Carlton coach Michael Voss is content material with the membership’s dealing with of Adam Cerra’s hamstring points and insists Sam Walsh will not be rushed to return from an analogous setback.
Cerra sustained a low-grade hamstring pressure throughout final week’s upset of AFL ladder-leaders Collingwood and is about to overlook as much as three matches.
The damage got here per week after Cerra sat out the round-19 thumping of West Coast due to “hamstring awareness”.
Fellow midfield gun Walsh strained a hamstring throughout that win over the Eagles and will not be again till at the very least spherical 23.
“We’ll be pretty diligent with where we think he’s at and the timeline’s there,” Voss informed reporters on Thursday.
“At this stage we’re certainly thinking that will stay at the three-week mark.”
Voss stated he’s “really comfortable” with the strategy the Blues took to managing Cerra, who starred towards Collingwood earlier than he was substituted out.
“We felt like we were really conservative the week before,” Voss stated.
“He completed a full week of training and we certainly felt like he was ready to go.
“I suppose it is a kind of conditions the place one thing else occurred.”
Carlton’s current timelines will have Walsh and Cerra back in a full-strength midfield before the finals, should the Blues qualify.
Key defender Mitch McGovern is also expected to miss up to three weeks with his latest hamstring setback.
McGovern suffered a “low-grade pressure” at training on Thursday.
Carlton have broken back into the top eight as they aim to end a decade-long finals drought and can extend their winning streak to seven matches when they take on St Kilda at Marvel Stadium on Sunday.
No.3 draft pick Paddy Dow will return to the starting line-up against the Saints, Voss said.
Dow has been the substitute in 5 of his six appearances this season, together with in two of the final three weeks.
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