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CibbuanoDodd set to miss first half of next season
November 2nd 2009 23:24
FREMANTLE defender Steven Dodd is set to miss the first half of next season after undergoing shoulder and wrist reconstructive surgery.
The 26-year-old didn't miss a game during 2009 but played with significant pain.
Dockers sports science manager Jason Weber said on Monday Dodd's rehabilitation would be a slow process.
"It's hard to say with how his shoulder responds and his wrist. His wrist was a similar surgery to what Hayden Ballantyne had last year and because they take a bone graft out of the hip and place it in the wrist, it does take some time," Weber said.
"Because he's got the whole joint out, it just slows down his rehab."
"Without placing figures on it, I would say he would be outside Round 10, somewhere around that, maybe a fraction earlier."
In some good news for Fremantle, 2008 NAB Rising Star winner Rhys Palmer (knee), Ryan Crowley (foot), Michael Johnson (ankle) and Des Headland (hamstring/calf) are all set to play in round one next year.
Youngster Tim Ruffles, who ruptured his ACL during this year's second western derby, did some light running work on the first day of pre-season training but he is expected to be sidelined for the majority of 2010.
Meanwhile, Alex Silvagni, the nephew of Carlton legend Stephen, former Magpie Danny Stanley, ex-Kangaroo Matt Riggio, Subiaco goalsneak Trent Dennis-Lane and East Fremantle midfielder Kyle Hardingham are training with the Dockers in a bid to get a spot on the club's list.
The 26-year-old didn't miss a game during 2009 but played with significant pain.
Dockers sports science manager Jason Weber said on Monday Dodd's rehabilitation would be a slow process.
"It's hard to say with how his shoulder responds and his wrist. His wrist was a similar surgery to what Hayden Ballantyne had last year and because they take a bone graft out of the hip and place it in the wrist, it does take some time," Weber said.
"Without placing figures on it, I would say he would be outside Round 10, somewhere around that, maybe a fraction earlier."
In some good news for Fremantle, 2008 NAB Rising Star winner Rhys Palmer (knee), Ryan Crowley (foot), Michael Johnson (ankle) and Des Headland (hamstring/calf) are all set to play in round one next year.
Youngster Tim Ruffles, who ruptured his ACL during this year's second western derby, did some light running work on the first day of pre-season training but he is expected to be sidelined for the majority of 2010.
Meanwhile, Alex Silvagni, the nephew of Carlton legend Stephen, former Magpie Danny Stanley, ex-Kangaroo Matt Riggio, Subiaco goalsneak Trent Dennis-Lane and East Fremantle midfielder Kyle Hardingham are training with the Dockers in a bid to get a spot on the club's list.
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