Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has COVID-19 however the Hawks are assured he’ll get better in time to face fellow cellar-dwellars West Coast.
The Hawks confirmed Mitchell had examined constructive and was doing nicely and recovering at dwelling.
Mitchell’s assistants will take the reins at coaching throughout his absence however Hawthorn had been hopeful he would return to their soccer program within the coming days, forward of Sunday’s sport in Launceston.
No coaches have missed a sport by way of COVID-19 this season, although a number of had been sidelined all through 2022.
No different soccer division members or gamers had examined constructive as of Monday morning.
The league now not has the stringent testing necessities that marked the 2021 and 2022 seasons however the Hawks had been monitoring their gamers and employees.
West Coast and Hawthorn will each try to say their second win of the season after they meet at UTAS Stadium.
Hawthorn sit backside of the ladder, with West Coast seventeenth and simply 0.5 per cent separating the underside two groups.
The loser of Sunday’s sport may also possible be the favorite to say the wood spoon, although two-win North Melbourne are additionally within the combine, and subsequently first dibs on touted No.1 draft choose Harley Reid.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
