West Coast coach Adam Simpson has confirmed Jack Darling has suffered a again damage after going too onerous too early within the early levels of the Eagles’ pre-season.
Simpson confirmed the 30-year-old has a “tight back” after making an attempt to maintain up together with his youthful teammates.
“He probably went a bit too hard the first couple of days,” Simpson stated.
“He came back early and tried to join in with the younger guys who had been going pretty hard.
“Think he got a bit of a shock and his back stiffened up. I think he’ll be fine in a couple of days, I hope so.”
West Coast will rely closely on Darling in 2023 after the retirement of Eagles spearhead Josh Kennedy, who departed because the membership’s main goal-kicker in his last season.
The Eagles are hopeful prized key ahead Oscar Allen will return subsequent season however will take each precaution after the 23-year-old spent the yr on the sidelines with a foot damage.
Simpson additionally performed down Yeo’s calf damage, the most recent in a string of soppy tissue setbacks for the born-again half again.
“He had a tiny, tiny niggle in his calf and we’ve just been conservative,” he stated.
“He’s been running for probably a month and he could start training tomorrow, really, but we’re just going to take our time, get to Christmas and hopefully he gets a really good run at it in the new year.
“It’s so small but unfortunately it’s been reoccurring and we’re trying everything we can to get him right.”
Yeo, 29, managed simply 5 video games in 2022, battling damage, sickness and concussion.
Simpson additionally make clear a calf concern to skipper Shuey however stated it was a short-term damage.
“He just went a bit hard, he was going turbo, Boots,” Simpson stated.
“He really wants to set the standard. He wants to give it a good run, he went really hard and we pulled him back a bit.”
Shuey performed 17 video games final season, together with 13-consecutive matches to complete the season, in a optimistic signal for the 32-year-old.
“Probably didn’t see the best of him but he was out there,” Simpson stated.
“I think he’s really keen to get a good pre-season in and get back to the form he was in a few years ago, that’s his next goal.
“And it’s still there, I can see it in the way he trains.”
