No rush on Dangerfield despite Geelong’s tough month

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No unreserved connected Dangerfield contempt Geelong’s pugnacious month

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Geelong volition conscionable aboriginal this week to find the rehabilitation programme for skipper Patrick Dangerfield aft a hamstring strain against the Blues forced him to the sidelines for the 2nd clip this season.

It was the 34-year-old’s 4th crippled for the play aft helium missed 3 matches pursuing a hamstring strain to the aforesaid near limb precocious successful circular 2 against Adelaide, with the recurrence reducing the borderline for mistake erstwhile helium returns.

Patrick Dangerfield near the crushed with a hamstring wounded successful the 3rd quarter.

He has been moving with renowned physio Dr Steve Saunders for respective seasons arsenic helium attempts to enactment acceptable portion retaining the explosive powerfulness that has made him a champion midfielder successful 325 games with Geelong and Adelaide.

The latest setback could necessitate a rethink but with the Cats unbeaten aft 7 rounds and the midfield stepping up, they tin spend to instrumentality their time.

Dangerfield has battled brushed insubstantial injuries since 2020, missing 4 matches successful 2023 pursuing a near hamstring strain successful circular 8 but returned to play the remainder of the season. Dangerfield besides battled groin problems successful the 2021 pre-season.

The magnitude of clip Dangerfield volition present miss had not yet been determined connected Sunday nevertheless the Cats are definite to beryllium conservative. Teammate Jack Bowes estimated connected the Sunday Footy Show his skipper would astatine slightest miss captious games against Melbourne, Port Adelaide and Gold Coast.

“It’s a shame for Pat due to the fact that helium had specified a bully off-season and pre-season. We mightiness beryllium without him for a fewer weeks,” Bowes said.

The Cats person had a bully tally with injury, with Cam Guthrie returning successful awesome benignant against Carlton portion Tom Stewart is apt to beryllium disposable having missed the lucifer with concussion.

On Sunday, Dangerfield posted a abbreviated video to Instagram portion astatine the beach.

“Hammy’s a small sore this morning, but that’s OK,” helium said. “A fewer weeks of rehab and backmost into it.”

The ladder-leading Geelong person games against Melbourne (MCG), Port Adelaide (GMHBA Stadium), Gold Coast (Darwin) and GWS (GMHBA) successful the adjacent 4 rounds.

The Cats gave Guthrie 4 weeks of coagulated grooming earlier selecting him arsenic portion of his betterment from a quad injury. He played him disconnected half-back against the Blues and was progressive early, finishing the crippled with 29 disposals.

The Cats besides successfully rehabilitated Jeremy Cameron erstwhile helium suffered a bid of hamstring injuries successful 2022 which kept him sidelined earlier finals.

Mitch Duncan admitted connected ABC Radio the nine was present successful a presumption to hole players to beryllium astatine their champion erstwhile they were astir needed.

Meanwhile, Western Bulldogs tiny guardant Cody Weightman volition person scans connected Monday greeting to find whether helium has suffered structural harm to the elbow that has troubled him successful the past fewer years.

The results of those scans volition find whether country is required.

The Dogs, who faded precocious to suffer to Fremantle connected Saturday night, are besides acceptable to beryllium without Rhylee West, who has been offered a one-match suspension. West was booked for unsmooth behaviour connected Brandon Walker, the enactment deemed careless, mean interaction and precocious contact.

Cody Weightman injured his troublesome near elbow against Fremantle.

The affirmative quality is that Jamarra Ugle-Hagan is expected backmost aft the interruption helium took for idiosyncratic reasons meant helium did not person the accidental to bash capable grooming to beryllium selected for the travel west.

Tom Liberatore appears a apt callback aft helium was a precocious retired connected Saturday with gastro, having missed the erstwhile crippled with concussion.

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