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Matthew Kreuzer underwent minor knee surgery last week, it is expected that he will return to game play situations late in the pre-season & be ready for Round 1.
“Matthew Kreuzer had minor surgery on his knee this week, we don’t expect it to be a major interruption”
“.. we’re really confident he’s going to get back (for game play) late in the pre-season & be ready for Round 1 ” Director of High Performance Andrew Russell.
Kreuzer played only 12 games last season & averaged 23.0 Hit Outs, he played 21 games in 2017 & averaged 31.7 Hit Outs.
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The news isn’t great for fantasy coaches that had Kreuzer in at R2 at this stage of the pre-season, other options are now on the table.
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Given the career injury history for Kreuzer many will likely now jump ship despite Carlton being confident he will start the season at Round 1, he has played in 76.1% of games since the start of the 2015 H&A season.
Kreuzer averaged 79.3pts in 2018, well short of his 105.0pt average in 2017.
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