AFL injuries: Who is hurt from your club in Round 6?
Usually big injuries to star players make the headlines, but Carlton’s biggest fish has suffered a serious injury while in the club’s Gold Coast hub. INJURY UPDATES
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Carlton has suffered a serious injury blow ahead of its clash with the Western Bulldogs on Sunday night.
But fear not, its effects will only be confined to the coaches’ box.
Senior coach David Teague has been felled with a fractured foot just days into the club’s Gold Coast hub stint, with club fitness boss Andrew Russell revealing he was “out for the count” after a mishap at training.
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“We had the big dog go down,” Russell said.
“Whenever we come out of a session with a fractured foot, we’re always pretty concerned about that, but absolutely it got the boys up – they thought it was hysterical.”
Russell joked that Teague – who played 83 games for North Melbourne and Carlton – “still thinks he should be playing”.
“I still think he’s going to talk to the board about getting a playing contract,” he said.
“Bang, over on the ankle, done. Out for the count. Out for the rest of the session.
“Off, MRI result, fractured foot. But he’s been in pretty good spirits, surprising, someone can fracture their foot and have to bounce back.
“He took the team meeting about two hours later, no worries whatsoever in the moon boot.
“I’d think he’d be out for a long time. A long, long time.”
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Originally published as AFL injuries: Who is hurt from your club in Round 6?