Geelong midfielder Max Holmes will likely be out for the medium time period after present process knee surgical procedure, whereas prized draft choose Jhye Clark has been reduce down by a severe foot damage.
Holmes tore the meniscus in his proper knee throughout final week’s loss to Fremantle in Perth.
The 20-year-old underwent surgical procedure on Tuesday and will not be out there till after the membership’s mid-season bye.
“Max had been in great form and was really building his game in the early part of the season, so he’ll spend a couple of weeks where he won’t do much and then it’ll really ramp up after that,” Geelong basic supervisor Simon Lloyd informed the membership’s web site.
Clark, the No.8 choose from final yr’s nationwide draft, has been recognized with a navicular stress response in his foot.
No timeline has been set for his return.
Clark made his AFL debut within the round-nine loss to Richmond, however he missed final Saturday’s defeat to Fremantle after reporting soreness earlier within the week.
“Pretty soon he’ll start to weight bare and again,” Lloyd mentioned.
“Particularly with the young players we need to think long term so we’ll be more conservative.”
In higher news for the Cats, Ollie Henry (ruptured testicle), Sam De Koning (facial fracture) and Gary Rohan (hamstring) may all be out there for Saturday’s dwelling conflict with GWS.
Brisbane are set to regain veteran Daniel Rich for Sunday’s match towards Adelaide, however in-form defender Jack Payne will miss with concussion.
Rich has missed the previous three weeks after injuring his calf within the round-seven win over Fremantle, however he accomplished full coaching on Tuesday to show he’s prepared for a recall.
Richmond defender Nick Vlastuin continues to be hopeful of enjoying in Sunday’s encounter with Port Adelaide on the MCG regardless of struggling a corked leg in final week’s Dreamtime loss to Essendon.
St Kilda’s Mitch Owens will miss at the very least per week with concussion after colliding with the knee of teammate Anthony Caminiti in Sunday’s win towards the Giants.
But ahead Tim Membrey is an opportunity to return from concussion in Saturday’s match towards Hawthorn.
Hawthorn are hopeful to have ruckman Ned Reeves out there.
Reeves was subbed out within the third quarter of final week’s win over West Coast with an ankle damage, however he has recovered effectively from the damage.
“Ned had an incident during the game with his ankle, different to the mid-foot sprain that we were dealing with two weeks ago, so separate incident,” Hawthorn excessive efficiency supervisor Peter Burge mentioned.
“The great news is that he has pulled up really well and he was running today in straight lines with his runners and we anticipate he is going to resume training with the main group on Thursday.”
Gold Coast defender Sean Lemmens will miss about 4 weeks with a hamstring damage.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
