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CibbuanoHawks will wait on Brown
September 2nd 2008 07:44
HAWTHORN will give Campbell Brown until the last minute to prove his fitness for Friday night's qualifying final against the Western Bulldogs at the MCG.
Brown, who turned an ankle in the first 10 minutes of last Saturday night's match against Carlton at Telstra Dome, played out the match but pulled up sore afterwards.
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was confident that Brown would play but said the club won't take any chances if he's not quite right.
"He'll need every minute of the next three or four days to get himself right for this game but, given the resilience of Browny and the way he recovers and the professionalism with which he goes about it, I give him every chance to get up," said Clarkson.
"He didn't think it was too much of a concern, he's just had a bit of swelling since the game."
"That will subside over the next couple of days and it will depend on how much weight he can put through the ankle, but he plays pretty tough so I expect he's a pretty good chance to play."
Meanwhile, Clarskson said classy has recovered from a corked buttocks that forced him to sit out the majority of the final term against the Blues.
Brown, who turned an ankle in the first 10 minutes of last Saturday night's match against Carlton at Telstra Dome, played out the match but pulled up sore afterwards.
Hawthorn coach Alastair Clarkson was confident that Brown would play but said the club won't take any chances if he's not quite right.
"He'll need every minute of the next three or four days to get himself right for this game but, given the resilience of Browny and the way he recovers and the professionalism with which he goes about it, I give him every chance to get up," said Clarkson.
"He didn't think it was too much of a concern, he's just had a bit of swelling since the game."
"That will subside over the next couple of days and it will depend on how much weight he can put through the ankle, but he plays pretty tough so I expect he's a pretty good chance to play."
Meanwhile, Clarskson said classy has recovered from a corked buttocks that forced him to sit out the majority of the final term against the Blues.
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