Luke Shuey’s tortured damage run has continued, with the West Coast skipper set to be sidelined for not less than a month amid two separate setbacks.
Shuey, 32, twisted his left ankle within the first quarter of the Eagles’ 40-point loss to Port Adelaide on Saturday, when caught in deal with from Power star Ollie Wines.
The Norm Smith medallist performed by the damage till early within the third time period when he was subbed out of the sport with 17 disposals and three clearances.
While the ankle was the rapid concern, the Eagles have revealed Shuey suffered a reoccurrence of his hamstring damage from earlier within the season within the veteran’s newest soft-tissue setback.
Shuey felt tightness within the hamstring he injured within the spherical three western derby defeat, an damage that sidelined him for a fortnight.
“After some treatment, it was re-taped he went back out but just felt like he couldn’t function to the level required, so he was subbed out,” Eagles head of well being Mark Finucane mentioned.
“After the game, he cooled down and unfortunately he’s aware of some hamstring tightness as well.
“With the scan results of the ankle, the ligament damage and some bone bruising, we are going to take a cautious approach with Luke both with the ankle injury and his soft tissue history.”
The Eagles confirmed former captain Shannon Hurn was an opportunity to return fo their recreation towards Carlton at Optus Stadium on Saturday evening after he missed the final two video games.
It got here as West Coast lastly launched the timeline on the return of a number of injured gamers having listed them as “to be confirmed” for the previous month.
Premiership hero Dom Sheed will see a specialist this week on a throat damage to find out when he’s an opportunity to return, whereas Jeremy McGovern (hamstring) and Nic Naitanui (Achilles) have been listed as two months away.
Forward Jamie Cripps is unlikely to play till not less than spherical 18 after being listed as 12 to 14 weeks away, whereas Liam Ryan is 10 to 12 weeks away after he additionally had hamstring tendon surgical procedure.
Youngsters Campbell Chesser (knee), Elijah Hewett (ankle), Noah Long, Brady Hough and Coby Burgiel are all set to be out there inside the subsequent month.
“Noah has taken a little while for the hamstring to settle down, but he’s now comfortable and running strongly,” Finucane mentioned. “We won’t take any risks with our first-year players and he will take the time to progress through a fully program.
“Coby is similar and we’re just taking a precautionary approach so he will go through a reconditioning and rehabilitation block.
“Elijah has again been the professional athlete and he has looked after it nicely, so hopefully we see him playing in the next couple of weeks.”
Only Sheed, Tom Cole (ankle) and Isiah Winder (knee) are listed as TBC beneath the brand new damage record.
Eagles damage ward
- Shannon Hurn (managed) – take a look at
- Brady Hough (hamstring) – 1-2 weeks
- Harry Edwards (wrist) – 2-3 weeks
- Elijah Hewett (ankle) – 2-3 weeks
- Noah Long (hamstring) – 2-3 weeks
- Campbell Chesser (knee) 2-3 weeks
- Coby Burgiel (hamstring) 3-4 weeks
- Jack Williams (spleen) – 3-4 weeks
- Elliot Yeo (groin) – 3-4 weeks
- Luke Shuey (ankle/hamstring) 4-5 weeks
- Jeremy McGovern (hamstring) – 7-8 weeks
- Nic Naitanui (Achilles) – 7-8 weeks
- Liam Ryan (hamstring) – 10-12 weeks
- Jamie Cripps (ankle) – 12-14 weeks
- Dom Sheed (throat) – TBC
- Isiah Winder (knee) – TBC
- Tom Cole (ankle) – TBC
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
