Hayden Young will miss as much as three matches with an ankle harm in one other blow to Fremantle’s fading AFL finals hopes.
The Dockers (7-9) have misplaced 4 of their previous 5 matches and are at lengthy odds to upset flag favourites Collingwood on the MCG on Saturday.
Influential midfielder Caleb Serong will miss that conflict via suspension and has now been joined on the sidelines by Young.
The skilful defender was despatched for scans after experiencing ankle soreness following Fremantle’s horror 53-point house loss to Carlton on the weekend.
In a press release on Wednesday, the Dockers stated they count on Young to overlook “between one to three weeks”.
“It’s a low-grade ankle injury,” Dockers high-performance supervisor Phil Merriman stated.
“We need to make sure Hayden hits his markers over the next week or two.
“It’s an open-ended return to play as we will likely be guided by how his ankle reacts from daily.”
Young was limited to just five games in 2020 – his debut season – because of a serious ankle injury, while hamstring issues kept him to eight matches the following season.
The 22-year-old has performed 38 of a attainable 40 video games during the last two seasons.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
