Sam Darcy and Adam Treloar will miss Friday’s AAMI Community Series clash with the Hawks, with precautionary measures taking place ahead the home-and-away season beginning the following week.
Darcy has been dealing with some soreness post the Origin fixture, with no risks being taken prior to Brisbane at the Gabba.
“Since the State of Origin game, Sam Darcy has had some general soreness that has been slow to improve,” Head of Sports Medicine, Chris Bell said.
“To reduce the risk of Sam suffering prolonged issues related to this soreness, Sam won't play in Fridays practice game and instead complete a football training session.
“Sam will be monitored across next week to determine his availability ahead of the Round 0 clash against the Lions.
Treloar continues to recover from calf tightness over the latter part of the pre-season, meaning he won’t feature at Mission Whitten Oval.
“Adam Treloar suffered an area of localised calf tightness off the back of our preseason camp,” Bell said.
“With his injury history, we wanted to be conservative in his management. Adam will complete a match like training session this Friday, and if he gets through like we expect, he will return to availability next week."
Bailey Dale, Ryan Gardner and Zac Walker will spend time on the sidelines with injuries suffered over the past week.
“Bailey received contact to the outside of his leg causing an injury to the medial ligament in his knee last week,” Bell said.
“We will manage Bailey conservatively and will determine his return to play plan as we lead up to Round 0.
“Scans have confirmed a groin muscle strain for Ryan Gardner, and we will expect him to be back in action in the next 2-3 weeks.”
“To best manage Zac's ankle pain, we have decided on a minor surgical procedure that was completed yesterday.”
“We will update Zac's return to play plan across the next period of time but anticipate that he will miss the opening month of the season.”
In positive news, Lachie Carmichael, Josh Dolan and Laith Vandermeer will all pull on the jumper this weekend after recovering from respective injuries.
Injury List - AAMI Community Series
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