Port Adelaide defender Kane Farrell has a damaged cheekbone amid fears ahead Mitch Georgiades might have suffered a season-ending knee damage.
Farrell will miss about three video games, together with Friday evening’s early-season litmus take a look at towards ladder-leaders St Kilda, because of the damage suffered in Saturday’s win over West Coast.
Georgiades, who hasn’t featured in AFL ranks since spherical two, was harm within the state league.
The 22-year-old is having scans after receiving combined preliminary prognosis.
The Perth-born attacker, who falls off-contract at season’s finish and is a rumoured commerce goal of West Coast, landed awkwardly after taking a mark.
“Potentially missing 12 months of football, that certainly has significant impact on a person,” Port assistant coach Nathan Bassett informed reporters on Monday.
“We will find out more later on today and hopefully it’s good news.
“One physician thinks it is good news. The different physician is much less constructive.”
Port downed West Coast by 40 points, their fourth win of the season putting them in sixth position on the ladder.
But Bassett said a true test loomed with a Friday night date against St Kilda at Melbourne’s Marvel Stadium.
Spearhead Charlie Dixon’s knee injury will be put to a test later in the week to determine his availability.
And captain and fullback Tom Jonas has accepted a one-game suspension for rough conduct after his bump on West Coast’s Jai Culley.
Which all leaves Bassett and his fellow coaches with selection issues at both ends of the ground for the match against the pace-setting Saints, the only club currently with five wins from six starts.
“They have definitely carried out very strongly,” Bassett mentioned.
“Defensively, they’re very nicely organised and so they’re troublesome to attain towards.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
