Collingwood midfielder Patrick Lipinski will miss the primary half of the AFL season after present process a second spherical of shoulder surgical procedure within the area of six months.
Lipinski had a scan on Friday afternoon after dislocating his left shoulder in the course of the closing time period of the membership’s follow match towards Hawthorn in Launceston final week.
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He underwent surgical procedure on Monday.
Whereas no agency timeline has been positioned on the midfielder’s return to play, it’s anticipated that Lipinski can be obtainable for choice following the mid-season bye interval.
“We’re upset for Pat who has undergone his second shoulder surgical procedure in six months,” Collingwood soccer supervisor Graham Wright stated in a press release.
“The expectation is that he can be out of the choice body till after the mid-season bye.”
Lipinski performed 25 video games for the Magpies final season after crossing from the Bulldogs on the finish of 2021.
The 24-year-old averaged a career-high 22 disposals and three clearances to assist propel the Magpies to the preliminary finals.
In the meantime, star North Melbourne ahead Cam Zurhaar may miss the round-one conflict with West Coast after struggling a calf harm.
Zurhaar strained his left calf throughout final week’s 58-point loss to the Western Bulldogs and now faces a race towards time to be match for the March 18 match towards West Coast at Marvel Stadium.
“Cam can be on mild duties and monitored intently over the following week,” Kangaroos soccer supervisor Todd Viney stated in a press release.
“Will probably be a matter of ready to see how he responds, then progressing his rehab as his signs permit.”
The Kangaroos have been dealt one other blow when ruckman Callum Coleman-Jones suffered a partial tear of his left plantar fascia throughout Saturday’s VFL win over Footscray.
The previous Tiger will stay in a moon boot for a brief interval and can be progressed via a rehab program to permit his plantar fascia to heal.
West Coast have even greater harm considerations – particularly within the ruck division.
Nic Naitanui seems set to overlook the beginning of the season as a result of ongoing soreness in his Achilles tendon.
Again-up ruckman Bailey Williams can also be no assure to play after being pressured out of final week’s pre-season loss to Adelaide with a hamstring niggle.
Defender Josh Rotham, who was used as a second ruckman towards the Crows, will miss at the least a month of motion after breaking his arm.
It means 22-year-old Callum Jamieson may be pressured to steer the ruck towards veteran Kangaroo Todd Goldstein.
Jamieson’s back-up may very well be defender Harry Edwards or ahead Jake Waterman, assuming West Coast needs to maintain Oscar Allen as a everlasting ahead.
Eagles ahead Jack Darling remains to be nursing an ankle harm and is unsure for the membership’s season opener.
On the Western Bulldogs, livewire ahead Cody Weightman nonetheless wants to beat an adductor pressure and Jason Johannisen is but to completely get better from a calf challenge.
Each face a battle to be cleared to tackle Melbourne in spherical one.
However Taylor Duryea (neck), Ed Richards (corked quad) and Hayden Crozier (dislocated finger) are set to be obtainable regardless of failing to complete the follow match towards North Melbourne as a result of accidents.
