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CibbuanoVan Berlo ruled out
September 9th 2009 07:15
ADELAIDE midfielder Nathan van Berlo has been ruled out of Saturday night's cut-throat semi-final against Collingwood at the MCG.
Van Berlo, who aggravated a back injury in the Crows' 72-point win over Carlton in round 22, pulled out of the team's main training session on Wednesday after experiencing tightness in his lower back.
In some good news for Adelaide, All-Australian centre-half back Nathan Bock who has been sidelined for the past five weeks with a fractured heel completed the two-hour session.
Crows assistant coach Todd Viney said the club and Bock were more optimistic about his chances of playing than they were ahead of the elimination final against Essendon.
"Nathan thinks he's pulled up a lot better today and got through the whole training and probably looked better than he did last week. He didn't look like he had the same sort of limp as he did last week," Viney said.
"The match committee has got some decisions to make. We’ll see how Nathan pulls up tomorrow, but [we’ll have to decide] whether we play him or if he goes to Woodville-West Torrens and plays a game, or we don’t do that and we give him another full week of training."
Meanwhile, tagger Robert Shirley (hamstring) also got through training unscathed and is available for selection.
Van Berlo, who aggravated a back injury in the Crows' 72-point win over Carlton in round 22, pulled out of the team's main training session on Wednesday after experiencing tightness in his lower back.
In some good news for Adelaide, All-Australian centre-half back Nathan Bock who has been sidelined for the past five weeks with a fractured heel completed the two-hour session.
Crows assistant coach Todd Viney said the club and Bock were more optimistic about his chances of playing than they were ahead of the elimination final against Essendon.
"Nathan thinks he's pulled up a lot better today and got through the whole training and probably looked better than he did last week. He didn't look like he had the same sort of limp as he did last week," Viney said.
"The match committee has got some decisions to make. We’ll see how Nathan pulls up tomorrow, but [we’ll have to decide] whether we play him or if he goes to Woodville-West Torrens and plays a game, or we don’t do that and we give him another full week of training."
Meanwhile, tagger Robert Shirley (hamstring) also got through training unscathed and is available for selection.
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