The harm disaster has shortly deepened at Port Adelaide, with ahead Sam Powell-Pepper dominated out with a knee harm throughout their 10-point win over St Kilda, with captain Connor Rozee additionally placed on ice with a hamstring criticism.
Powell-Pepper went down within the third time period after making an attempt to leap and mark a ball within the Energy’s ahead 50.
It was an innocuous incident that noticed him fall to the bottom and seize his proper knee in agony.
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Powell-Pepper was instantly rushed off to be handled by membership docs, helped off by two trainers to succeed in the bench.
He was assessed however after a couple of minutes, was seen placing on his heat up jacket and making use of ice to that knee.
“The ice is on for Powell-Pepper,” Abbey Holmes mentioned on 7.
However the carnage did not cease their for the house facet.
Simply minutes later in entrance of Port Adelaide’s bench, Energy captain Rozee jumped for a ball heading over the boundary line and landed awkwardly on his hamstring.
He tried to play on however appeared extraordinarily proppy, earlier than being dragged at three-quarter time and formally placed on ice.
It left the Energy with only one man on the bench, with the 2 leg accidents following key defender Aliir Aliir’s concussion within the second time period.
Saint Jack Higgins will possible face MRO scrutiny for a harmful sling deal with that dominated Aliir out of the match.
Allir was chasing a bouncing ball that fell brief in St Kilda’s ahead 50, grabbing it mid air and making an attempt to throw it on his boot.
Higgins then wrapped Aliir up in a half deal with, slinging him round and dumping him into the turf by pulling his arm down.
Aliir was harm by the deal with, staying down on the bottom for a couple of seconds in agony, earlier than behind helped up by a coach.
It is Powell-Pepper’s second sport again this season, after being dominated out for the primary 4 weeks of the Energy’s season for a harmful bump.
Powell-Pepper was referred straight to the AFL tribunal after his shoulder collided with the top of Adelaide participant Mark Keane throughout a pre-season sport in February on the eve of the season correct.
Meantime, the Energy determined to take no dangers with Aliir, after the membership got here underneath scrutiny final season for permitting him to play on after struggling a scary concussion towards Adelaide.
Regardless of dropping three stars over the second and third quarters, the Energy managed to carry on for a formidable win with only one on the bench, giving them a 5-2 report heading into spherical eight.
The Saints will once more be looking for solutions, sitting with a 2-5 report.
