WORKINGTON TOWN forward Caine Barnes has retired from rugby league following a serious back injury.
The 26-year-old ruptured a disc in his lower back during Workington's Good Friday derby win against Whitehaven last April.
Barnes has revealed that this resulted in cauda equina syndrome, a rare spinal emergency in which nerves become severely Already a subscriber? Log in here
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