NRL: Lockyer to wait until gameday

Darren Lockyer will update the media on the likelihood of playing this week after today's training session. Photo / Getty Images

Brisbane skipper Darren Lockyer says he will wait until gameday to make a final decision on whether to play in Friday night's NRL preliminary final against Manly.

Lockyer got through a training session with his Broncos teammates on Tuesday, just 50 hours after undergoing surgery to have three plates inserted in his fractured cheekbone.

He said he was in no pain as a result of the injury, and reiterated the final call on whether he plays will be his.

"I couldn't do much contact work so I haven't made my decision totally yet. I'll wait for the week to progress and see,'' Lockyer said.

"We've only got one more field session and that's Thursday and I'll know by the end of that how close I will be, but I'll wait until Friday to make that call.''

Asked about the possibility of further complications as a result of playing, Lockyer said the surgeon had informed him of all the risks.

"Basically the doc has done his bit with the operation and advised me of the risks and from now on it's up to me,'' he said.

""He would normally say that with this operation you would have six weeks off, so the decision's going to come down to me.

"If there's any people out there who are critical about it all they can direct it towards me not towards anyone else, the club or the doctor.''

"For me to reinjure it I have to get another direct blow to the same spot.

"If I play I take that chance that I won't get hit there again.''

- AAP