Geelong captain Patrick Dangerfield suffered {a partially} collapsed lung and cracked rib after he was hit from behind throughout the Cats’ 38-point loss to Port Adelaide on Thursday night time.
Dangerfield was solely taken to hospital after the sport, regardless of the ugly blow to his decrease again area coming from a collision with Dan Houston within the second quarter.
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The membership confirmed late Thursday night time that he had been taken to a hospital in Adelaide “as a precaution for further assessment”.
The ABC reported Dangerfield was taken in an ambulance.
The Cats on Friday confirmed Dangerfield had suffered inner accidents.
The membership mentioned in a press release: “Dangerfield was taken to hospital after the game where he underwent further assessment and scans, he returned to the team hotel on Thursday night and will return to Melbourne on Friday by car.
“The Cats medical team will continue to monitor Dangerfield to determine a return to play timeline.”
SEN’s Sam Edmund earlier posted on Twitter the soccer membership additionally had issues concerning the 2016 Brownlow medallist’s kidneys.
Coach Chris Scott was unable to shed a lot mild on Dangerfield’s harm.
“He got that knock and he just progressively seized up more and more to the point where, he’s a warrior, but it looked to us like he couldn’t move,” Scott mentioned.
“He said that he wanted to keep trying, but it was clear he just couldn’t have an impact on the game from pretty early in the second quarter.
“Our medical staff are brilliant and they will be providing the best care possible.
“I could say that it’s a back spasm or something like that, but the honest answer is ‘I don’t know’.”
Dangerfield was enjoying his first recreation again after a hamstring harm suffered in opposition to previous facet Adelaide at GMHBA Stadium in Round 8.
Tanner Bruhn was additionally a casualty on a tricky night time for the Cats, with the younger midfielder subbed out of the sport after half-time with a shoulder harm.
It continued a worrying pattern for the reigning premiers, who slipped to a 6-7 file after conceding seven unanswered targets within the third quarter.
“The pattern has been ‘get a couple back, lose a couple’,” Scott mentioned.
“It’s not an excuse, but there is a really strong correlation around the competition at the moment that teams who have good availability and good cohesion (are winning).
“We were case in point last year, we were going ok and we found a way to win some games and when we got them all back and they played together week after week we hit our straps.
“We’re optimistic that can happen again.”
The Cats conceded over 100 factors in opposition to Port, the fifth time that’s occurred in 13 video games this season, in comparison with final 12 months when it occurred simply as soon as.
“I think if you go back and compare us to us at our best there are a whole range of reasons (why) and most of them revolve around a lack of cohesion and personnel we’ve had,” Scott mentioned.
“Even the guys that we brought back, we didn’t expect them to be at their best straight away after missing so much footy.
“Even when we have got guys back they go and get injured again.
“That’s been the pattern a little bit for us.
If you look at the outcome, we’re just getting scored against when the ball goes inside our defensive 50, which is traditionally something we’ve been good at.
“But it’s clearly an area we need to improve.
“Clearly, there are some things that aren’t working for us at the moment, but we’re going to hang in.”
— with Jason Phelan, NCA NewsWire
Source: www.news.com.au
