Swans epic Mad Monday fail puts 2024 kick-off in doubt

Mad Monday celebrations within the AFL are identified for elaborate costumes and infrequently too many drinks for a number of the protagonists.

Every every now and then, they result in severe mishaps and that’s what has occurred to Swans co-captain Callum Mills.

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Following studies Mills had undergone shoulder surgical procedure resulting from a Mad Monday mishap, the Swans launched an announcement late on Tuesday night to substantiate the news.

Clearly, the membership just isn’t happy with the explanations behind the incident.

“Losing players to injury in the off-season is always upsetting,” Swans soccer supervisor Charlie Gardiner stated within the assertion.

“Callum is our captain and an important member of the squad. We are extremely disappointed this injury has occurred.

“Callum is equally disappointed, as you can imagine, but he is recovering well and will get to work on his rehabilitation immediately.”

Earlier, Channel 7’s chief AFL reporter Mitch Cleary had damaged the news concerning the Mad Monday occasion – the time period for a crew’s last get-together as soon as its season has ended.

The Sydney star has undergone shoulder surgical procedure because of the wrestle and is in “severe doubt” to line-up firstly of the 2024 marketing campaign in response to Cleary.

In their assertion, the Swans didn’t give a timetable for Mills’ return.

“And tonight we can reveal the shock surgery for Callum Mills after Mad Monday celebrations went wrong,” Cleary stated.

“He injured his shoulder while wrestling with a teammate at the post-season drinks.

“And (he) is now in severe doubt for round one next year.”

It was not confirmed who Mills had been wrestling with or the precise nature of the harm.

The 26-year-old Mills had his greatest season as an expert 12 months in the past, named an All Australian and membership greatest and fairest in 2022.

Elevated to co-captain alongside Luke Parker and Dane Rampe, Mills performed in 20 matches for the Swans this season.

He missed 4 matches in the midst of the yr resulting from a calf criticism, returning in spherical 15 because the Swans made a late cost in direction of the finals after a horror first half of the yr.

Mills led the Swans onto the MCG for his or her elimination last in opposition to Carlton on 8 September, which ended with a six-point defeat.

It is probably going the membership had its conventional Mad Monday celebrations on the next Monday, 11 September.

Mills just isn’t a stranger to uncommon accidents impacting his footy profession.

In May 2018, Mills was throwing a mini American soccer round with teammates within the Moore Park precinct by the SCG following coaching when he tripped and fell.

He broke a bone on the surface of his foot which coach John Longmire described on the time as “a really unfortunate accident”.

Coming after the membership’s spherical 9 win over Fremantle that yr, Mills was pressured to overlook the remainder of that season.

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