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CibbuanoWesthoff placed on long-term injury list
April 14th 2009 04:15
PORT ADELAIDE forward Justin Westhoff will miss at least eight weeks after being placed on the club's long-term injury list.
Port initially expected Westhoff to miss between four and six games after breaking a bone in his left foot in 50-point loss to West Coast at Subiaco Oval in round two but Power football operations manager Peter Rohde said further investigations suggested his recovery time would be significantly longer.
"Westy's had a pin put in his fifth metatarsal, so the view is that it's going to be an eight-week injury," Rohde said,
"The injury wasn't any worse (than we first thought), but when we looked into people who have had a similar injury before, it's actually taken them six weeks before they can even start training again and then they haven't played for seven to eight weeks."
"With Justin being such a tall bloke and his agility being so important to him, we're expecting an eight-week injury at least."
Westhoff's move to the long-term injury list comes is more bad news for the Power, who will also be without skipper Dom Cassisi and star veteran Peter Burgoyne when they take on reigning premier Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday.
Rohde said the club was in no hurry to replace Westhoff on the senior list.
"We'd like to have the flexibility there to upgrade someone from the rookie list if the opportunity arises," he said.
"We'll wait and see, but at this stage we're not looking to (promote a rookie) in the immediate term."
Port initially expected Westhoff to miss between four and six games after breaking a bone in his left foot in 50-point loss to West Coast at Subiaco Oval in round two but Power football operations manager Peter Rohde said further investigations suggested his recovery time would be significantly longer.
"Westy's had a pin put in his fifth metatarsal, so the view is that it's going to be an eight-week injury," Rohde said,
"The injury wasn't any worse (than we first thought), but when we looked into people who have had a similar injury before, it's actually taken them six weeks before they can even start training again and then they haven't played for seven to eight weeks."
"With Justin being such a tall bloke and his agility being so important to him, we're expecting an eight-week injury at least."
Westhoff's move to the long-term injury list comes is more bad news for the Power, who will also be without skipper Dom Cassisi and star veteran Peter Burgoyne when they take on reigning premier Hawthorn at the MCG on Saturday.
Rohde said the club was in no hurry to replace Westhoff on the senior list.
"We'd like to have the flexibility there to upgrade someone from the rookie list if the opportunity arises," he said.
"We'll wait and see, but at this stage we're not looking to (promote a rookie) in the immediate term."
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