Fremantle defender Jordan Clark is adamant Nat Fyfe will be capable of bounce again strongly from the newest critical damage of his glittering AFL profession.
Fyfe faces a battle to play once more this season after scans revealed he has a stress fracture in his left foot.
The 31-year-old missed six video games earlier this season resulting from plantar fasciitis in the identical foot, and it stays to be seen how properly he is ready to get better from his newest setback.
Fyfe has undergone greater than 20 surgical procedures throughout his 218-game profession, and the bodily ache he has endured yr after yr has taken an enormous toll on his physique.
The two-time Brownlow medallist has been a useful contributor this season, however overtly admitted earlier this yr that he won’t ever once more be the participant that when dominated the AFL.
Nevertheless, Fyfe’s huge physique and expertise nonetheless looms as essential cog in Fremantle’s hopes of snaring a flag within the subsequent few years, and Clark is backing the previous skipper to bounce again strongly.
“He’s a professional,” Clark advised reporters on Tuesday.
“He knows how to deal with these things. We’ve seen him bounce back time and time again. I’m sure this time will be no different.
“He is an enormous loss. He’s an excellent participant, an excellent senior participant.
“It’s fairly unlucky for Nat.
“But he is coping with it very well. He was fairly upbeat and in good spirits after I noticed him this morning.”
Fremantle’s finals hopes are on thin ice after last week’s 29-point loss to the Western Bulldogs left them in 11th spot with a 7-8 record.
The Dockers host 14th-placed Carlton on Sunday in what looms as a crucial match for both sides.
The game will also mark the first time Blues wingman Blake Acres will go up against Fremantle since leaving at the end of last year.
Acres is averaging a career-high 23.3 possessions per game this year, and it seems as though he still has plenty of friends at the Dockers.
“Blake left the membership on actually good phrases. He’s actually pleasant with all of us boys,” Clark mentioned.
“He even popped round to the resort the opposite evening, the evening earlier than the sport, and we have been sitting round watching a little bit of cricket and footy with him.
“He’s in really good form at the moment.”
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