Collingwood midfielder Patrick Lipinski will miss the primary half of the AFL season after present process a second spherical of shoulder surgical procedure within the house of six months.
Lipinski had a scan on Friday afternoon after dislocating his left shoulder through the closing time period of the membership’s observe match in opposition to Hawthorn in Launceston final week.
He underwent surgical procedure on Monday.
While no agency timeline has been positioned on the midfielder’s return to play, it’s anticipated Lipinski shall be accessible for choice following the mid-season bye interval.
“We are disappointed for Pat who has undergone his second shoulder surgery in six months,” Collingwood soccer supervisor Graham Wright mentioned in an announcement.
“The expectation is that he will be out of the selection frame until the after the mid-season bye.”
Lipinski performed 25 video games for the Magpies final season after crossing from the Bulldogs on the finish of 2021.
The 24-year-old averaged a career-high 22 disposals and three clearances to assist propel the Magpies to the preliminary finals.
Meanwhile, star North Melbourne ahead Cam Zurhaar might miss the round-one conflict with West Coast after struggling a calf damage.
Zurhaar strained his left calf throughout final week’s 58-point loss to the Western Bulldogs and now faces a race in opposition to time to be match for the March 18 match in opposition to West Coast at Marvel Stadium.
“Cam will be on light duties and monitored closely over the next week,” Kangaroos soccer supervisor Todd Viney mentioned in an announcement.
“It will be a matter of waiting to see how he responds, then progressing his rehab as his symptoms allow.”
The Kangaroos had been dealt one other blow when ruckman Callum Coleman-Jones suffered a partial tear of his left plantar fascia throughout Saturday’s VFL win over Footscray.
The former Tiger will stay in a moon boot for a brief interval and shall be progressed by a rehab program to permit his plantar fascia to heal.
West Coast have even greater damage considerations – particularly within the ruck division.
Nic Naitanui seems set to overlook the beginning of the season because of ongoing soreness in his Achilles tendon.
Back-up ruckman Bailey Williams can be no assure to play after being compelled out of final week’s pre-season loss to Adelaide with a hamstring niggle.
Defender Josh Rotham, who was used as a second ruckman in opposition to the Crows, will miss at the very least a month of motion after breaking his arm.
It means 22-year-old Callum Jamieson is perhaps compelled to guide the ruck in opposition to veteran Kangaroo Todd Goldstein.
Jamieson’s back-up might be defender Harry Edwards or ahead Jake Waterman, assuming West Coast need to hold Oscar Allen as a everlasting ahead.
Eagles ahead Jack Darling remains to be nursing an ankle damage and is in some doubt for the membership’s season opener.
At the Western Bulldogs, livewire ahead Cody Weightman nonetheless wants to beat an adductor pressure and Jason Johannisen is but to completely get well from a calf subject.
Both face a battle to be cleared to tackle Melbourne in spherical one.
But Taylor Duryea (neck), Ed Richards (corked quad) and Hayden Crozier (dislocated finger) are set to be accessible regardless of failing to complete the observe match in opposition to North Melbourne due to accidents.
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
