Port Adelaide enforcer Sam Powell-Pepper is not going to play once more this season after tearing his anterior cruciate ligament in Friday night time’s win over St Kilda. Powell-Pepper landed awkwardly in a marking contest, with scans on Saturday confirming a torn ACL.
“We’re extremely disillusioned for Sam,” Port Adelaide’s head of medical companies Tim O’Leary stated.
“Sam is a devoted and diligent athlete who assaults his coaching with unrelenting depth and can little question strategy his rehab the identical manner.
“He’ll proceed to be as concerned as he can, as a frontrunner and vital member of our enjoying group.
“It’s such a tricky damage for a footballer to undergo. We’re all behind him and we all know he’ll come out the opposite facet stronger and extra decided.“
Powell-Pepper was solely enjoying his third recreation since serving a four-match suspension for a excessive bump throughout a pre-season hitout.
In an additional blow, Port Adelaide captain Connor Rozee faces a battle to be match for Thursday’s Showdown after the membership confirmed he suffered a low-grade hamstring pressure.
The 24-year-old might be assessed throughout the week.
The Energy might be with out Aliir Aliir for the conflict towards the Crows at Adelaide Oval after the important thing defender was concussed towards St Kilda.
Aliir has been positioned into concussion protocols after a deal with by St Kilda small ahead Jack Higgins within the second time period.
Higgins faces a nervous wait to be taught if he might be cited by the match evaluate officer for a harmful deal with.
In the meantime, Energy skipper Connor Rozee is unsure for subsequent weekend’s Showdown, after scans confirmed a low-grade hamstring pressure.