Hawthorn spearhead Mitch Lewis will miss the beginning of the AFL season due to a knee damage.
Lewis, who emerged as one of many AFL’s finest key forwards in a breakout season final 12 months, has suffered a sprain to an anterior cruciate ligament in a knee at coaching.
An early prognosis suggests the 24-year-old is not going to require surgical procedure however a timeline on his return is unknown, Hawthorn’s head physician Liam West says.
“He will certainly spend some time on the sidelines though and, at this stage, we expect him to miss round one,” West stated in an announcement on Thursday.
Lewis booted 37 objectives from 15 video games final 12 months however was sidelined for the final three video games due to jarring to the identical knee he has once more injured.
