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CibbuanoEagles lose McKinley to injury
June 9th 2008 07:40
WEST COAST forward Ben McKinley will miss the next two to three weeks with a shoulder injury.
McKinley, who is expected to undergo surgery sometime this week, sustained the injury in the Eagles' round eight loss to North Melbourne but played through the pain against Adelaide and Collingwood.
West Coast assistant coach Peter Sumich said the club's medical staff believed surgery was the best option for the promising 21-year-old.
"Especially with injuries like that,'' Sumich said.
"If Ben ... is playing with it (and) suddenly we bring him back (without having surgery) and then he gets a real big knock on it and he has a reconstruction on it, you are out for three to six months.
"We don't want that to happen. So as a young player get it fixed, be 100 per cent and come back in a months' time and play.''
McKinley, who is expected to undergo surgery sometime this week, sustained the injury in the Eagles' round eight loss to North Melbourne but played through the pain against Adelaide and Collingwood.
West Coast assistant coach Peter Sumich said the club's medical staff believed surgery was the best option for the promising 21-year-old.
"Especially with injuries like that,'' Sumich said.
"If Ben ... is playing with it (and) suddenly we bring him back (without having surgery) and then he gets a real big knock on it and he has a reconstruction on it, you are out for three to six months.
"We don't want that to happen. So as a young player get it fixed, be 100 per cent and come back in a months' time and play.''
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