West Coast defender Tom Barrass is predicted to be be unavailable till the bye, whereas a younger Eagle is about to go underneath the knife because the membership’s damage disaster continues to deepen.
Barrass was pulled withdrawal from the Eagles’ loss to Collingwood on Saturday with a hip flexor damage that he sustained within the Captain’s Run on Friday, which The West Australian understands might additionally maintain him out of the conflict in opposition to Adelaide on Saturday.
The reigning membership champion had missed the journey to Launceston final month due to sickness and shall be missed if he can’t play in opposition to the Crows, who’ve a tall ahead line that includes Taylor Walker, Riley Thilthorpe and Darcy Fogarty.
Meanwhile, The West understands first-year defender Coby Burgiel is about for surgical procedure on his hamstring.
Burgiel, taken with decide 29 in final 12 months’s draft was a thriller out from the Eagles’ WAFL loss to Swan Districts on Sunday, alongside Next Generation Academy product Jordyn Baker, who can be believed to have a hamstring damage.
The teenager was noticed on the WAFL recreation on Sunday with a compression bandage on his left leg.
It comes because the Eagles lose Shannon Hurn (hamstring), Connor West (knee) and Elijah Hewett (concussion) from the 23-man group that misplaced to the Magpies, whereas Liam Duggan can also be unavailable with the Eagles difficult his harmful deal with cost on the tribunal.
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There was additionally experiences that ruckman Callum Jamieson might have performed by means of an damage in opposition to the Magpies.
West Coast coach Adam Simpson stated he would discover out on Tuesday if skipper Luke Shuey (ankle/hamstring) and ahead Jack Darling (damaged arm) can be obtainable to return to deal with the Crows.
“We’ve got a medical meeting tomorrow morning and I’m really hoping we’ve got Barrass, (Jeremy) McGovern, Darling and Shuey,” Simpson instructed 7NEWS.
“They’re all not far off, it’s just whether it’s this week or it’s after the bye.
“They’re four pretty good inclusions, albeit they’ll be rusty, but we’ve really missed them. Hopefully we can get them back and keep them in.”
Sam Petrevski-Seton (quad) and Luke Edwards (concussion) have been additionally listed as an opportunity to return this weekend in final week’s damage report.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
