Max Gawn was subbed out with a knee harm minutes into Melbourne’s blockbuster conflict with Brisbane on Friday evening.
The Dees skipper was the sufferer of a pleasant hearth conflict with Jack Viney, who fell throughout Gawn’s knee after a middle bounce stoppage.
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Viney landed awkwardly throughout Gawn’s left knee and the skipper instantly grabbed at it earlier than hobbling off the sector.
It did not take lengthy earlier than Melbourne medical employees had him on ice and subbed him out of the sport, with Jake Melksham taking his place.
“Large information. Max Gawn out of this sport with some type of knee harm we consider,” Brian Taylor mentioned on commentary.
It was an enormous blow for the Demons, with star key defender Steven Might dominated out earlier than the sport.
“I reckon in the event you mentioned to Chris Fagan about 12pm at present, ‘Who would you prefer to see not taking part in for Melbourne’, he would have mentioned, ‘Steven Might and Max Gawn’, and he has obtained that midway via the primary quarter, James Brayshaw mentioned.
Gawn lower a dejected determine within the Melbourne rooms with ice on his knee earlier than strolling out of shot.
“Max cannot bear to observe any extra. Leaving the confines the place the TV was situated,” Taylor mentioned.
The impression of Gawn’s absence was instantly felt, with the Lions piling on 4 fast objectives within the first quarter after he left the sector.
Brisbane ruck Oscar McInerney took benefit of his counterpart’s absence, going ahead and taking a contested mark earlier than slotting an extended purpose.
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“As quickly as you lose Gawn, we had been speaking earlier than the sport and after final week, the two-pronged ruckmen in Grundy and Gawn,” Hodge mentioned after McInerney’s mark and purpose.
“As quickly as Gawn goes down and Grundy goes off, you’ve got a bloke (Adam Tomlinson) who is flexible who can play ahead and again, (however) he could not compete. He wants somebody to assist him out. Oscar McInerney, he ran ahead, he knew he had a mismatch, he knew he was too massive for him.”
The extent of Gawn’s harm is unknown.
Melbourne footy boss Alan Richardson spoke to Abbey Holmes at half time.
“Clearly a sore knee. We do not know rather more actually,” Richardson mentioned of the harm.
“I do know that there’s a picture going round that means that he is feeling actually down and that results in potential ACL stuff. That is not the case.
“We’re going to should scan it. Our medical doctors are saying that he feels affordable. We must wait till we get scans.”
