Mystery surrounds the extent of the newest harm to Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield, who was hospitalised after his aspect’s 38-point loss to Port Adelaide.
The Brownlow medallist was despatched to hospital for statement after Thursday evening’s Adelaide Oval encounter.
Dangerfield was crunched within the again in a collision with Port’s Dan Houston within the second quarter.
The Cats skipper continued taking part in for the remainder of the match regardless of being hobbled.
“He got a knock and then he seized up after that,” Geelong coach Chris Scott stated post-game.
“I could say it’s a back spasm or something like that but the honest answer is I don’t know.”
Dangerfield was making his comeback from a hamstring harm suffered on May 6.
And he is not the one recent harm fear for the reigning premiers, with midfielder Tanner Bruhn struggling a shoulder harm in opposition to the Power.
Bruhn, who will quickly have scans on an AC joint, was substituted within the third quarter.
The issues are the newest worries for the Cats, now with six wins and 7 losses.
Mitch Duncan, Tyson Stengle and Max Holmes returned to motion in opposition to Port however ruckman Jon Ceglar was a late scratching due to a groin ailment.
Cam Guthrie (toe) and Sam Menengola (knee) are rated as out for the medium time period on the Cats’ obscure harm checklist with key defender Esava Ratugolea rated as sidelined for the quick time period.
Premiership ruckman Rhys Stanley (eye) will play restricted minutes within the VFL this weekend.
“The trend has been get a couple (of players) back, lose a couple,” Scott stated.
“And it’s not an excuse and I hope it doesn’t sound that way.
“But there’s a actually sturdy correlation across the competitors in the mean time, the groups which have good availability and good cohesion are taking part in nicely.
“We were a case in point last year where … when we got them all back and they played together week after week, we hit our straps.
“And we’re optimistic that may occur once more.”
But Scott stated the harm woes have been solely “one issue” within the struggles of his Cats.
“It’s not the entire story – ‘oh, as quickly as they get a little bit of continuity in recreation time, you realize, we’ll be one of the best staff within the comp’,” he stated.
“I’m not saying that in any respect. I’m simply saying that there’s room for optimism if we will get these guys taking part in collectively for an honest chunk of time.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
