CASTLEFORD TIGERS forward Alex Mellor has revealed that, despite being sidelined for the first weeks of the Super League season, his injury was a "lucky" one.
Mellor went down in agony during the Tigers' 50-0 drubbing of Keighley Cougars in pre-season, but scans revealed no significant tear to his major ligaments - his ACL, MCL or PCL.
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