Fremantle defender Hayden Young will be sidelined with an ankle injury, his leg was caught in a tackle which resulted in a twisted ankle in the opening minutes of Round 6 against St Kilda.
Young was assisted from the ground and did not return, he used crutches to assist with walking throughout the afternoon.
Update July 16: Young has undergone surgery with a diagnosis of syndesmosis, he may be available late in the season.
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“Hayden had a right ankle injury and that’s been diagnosed as a syndesmosis injury,”
“Hayden’s had surgery on that and is at home recuperating at the moment, then he’ll go into a longer term rehabilitation.”
“I’m not sure exactly how long that will be, we are hopeful he will be back to play some football at the tail end of this season.” Dockers GM of Football Peter Bell.
Young averaged 12.3 Disposals, 4.0 Marks & 1.8 Tackles between Rounds 2-5.
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The injury to Young creates further volatility for fantasy coaches in defence, after averaging 67.5pts in Rounds 6-7 he is now sidelined for at least the short term.
Young is likely to be a trade out in season long fantasy unless the diagnoses is extremely good.
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