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The Geelong Football Club has provided a health update ahead of the Cats' Round 3 clash with Adelaide
The Cats can provide the following GMHBA Health Update ahead of Geelong’s Thursday night blockbuster against Adelaide.
Patrick Dangerfield will be sidelined for the next 1-2 weeks with a calf injury coming out of the Round 1 clash with the Dockers.
Geelong Cats EGM Football, Andrew Mackie said, “Pat reported some calf soreness following the match against Fremantle, with subsequent assessment and scans confirming a low grade calf injury.
“Given Pat missed our opening round game with a similar complaint, we’ll take a cautious approach and get some loading into his training with his return to play at this stage earmarked for Easter Monday, or the week after.”
Adelaide’s tough task away from home this Thursday just got even tougher as an injury crisis begins to plague West Lakes.
Plus, Collingwood has confirmed a huge double defensive boost this Friday night for their clash with GWS. MORE IN ROUND 3 TEAM TIPS.
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Team Tips: Fresh off their early bye, Geelong is unlikely to make a heap of changes from their impressive Round 1 win over Fremantle. They look likely to welcome back off-season recruit James Worpel from a finger infection that kept him out of the clash, which would create a squeeze that could leave the likes of recent debutant Mitch Edwards and Jhye Clark on the fringes. That being said, Patrick Dangerfield is set to miss at least 1-2 weeks after re-aggravating a recent calf injury, the club confirmed. In the reserves’ Round 1 VFL clash, emergency Ollie Henry kicked 5.2 to push for a recall after his axing. He was well-assisted up forward by Jay Polkinghorne (4.6) and Oli Wilthsire (4.1), while George Stevens and Mitch Knevitt were unsurprisingly among the best midfielders with stuffed stat lines to show for it. Polkinghorne post-game showed early signs of overloading to his foot however, which the club will manage with precaution. With the exception of Tyson Stengle (personal reasons/conditioning), the club’s best 30 or so players are all fit and firing in ominous signs for Adelaide this Thursday night.
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Captain Patrick Dangerfield will miss Geelong's game against Adelaide and could also sit out the Cats' bumper clash with Hawthorn after suffering a calf strain.
Elsewhere, Western Bulldogs stalwart Tom Liberatore will miss up to five weeks with a hamstring strain while Collingwood skipper Darcy Moore and fellow backman Jeremy Howe could return from injury against GWS.
Dangerfield, who turns 36 next month, pulled up sore from Geelong's comeback win over Fremantle and has been ruled out for at least a week after scans revealed a low-grade injury.
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