Geelong star Patrick Dangerfield has been overruled by the membership’s medical employees after placing his hand as much as play every week after struggling a cracked rib and {a partially} collapsed lung.
The captain’s first recreation in six weeks was ruined final Thursday night time when he was harm throughout a marking contest within the second quarter of the loss towards Port Adelaide.
Dangerfield bravely performed out the match at Adelaide Oval however was pressured to drive the eight hours house to Moggs Creek, relatively than flying with the remainder of the crew, because of the severity of his accidents.
Cats coach Chris Scott was optimistic the 33-year-old can be obtainable for subsequent week’s round-16 match towards Sydney however mentioned the participant would miss the conflict with Melbourne at GMHBA Stadium on Thursday night time.
“I fully expected him to declare himself fit, which he did, and he was just overruled on that one,” Scott mentioned.
“Not by as wide a margin as I expected.
“He thinks he could play. As is often the case with those guys, you’ve got to save them from themselves.
“(The medicos) say if the game was Sunday, Monday then he’d probably be OK to play, so that’s a good sign for the following week.”
Geelong assistant coach Nigel Lappin famously performed within the 2003 grand ultimate for the Brisbane Lions with a damaged rib, sophisticated by struggling a punctured lung throughout a pre-game health take a look at.
But Scott mentioned golf equipment did a greater job of defending injured gamers than they did throughout his personal enjoying days.
“I don’t mind saying publicly, I just have absolutely no desire to put any of our players out on the ground who are inhibited,” he mentioned.
“That is a product of the past. It happened way too much in bygone eras – and we’re not going to let it happen at our club.
“So Paddy could have declared himself fit and demanded that he was going to play but if this were a grand final, we still wouldn’t let him play.”
The blockbuster conflict with the Demons – Scott’s three hundredth as Geelong coach – is an important one for the Tenth-placed Cats as they try to remain in contact with the highest eight.
Last week’s defeat to the Power left Geelong 6-7 of their premiership defence.
While Geelong lose Dangerfield, they may welcome again premiership ruckman Rhys Stanley for his first recreation since he suffered a fractured proper eye socket in April.
“It’s exciting for us,” Scott mentioned.
“We literally did not have a ruckman on our list (against Port) besides (Mark) Blicavs, so getting Rhys back is going to be a real bonus for how we choose to play.”
After being comfortably crushed within the corresponding match final yr, Melbourne will take the bizarre step of spending the night time in Geelong on Wednesday and coaching at GMHBA Stadium, a notoriously tough floor for travelling golf equipment.
Star midfielder Clayton Oliver has been dominated out of returning for the Demons after lacking the King’s Birthday win towards Collingwood attributable to an contaminated blister that hospitalised him for nearly every week.
It would be the fourth-straight match Oliver has sat out after initially injuring his hamstring towards Port Adelaide in spherical 10.
However, Melbourne did recall versatile Harrison Petty who has been out since injuring his foot within the Demons’ round-nine win towards Hawthorn.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
