Adelaide ahead Riley Thilthorpe will miss the beginning of the AFL season with a knee damage sustained in his facet’s observe match thumping of West Coast.
Thilthorpe landed awkwardly in a marking contest at Richmond Oval on Saturday, then sat on the bottom momentarily earlier than hobbling off, assisted by a medico.
He was despatched for scans on Sunday, which confirmed injury to the meniscus in his left knee.
Thilthorpe will seek the advice of with specialists within the coming days earlier than the membership can put a timeline on his return.
“Sometimes your heart is in your mouth. Today was one of those moments,” Crows coach Matthew Nicks stated post-match.
“But we have got a squad of players too. Riley is really important to what we’re doing and he’s a great player, but we’ve got others.
“And that is a part of pre-season. We practice on the rivet, we go arduous.
“That’s how we’ve trained right throughout, so we’ve been pushing the envelope, let alone playing games like this.
“And we’ll proceed to try this. That’s how we work, that is how we imagine we play our greatest footy.”
Adelaide do not function in subsequent weekend’s opening matches of the season, taking part in their spherical one match on the Gold Coast the next Saturday.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
