Fremantle recruit Jaeger O’Meara seems no certainty to face St Kilda at Marvel Stadium subsequent Sunday after limping off the observe with a suspected ankle harm.
The former Hawthorn and Gold Coast midfielder, who had been having fun with a robust first pre-season at Cockburn, seemed in discomfort after an innocuous incident throughout a handball drill.
O’Meara instantly received work some strapping on his left ankle by a coach earlier than gingerly jogging off the bottom.
The 29-year-old was off for a number of minutes and got here again on for some stoppage work however didn’t look 100 per cent and shall be one to look at throughout the week forward of his hopeful Fremantle debut after coming throughout from the Hawks in a last-minute commerce interval deal.
It comes just a few days after the brand new management group member stated he felt in a “really good spot” bodily.
“I’m in a really good spot with my body,” O’Meara stated.
“I’ve been able to do the majority of the sessions over the whole pre-season, I’ve worked really hard and I’ve put myself in a reasonably good position to have a good year.”
If O’Meara doesn’t stand up, it may open the door for uncapped midfielder Matthew Johnson’s long-awaited debut after a giant summer season, with fellow second-year expertise Neil Erasmus another choice.
He wasn’t the one harm scare forward of spherical one with essential defender Brennan Cox leaving the Saturday afternoon session early grabbing at his left hip.
He did numerous operating assessments below the watchful eye of a medical staffer away from the oval earlier than run-throughs out within the center.
Cox has endured an interrupted pre-season after a skateboarding mishap noticed his knee develop into contaminated.
Fellow defender Luke Ryan seemed a bit proppy at occasions however educated with the principle group the entire session as he pushes for a return from again soreness.
Veteran ahead Michael Walters spent many of the session alongside younger tall Max Knobel, testing out his sore Achilles with numerous operating and leaping drills.
Walters joined the remainder of his teammates late and seemed to be sprinting near full tempo in a optimistic signal for his hopes of dealing with the Saints.
Fellow ahead Michael Frederick educated strongly and appears an excellent likelihood of constructing his return from a quad harm within the season opener after lacking the 2 pre-season scratch matches and second intraclub.
Fremantle footy boss Peter Bell stated earlier within the week that he was hopeful Frederick, Ryan, Luke Jackson (concussion) and Walters could be obtainable.
Bell conceded 32-year-old Walters was the least probably of the quartet to entrance up.
Classy left-footer Sam Sturt, who performed the final of his 4 AFL video games again in spherical 4, 2021, might be the beneficiary if Walters isn’t match to play.
The former first-round draft choose has impressed in a mixture of ahead and wing over the summer season.
Fremantle’s WAFL affiliate Peel Thunder had an intraclub hit-out in Mandurah on Saturday morning with a pair of Dockers-listed gamers, uncooked tall Roy Benning and speedy draftee Conrad Williams, collaborating.
As many as 16 Fremantle gamers might be obtainable for the Thunder’s pre-season conflict towards Subiaco at Lane Group Stadium on Saturday in a optimistic signal of the depth.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
