James Bentley has got a "bit to do" before Leeds Rhinos fans can see him in action after Rohan Smith confirmed the forward is sidelined with a knee injury. Bentley has not featured for the Rhinos throughout pre-season, and was left out of their 21-man squad for Thursday's Super League opener against Warrington.
There has been no update on Bentley before now, but Leeds head coach Smith revealed in his pre-match media conference that Bentley will be ruled out for a while yet. He has sustained a knee ligament injury, and is not yet cleared to return.
"James has a PCL injury to his knee," Smith said. "Those ones are a little awkward at times from my experience in the game, watching guys recover from them, they don't tend to go in a straight line so there's a few things there. But he's progressed well in the last week or two, done some good running - though he's got a bit to do yet."
