A Queensland representative in 2023, the man they call ‘Big Red’ began 2024 sidelined through suspension and struggled to get going once available, with a groin injury also working against him.
Horsburgh said last year had matured him and encouraged him to look at the bigger picture.
“I just started enjoying my footy in (the NSW) Cup last year, and I made a subconscious effort to get my body right, get fit, go on a diet,” he said at a Raiders press conference on 14 May.
Horsburgh said he had also started seeing a therapist.
“Just getting the mind right and just trying to focus on myself,” he said.
“In the past years, I’ve just not looked after myself in the off-season, just drunk piss (alcohol), ate Macca’s (McDonald’s).
“I’ve just changed the way I treat myself in the off-season.
“A lot of males just don’t talk to anyone, so I think talking to someone just about your problems [helps].
“Even if you don’t have problems, just having a chat, I think it just helped in that way really.”
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