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CibbuanoPalmer's season may be over
July 23rd 2008 22:55
FREMANTLE youngster Rhys Palmer may have played his last game of the season, according to coach Mark Harvey.
Harvey revealed after last Sunday's 46-point win over Melbourne at Subiaco Oval that Palmer had injured the cartilage in his knee and that he could require surgery which would sideline him for the rest of the home-and-away season.
Harvey said the promising 19-year-old would be assessed at training on Thursday and any decision would be made in Palmer's best interests.
But if fit Harvey said Palmer would play against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Sunday.
"The debate is whether he has an operation or not," Harvey said on Wednesday.
"(We have to weigh up) what's best for Rhys at his age."
"He's got a cartilage problem and it's whether the medical people decide that he needs a cartilage operation at his age or he doesn't."
"If you understand, medically ... there can be a little bit of a tear in a cartilage which can turn into a major tear."
"(But) there's a lot of players that will play under duress and Rhys has been one of those guys (and) there may be an opportunity that he plays this week."
Harvey also said hard-running defender Roger Hayden would need an extra week's rest to recover from a hamstring injury he suffered against Essendon last month, while midfielder Luke Webster would play in a WAFL seconds game in Bunbury this week as continues to recover from the same radical knee surgery that Sydney's Nick Malceski underwent.
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Harvey revealed after last Sunday's 46-point win over Melbourne at Subiaco Oval that Palmer had injured the cartilage in his knee and that he could require surgery which would sideline him for the rest of the home-and-away season.
Harvey said the promising 19-year-old would be assessed at training on Thursday and any decision would be made in Palmer's best interests.
But if fit Harvey said Palmer would play against Port Adelaide at AAMI Stadium on Sunday.
"(We have to weigh up) what's best for Rhys at his age."
"He's got a cartilage problem and it's whether the medical people decide that he needs a cartilage operation at his age or he doesn't."
"If you understand, medically ... there can be a little bit of a tear in a cartilage which can turn into a major tear."
"(But) there's a lot of players that will play under duress and Rhys has been one of those guys (and) there may be an opportunity that he plays this week."
Harvey also said hard-running defender Roger Hayden would need an extra week's rest to recover from a hamstring injury he suffered against Essendon last month, while midfielder Luke Webster would play in a WAFL seconds game in Bunbury this week as continues to recover from the same radical knee surgery that Sydney's Nick Malceski underwent.
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