Essendon greatest and fairest Peter Wright is “medically clear” to play, with coach Brad Scott contemplating whether or not to unleash the star ahead towards North Melbourne on Sunday.
Wright hasn’t performed a sport in 2023 after present process shoulder surgical procedure following a coaching mishap on the eve of spherical one.
It was initially anticipated he wouldn’t be accessible till deeper into the season however he has been rising his coaching in current weeks and rejoined full coaching this week.
That’s put Wright, who booted 53 objectives in 2023 on his method to the membership champion award, within the combine for choice towards the Kangaroos, the staff Scott coached for almost a decade.
“I haven’t been concerned about a return-to-play date for Pete; I’ve been a lot more concerned about a return to full training and that’s today,” Scott stated on Thursday.
“He‘s medically clear and he’ll fully train with full contact today, so he’ll certainly give us something to think about for selection this week; if he trains really well today then he’ll be available.
“It‘s ahead of schedule, but you can only look at the data points and he’s passing every test and has been ahead of schedule for a fair while now. We’ll obviously assess the risk vs reward, but he trained full-contact yesterday and will do the same again today.
Scott said Wright had been doing a “mountain of conditioning work” to place himself within the place to presumably come straight again into the staff and not using a sport within the VFL.
“He’s almost done a mini pre-season; he’s ticked all the boxes,” Scott stated.
“What’s the downside? He’s passed every test, so we’ll weigh all those things up and make a call tonight.”
The Bombers may be boosted by the return of midfielder Dylan Shiel, who’s pushing his case to play after lacking final week with a foot difficulty.
Defender Jake Kelly has additionally handed his concussion points and is medically clear to play.
Scott coached the Kangaroos from 2010-19 and can face his former facet for the primary time as an opposition coach.
Essendon pushed into the highest eight with a win over West Coast final weekend and will cement that spot with victory over the Kangaroos, who sit in seventeenth on the ladder.
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