West Coast Eagles’ prized low season recruit Liam Baker has limped off the sphere throughout a match simulation on Wednesday.
Baker, a premiership winner with Richmond, was acquired by the Eagles who gave up a first-round draft decide to the Tigers.
AFL.com reported Baker limped off the bottom in Perth in direction of the top of a 15-minute match simulation and had his proper ankle strapped earlier than heading to the altering rooms.
This comes after the Eagles introduced premiership winner Elliot Yeo had injured the medial ligament in his proper knee and sustained syndesmosis harm to his proper ankle.
North midfielder suffers one other damage setback
Vice-captain Harry Sheezel says North Melbourne will wrap their arms round luckless George Wardlaw after the younger midfielder suffered one other hamstring damage.
The 20-year-old headed for scans on Wednesday after leaving the Kangaroos coaching observe early, with membership officers not sure of the severity.
However the Kangaroos are fearful he may miss spherical one, given his hamstring damage historical past even earlier than he was drafted alongside Sheezel in 2022.
Wardlaw went decide 4 within the draft, one spot behind Sheezel, cementing a agency friendship.
“I am shattered for George, I am not too certain of the extent of it,” Sheezel stated.
“We’ll see how dangerous it’s however I am shattered for him and we’ll wrap our arms round him.
“He is labored so exhausting on his physique the previous couple of years to get it proper so if this can be a little bit of a setback will probably be exhausting for him.
“He was so match and firing and able to go and hopefully he’ll nonetheless be capable to present that this 12 months.”
North assistant coach Leigh Adam stated Wardlaw had accomplished 90 per cent of the pre-season earlier than the damage blow.
“He is been in some actually good type and his physique was sturdy and match and wholesome however sadly it appears to be like like he’ll miss a little bit of footy,” Adams stated.
“The one factor I do find out about George is that he is actually resilient and he is been by means of it a number of occasions now so he’ll do his rehab actually diligently and ensure he will get himself good and powerful and match and able to go however how lengthy that’s, we’re not too certain.”
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