Sean Darcy could have surgical procedure on his injured ankle and Fremantle have confirmed Nat Fyfe will even miss the remainder of the season in a significant blow for the struggling membership.
Darcy injured his ankle in final week’s defeat to Collingwood on the MCG and can now go beneath the knife to restore ligament harm.
Fyfe, who was subbed out late within the Dockers’ spherical 16 loss to the Western Bulldogs has a stress fracture in his foot. The membership will now take the possibility to ship him for surgical procedure to restore a difficulty with one in every of his fingers, initially scheduled for the low season.
“Sean’s gone through the specialist process and we’ve made the decision to take Sean out and put him into surgery, so he’ll be out for the rest of the season,” excessive efficiency supervisor Phil Merriman advised the membership’s web site.
Parking Darcy leaves recruit Luke Jackson to ruck for the ultimate 5 weeks of the season because the Dockers desperately attempt to take one thing out of the top of a disappointing marketing campaign.
Coach Justin Longmuir flagged after Saturday night time’s defeat to Sydney that he would follow Jackson as the only real front-line ruck and choose an additional ahead, though rookie large man Liam Reidy might come into the body later within the season.
The finish of Fyfe’s marketing campaign comes after he signed a two-year deal to stay on the membership, believed to be on considerably lowered cash, though his foot challenge is simply the most recent in an extended line of damage issues, together with plantar fasciitis which plagued the beginning of his season.
Merriman admitted the restoration from his foot damage had been slower than anticipated.
“Nat’s foot recovery has been a little bit slower than first expected so we’ve taken the option of ruling him out for the rest of the season,” he mentioned.
“Nat will also go in and have a little bit of work done on one of his fingers, which was always the plan towards the end of the year.”
It means he finishes the season with 9 video games to his title and simply 16 in two years.
Three Dockers — Bailey Banfield, James Aish and Nathan O’Driscoll — are within the combine to return for the daunting journey to face Geelong at GMHBA Stadium on Saturday.
But essential defender Brennan Cox might be compelled to attend longer, now listed as between one and two weeks away as he builds his operating hundreds on an injured ankle.
“Coxy’s been great and he’s out of the moon boot,” Merriman mentioned.
“He’s done two to three running sessions and we’re hoping to see more of Brennan in the next week or two.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
